Andrew Vine made a big impression in his short time as an apprentice jockey at Caulfield.

So much so he left a huge indent in the outside fence of the metropolitan course.

Vine was riding a flighty two-year-old during morning track work when his horse bolted and smashed – at full gallop – into the green, corrugated barricade.

“It left Andrew with multiple broken bones and an indent in the fence in the perfect shape of a horse and one terrified rider,” his friend Dennis Green told mourners at Vine’s funeral on Friday.

Vine is the jockey that racing forgot. His death on August 23 barely caused a ripple in the sport.

He did not ride in Melbourne Cups, compete in group 1 events or even make it into the senior ranks. His brief contribution was largely lost in time.

But not for Green. He s

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