Vale - Roy (Professor) Higgins.

Another Australian legend rides off into the sunset. The great Roy Higgins passed away over the weekend at age 75.

I've never been much into horse racing, but I bet there are not many Ozzies of my age who are not aware of this champion of champion jockeys, who was also a household name during the height of his career. And, according to the published memory pieces so far ... he was a genuinely bonzer bloke as well.

You can't achieve much better than that.