Name Noel Kelly | ||
Noel Francis Kelly was born on 17 December 1930 in Ballarat, Victoria. Noel had very humble beginnings starting out in life as a potato farmer and truck driver. In 1969 Noel built a stable complex at Dowling Forest Racecourse, Ballarat.
In 1974 Kelly advised the owners of Frozen Section that he had set the horse to win The Metropolitan in Sydney and Citadel to win the other leg of the feature double, the Epsom Handicap. The group of owners and friends backed the double to win $2 million. The Epsom Handicap, on the Saturday, was won by Citadel at 100-1. On the Monday, Frozen Section took a forward position in The Metropolitan and forged to the lead on the home turn, only to be beaten in the last stride by Passetruel. Frozen Section never raced again.
Noel Kelly died in September, 1991, aged 60.