The 2012 Melbourne Cup winning jockey who rode extensively in Asia, announced on Tuesday that he was retiring from the saddle to concentrate on his manufacturing business.
Prebble runs a highly successful racing gear manufacturing business – Persuader International – which began as a sideline to his riding career from his father's garage in Ballarat in 1995, a career that started as a 14-year-old when apprenticed to Terry O'Sullivan at Stawell.
After quickly rising through the ranks, Prebble headed to Flemington-based trainer John Meagher where he quickly established himself as the leading apprentice and became a part of the Meagher family.
Prebble went on to win three Melbourne Apprentices' Premierships, two Melbourne Jockeys' Premierships, a Scobie Breasley Medal while also sharing one with Damien Oliver.
He rode a record breaking nine winners during Melbourne Cup week in 1999 and again the following year and became the first jockey to ride 100 winners in a season riding 99-½ (including a dead-heat) in the 1999-2000 season.
In late 2002, an offer came from the Hong Kong Jockey Club which Prebble expected to last just one season, but he was there until 2018 before returning to Australia.
He rode 803 winners in the Asian mecca, only bettered by fierce rival Douglas Whyte, Zac Purton and Joao Moreira. He rode 18 Hong Kong Group 1 winners including Bullish Luck, Cape Of Good Hope, Sacred Kingdom and Lucky Nine.
He guided Bullish Luck to win the Yasuda Kinen in Japan in 2006, won the Singapore International Sprint of three occasions along with return visits to Melbourne to win the Melbourne Cup in 2012 on Green Moon and the Golden Slipper in 2010 on Crystal Lily.
