during his career he was champion jockey 5 times (1954, '55, '56, '58, '59) finishing second on the riders' list 7 times, riding a total of 3,112 winners. production for 1993 was the highest. the normally dry creek ran for a length of over  through the property. over the next few days both sides exchanged artillery fire, gradually expanding across the whole border. often large families would live in these houses; people would sleep on mats on the floor. jacobs would end up losing that match due to outside interference. post-presidency 
after leaving the commission presidency in 1985, thorn went into business. 