GEELONG Thoroughbred Club patron and one of Australia's greatest trainers George Hanlon died on January 28 at the age of 92.  
He trained his last Group One winner at the age of 83 when Mr Prudent won the 2001 Sydney Cup.
George was a proud inductee into the Australian Racing Hall Of Fame in 2002.
He trained for 35 years at his Correct Lodge stables at Epsom but he realised a dream to have his own training set-up when he moved to Leopold, near Geelong, in the mid-1980s.
Hanlon rated 1977 Cox Plate winner Family Of Man the best horse he had trained just ahead of Lawman.
 In a career spanning more than 60 years, Hanlon trained the winners of most of Australia's biggest races including three Melbourne Cups - Piping Lane (1972), Arwon (1978) and Black Knight (1984).