Billy Elliot (jockey)
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Billy Elliot (16 October 1907 – 21 September 1941) was an Australian jockey.[1] He rode the Thoroughbred racehorse Phar Lap on seven occasions for seven wins, including his last race in the 1932 Agua Caliente Handicap in Mexico. Billy Elliot built a solid double-brick home at 198 Kambrook Road Caulfield South, not far from Caulfield racecourse, and it stands to this day. Modern in its time, it had a hydraulic operated clothesline plus pop-up lawn sprinklers and a fishpond out the back yard.[2] In 1941, Billy Elliot died after falling ill following breaking his leg in an incident at the Caulfield racecourse.[3]
