# Jack Denham

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{{short description|Australian horse trainer}}{{Infobox person
| name               = Jack Denham
| birth_date         = {{birth date|df=y|1924|8|23}}
| birth_place        = [Campsie, New South Wales](/source/Campsie%2C_New_South_Wales), Australia
| death_date         =  {{death date and age|df=y|2009|12|14|1924|8|23}}
| death_place        = Sydney, Australia
| occupation         = Horse trainer
}}
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{{Use Australian English|date=June 2014}}
'''Jack Denham''' (24 August 1924 &ndash; 14 December 2009)<ref>[http://www.racingpost.com/news/horse-racing/australia-might-and-powers-trainer-jack-denham-dies/663325/international/ Aussie veteran Jack Denham dies aged 85] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023155049/http://www.racingpost.com/news/horse-racing/australia-might-and-powers-trainer-jack-denham-dies/663325/international/ |date=23 October 2012 }}</ref> was a leading Australian horse trainer and businessman.

A member of a [Sydney](/source/Sydney) training dynasty, Denham first rode as a jockey for his brother, and then took out his own training licence in 1948.

Denham's training career took off when he became a trainer for Stan Fox at Nebo Lodge, a position he held for 10 years, training over 1,000 winners. For six successive years, from 1971 to 1976, he was runner-up in the Sydney trainers’ premiership table. He was to win the premiership later in 1990&ndash;91 and 1992&ndash;93.

From 1980 onwards Denham was closely associated with owners Geoff and Beryl White, for whom he won a [Golden Slipper](/source/Golden_Slipper) with [Marscay](/source/Marscay), an [Epsom Handicap](/source/Epsom_Handicap), [Yalumba Stakes](/source/Yalumba_Stakes) and other group races with Filante, and an [Australian Guineas](/source/Australian_Guineas) and [AJC Oaks](/source/AJC_Oaks) with Triscay. His greatest triumphs came in 1997 and 1998 when the Denham trained [Might and Power](/source/Might_and_Power) took out the [Melbourne Cup](/source/Melbourne_Cup), [Caulfield Cup](/source/Caulfield_Cup) and [Cox Plate](/source/Cox_Plate).<ref>{{cite web | year = 2008 | url = http://www.racingmuseum.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=66&Itemid=193 | title = Australian Racing Museum: Jack Denham | work = 2008 | publisher = Australian Racing Museum | access-date = 2008-08-17}}</ref>

On 14 December 2009, Jack Denham died at the age of 85 after a long illness.

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