Mark Sestich

Mark Sestich
OccupationJockey
Born62–63
NationalityAustralian

Mark Sestich is a retired Australian Thoroughbred racing jockey. He is recognized as being one of the most successful jockeys in Perth during the late 1980s and early 1990s, winning four consecutive Perth jockey premierships from 1988/89 to 1991/92.[1][2]

Sestich won the first two one million-dollar horse races in Western Australia, the Group 1 Australasian on Fair Sir in 1987, and the Million Dollar Thriller aboard Paklani in 1989. Sestich rode winners for some of Western Australia's most influential figures in horse racing during his career, such as Robert Holmes à Court, Laurie Connell and Sir Ernest Henry Lee-Steere.[3][4] In 1994, he received a six-month suspension from racing, charged with betting on local races.[5] Sestich was forced into an early retirement due to multiple injuries, which included a particularly bad fall during the C B Cox Stakes, in which seven riders lost their mounts.[3] In 2022, Sestich was inducted into the WA Racing Hall of Fame.[6][7]

Notable wins

Some of his most notable wins include:[3][4]

References

  1. ^ "Nickelplay and Grigsby out for Burgess Queen crowning glory in Tuesday's Ascot Melbourne Cup Day feature". The West Australian. 3 November 2024.
  2. ^ Racing WA (15 July 2022). 2022 RWWA Hall Of Fame inductee, Mark Sestich. YouTube. Racing and Wagering Western Australia. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  3. ^ a b c Darren McAullay. "Winners Circle summer 2016" (PDF). Winners Circle. Western Australia: WAROA: 29–31. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
  4. ^ a b RWWA (30 June 2022). "2022 Hall of Fame Inductee - Mark Sestich". Racing and Wagering Western Australia.
  5. ^ Baker, Richard; McKenzie, Nick (21 November 2012). "Oliver drama exposes racing's integrity crisis". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  6. ^ "Former star jockey headlines three latest thoroughbred inductees to the WA Racing Hall of Fame". The West Australian. 30 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Mark Sestich Racing Profile".
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