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Melbourne Cup-winning jockeys Peter Cook (left) and Tony Allan (middle) on stage at the Gold Coast Turf Club's 2019 awards. Picture: Supplied.
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Heart attack that nearly killed champion jockey

”They rang my family and told them the damage done to me and that I wasn’t going to get through the night and if I was religious then have a priest there. I was given my last rights.” Former champion jockey Peter Cook has opened up about the heart attack that nearly claimed his life and ended his career.

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