Ron Hutchinson (born 14 December 1927) is a retired Australian jockey, who won over 1000 races in Europe.
[1] He had no contact with horses as a young child, but became a fan of jockeys Harold Badger and Bill Duncan through reading about them in newspapers.
Goodfellow had tutored champion jump jockey Laurie Meenan, Melbourne Cup winner Ossie Phillips, and Peter Simonds who had a 70-year riding and training career.
[1] Hutchinson's parents actively discouraged him from pursuing a career in the sport, believing everyone involved to be crooks,[1] although an uncle had a hairdressing salon opposite the stables at Flemington and would tell colourful stories about racing, which may have been a further influence on the boy.
Every morning, he rode his bike from Ascot Vale to Glenroy to learn how to ride with Bobbie Lewis, an ex-Melbourne Cup winner.
[1] Goodfellow had a limited number of horses, and as part of the war effort, also worked a night job canning sausages for the soldiers, before arriving at the track at 4am.
[1] After the race, Hutchinson asked Goodfellow if he could go home and celebrate with his parents, but the trainer gave him some small change and told him to "go down to the shop and buy the Sporting Globe, go to bed and read about yourself".
Inspired by his idol and compatriot, Scobie Breasley, who had done similarly a few years earlier, he relocated to Europe in search of further success.
Hutchinson was inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame in 2005 and now lives in Mornington, Victoria, swimming a kilometre most days in his 90s.
Hutchinson's style has been described as "vigorous, well-balanced and close to the horse's neck and withers to save wind resistance.
Norma was not interested in racing and newspapers ran the story of their marriage with the headline "Ron marries a non-bettor".
Raymond used to exercise horses at Scobie Breasley's yard in Epsom, and was leading amateur rider in England for four years[2] before graduating in Veterinary Science at the University of London.