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OccupationJockey
Major racing wins
British Classic Race wins:
1,000 Guineas (1935, 1947, 1950)
2,000 Guineas (1934)
Epsom Oaks (1947, 1950, 1954)
Epsom Derby (1948, 1950, 1956)
St Leger Stakes (1950, 1951)
French Classic Race wins:
Prix du Jockey Club (1950)
Other big race victories:
Champion Stakes (1956)
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (1945, 1954)


Rae "Togo" Johnstone was an Australian jockey. In the course of his career he won every British Classic. He is a member of the Australian Racing Hall of Fame, having been added in 2004.

As of 2014 He is the joint leading jockey in the Prix d'Aumale with six wins - 1934, 1935, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1955 - the Prix Penelope with five wins - 1940, 1947, 1950, 1952, 1954 and the Prix du Conseil de Paris with four wins - 1933, 1946, 1948, 1952.


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United Kingdom Great Britain

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France France

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Bibliography

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  • Mortimer, Roger; Onslow, Richard; Willett, Peter (1978). Biographical Encyclopaedia of British Racing. London: Macdonald and Jane's. ISBN 0-354-08536-0. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  • Wright, Howard (1986). The Encyclopaedia of Flat Racing. London: Robert Hale. ISBN 0-7090-2639-0. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  • Tanner, Michael; Cranham, Gerry (1992). Great Jockeys of the Flat. Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Publishing. ISBN 0-85112-989-7.