Sunday Mail (Brisbane, Qld: 1926 - 1954), Sunday 23 February 1941
AJAX, OUR WORST CHAMPION
.. Says Darby Munro
AUSTRALIA'S ace jockey, Darby Munro, in the fourth instalment of 'My Secrets of the Turf,' as told to Geoff Hawksley, describes the races in which he rode against Ajax and why he thinks he was 'overrated.' I know this is going to start something, but everybody is entitled to his own opinion. I honestly believe that Ajax was our worst champion for many years. I don't say he wasn't a good horse. He was, but he had the good fortune to meet very moderate opposition when he was stringing together an amazing sequence of wins.
As I have ridden in races against Ajax, I think I know what I'm talking about…
