Champion jockey John Marshall, who won the Melbourne Cup on Rogan Josh for master trainer Bart Cummings, has died at the age of 60 from pancreatic cancer.

Marshall, who originally hailed from Western Australia, won the Sydney jockeys premiership in 1987-88.

Amongst those he defeated to win the title that year were several acknowledged top-liners, such as Ron Quinton, Mick Dittman, Malcolm Johnston, Darren Beadman, Jim Cassidy, Kevin Moses and Wayne Harris.

He was associated throughout the decade with the Bart Cummings stable at Randwick, and he rode many of the maestro's top horses in that period, including the stayer Beau Zam, the classy Sky Chase and tough sprinter Campaign King.