Larry Olsen (born 1948 in Nudgee Beach, Queensland) is an Australian retired jockey and former reporter for Sky Racing Australia who is best known for riding Kensei to victory in the 1987 Melbourne Cup.https://www.racingsa.com.au/jockey/22006
Other notable wins include:
Best Western - 1981 Spring Champion Stakes Dalrello - 1975 Craven Plate Dalrello - 1976 All Aged Stakes Dalrello - 1977 All Aged Stakes Gunsynd - 1973 Rawson Stakes Princess Gracious - 1987 Queensland Derby Regal Tan - 1978 Singapore Derby Sound Horizon - 1987 Epsom Handicaphttps://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/122105233 Star Watch - 1988 Golden Slipper Stakes Triton - 1972 Stradbroke Handicap Triton - 1972 Epsom Handicap
In 2007, Olsen was inducted into the Queensland Racing Hall of Fame.
Olsen married Townsville-born Maureen in the early 1970s, and remained together until her death caused by cancer, aged 61, on 1 November 2011 at a Gold Coast hospital.https://www.couriermail.com.au/ipad/brisbanebased-former-melbourne-cup-champion-jockey-larry-olsen-mourning-death-of-wife-maureen-on-24th-anniversary-of-cup-win/news-story/4b4bd927d9f4aa49116c3544a6127940
Olsen was a Sky Racing commentator from 1988 until 2014.
In 2015 Olsen was involved in the Emirates Melbourne Cup tour.
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