Jack Denham dies

Hall Of Fame trainer Jack Denham has died.

Denham, aged 85, passed away in a Sydney hospital after a short illness, his son Allan has confirmed.

Denham, a man of few words but great deeds, trained more than 4000 winners in a careerd than spanned more than 60 years, after a brief riding career. He trained 59 Group 1 winners, his most recent was Metal Bender’s Rosehill Guineas in April.

Denham’s first Group 1 winner was Persian Lyric’s 1955 Doomben Cup, but he is best known in recent times as the trainer of the great Might And Power, winner of the 1997 Caulfield and Melbourne Cup double.

Denham won a Golden Slipper with Marscay (1982) and a Cox Plate with Might And Power (1998) and most of the Sydney features with horses the calibre of Filante, Purple Patch, Triscay, Fairway and Fair Summer.

Denham was inducted into racing’s Hall Of Fame in 2005. His Rosehill stable remain in the control of Allan, a leading trainer in his own right.