Chris Munce (born 17 May 1969) is a highly successful

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, having won both the Melbourne Cup and the Cox Plate. He is now a highly successful trainer of horses in Brisbane Queensland heading up a family based operation which is most notable for promoting the joy and love of the thoroughbred.

Overview

Originally a

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jockey, Munce shared stable jockey duties with

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for Gai Waterhouse Racing. During his career Chris Munce has won thirty-five

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including some of Australia's most prestigious races: *

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: Desert Chill (1995) *

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Savabeel Savabeel is a retired Australian Thoroughbred race horse and active Horse breeding#Terminology, sire. He is best known for his win in the 2004 Cox Plate. He was trained by Graeme Rogerson, and ridden by Chris Munce in his most important wins. B ...

(2004) *

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Jezabeel Jezabeel (2 November 1992 – 22 September 2015) was a top New Zealand thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1998 Melbourne Cup. In April 1995, as a 2 year old, she won the listed 1600m Champagne Stakes at Ellerslie. Later that year she went to F ...

(1998)

References

5 July 2006 article in The Guardian titled ''Top Australian jockey in bribery investigation''

* ttp://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,21314647-5001023,00.html 3 March 2007 Daily Telegraph article ''Why Hong Kong never a safe bet'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Munce, Chris 1969 births Living people Australian jockeys Australian male criminals People convicted of bribery