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C S Hayes Stakes
The C S Hayes Stakes is a Victoria Racing Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race for three year old colts and geldings, at set weights with penalties, over a distance of 1400 metres. It is held annually at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia in February. Prizemoney is A$200,000. History The race was named in honour of champion trainer Colin Hayes (1924–1999). Distance * 1987–1989 - 1400 metres * 1990 - 1200 metres * 1991–1993 - 1400 metres * 1994 - 1420 metres * 1995 - 1432 metres * 1996 - 1433 metres * 1997 - 1400 metres * 1998 - 1414 metres * 1999–2000 - 1409 metres * 2001–2002 - 1400 metres * 2003 - 1420 metres * 2004 - 1410 metres * 2005–2006 - 1400 metres * 2007 - 1200 metres * 2008–2011 - 1400 metres * 2012 - 1410 metres * 2013 onwards - 1400 metres Name * 1987–1993 - The Debonair * 1994 - Vanuatu Stakes * 1995–2007 - The Debonair *2008 onwards - C S Hayes Stakes Venue * 1997 - Sandown Racecourse * 2007 - Moone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flemington Racecourse
Flemington Racecourse is a major horse racing venue located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is most notable for hosting the Melbourne Cup, which is the world's richest handicap and the world's richest 3200-metre horse race. The racecourse is situated on low alluvial flats, next to the Maribyrnong River. The area was first used for horse racing in March 1840. Overview The Flemington Racecourse site comprises 1.27 square kilometres of Crown land. The course was originally leased to the Victoria Turf Club in 1848, which merged with the Victoria Jockey Club in 1864 to form the Victoria Racing Club. The first Melbourne Cup was run in 1861. In 1871 the Victoria Racing Club Act was passed, giving the VRC legal control over Flemington Racecourse. The racecourse is pear-shaped, and boasts a six-furlong (1,200 m) straight known as 'the Straight Six.' The track has a circumference of and a final straight of for race distances over . Races are run in an anti-clock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alligator Blood (horse)
Alligator Blood (foaled 19 September 2016) is a multiple Group 1 winning Australian bred thoroughbred racehorse. Background Bred by Australian entrepreneur Gerry Harvey, Alligator Blood was sold at the 2018 Magic Millions sale (Lot 22) for A$55,000 to the Ezybonds No 1 Syndicate. Racing career Alligator Blood's first Group 1 victory was in the 2020 Australian Guineas. In early 2022, Alligator Blood was banned from racing in the state of New South Wales. Racing NSW stated this was due to the majority owner being an undischarged bankrupt and not meeting the standard for horse ownership in New South Wales. In August 2022, Alligator Blood was also banned from racing in the state of Victoria by integrity officials. Alligator Blood returned to racing and convincingly won Queensland's premier racing event, the 2022 Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap. Alligator Blood was first past the post in the 2020 Magic Millions Guineas, but was later disqualified after returning a positive swab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zabeel
Zabeel (25 October 1986 – 25 September 2015) was a New Zealand-bred racehorse who predominantly raced in Australia. He was retired to stud and became a champion sire. He is a bay son of Sir Tristram (IRE) from the Nureyev mare Lady Giselle. During his racing career, he won seven races, including the Moonee Valley Stakes in 1989 and the Australian Guineas, the Alister Clark Stakes, and the Craiglee Stakes in 1990. After retiring to stud in 1991, he sired 153 individual stakes winners of 350 stakes races, including Vengeance of Rain, who won the Dubai Sheema Classic and holds the earnings record in Hong Kong. Zabeel has also sired the Australian champions Octagonal and Might And Power, who won 17 Group One races between them, including the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups, two Cox Plates, three runnings of the Mercedes Classic, and the Sydney three-year-old triple crown. One of Zabeel's half-brothers, Baryshnikov (by Kenmare), also won the Australian Guineas (in 1995) a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahogany (horse)
{{Infobox racehorse, horsename = Mahogany , image = , caption = Racing silks of Mahogany , sire = Last Tycoon , grandsire = Try My Best , dam = Alshandegha , damsire = Alydar , sex = Gelding , foaled = {{birth date, 1990, 10, 01, df=y , death_date = {{death date and age, 2021, 11, 20, 1990, 10, 01, df=y , country = Australia , colour = Brown , breeder = Akron Breeding & Racing Venture (AUS) , owner = LJ Willams, SJ Williams, KFB Packer, RR Packer , trainer = Lee Freedman , record = 43: 19-7-5 , earnings= A$3,670,978 , race = Sires' Produce Stakes (1993) Castlemaine Stakes (1993)Caulfield Guineas (1993)VRC Derby (1993) Australian Guineas (1994) AJC Derby (1994)Lightning Stakes (1995, 1997) , awards= Australian Champion Three Year Old (1993-1994) Australian Horse of the Year(1993-1994) , honours = , updated= 13 October 2017 Mahogany (1 October 1990 – 20 November 2021) (Last Tycoon from Alshandegha) was an Australian thoroughbred who raced in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Starcraft (horse)
Starcraft (21 October 2000 - 3 November 2022) was a New Zealand-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who came to international attention when he won the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Newmarket in England in September 2005. He was the winner of five Group One (G1) races in four countries, the 2004 Australian Champion Three Year Old and also the 2005 World Champion Older Turf Miler. Breeding He was a chestnut stallion, standing high, foaled at Garry and Mark Chittick's Waikato Stud in New Zealand. Starcraft was by Soviet Star (USA), from Flying Floozie (Pompeii Court (USA) - Lucky Heiress). He was half-brother to Forum Floozie (by Danasinga (AUS), a listed race winner of $478,530). Starcraft was auctioned as a yearling and sold for only NZ$80,000 to a syndicate of Australians, headed by Australian Paul Makin. Racing record Starcraft progressed from a second placing in a two-year-old maiden race in Queensland to winning the Group 1 Australian Derby in Sydney, Australia as a three- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hucklebuck (horse)
Hucklebuck (30 September 2010 – 26 March 2017) was a Thoroughbred racehorse trained and bred in Australia. He won the Emirates Stakes, a Group one race. He won over a million dollars in stakes. Career Hucklebuck was purchased for $50,000 at the 2012 Adelaide yearling sales by Phillip Stokes Racing Pty Ltd. Hucklebuck made his debut at Gawler on 11 August 2013, winning by over 4 lengths. 4 weeks later, he won his next race at Morphetville. These two races, with Jackson Matthews aboard, were the only times that Dom Tourneur was not used as jockey. In the next two months, Hucklebuck had three races in Victoria, winning the listed Gothic Stakes. The C S Hayes Stakes was the first group race won by Hucklebuck on 15 February 2014. He was sitting comfortably in fifth before being bumped at the final turn. Hucklebuck then pulled away, gaining the lead with a hundred metres to run. Tourneur said, "I wanted to get into the home straight before hitting the button and he travelled swee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palentino
Palentino (foaled 18 October 2012) is a retired Thoroughbred racehorse and active sire trained and bred in Australia. He won the Australian Guineas and Makybe Diva Stakes, both Group One races. He won over 1.3 million dollars. Career Bred at Macleay Thoroughbred Stud in Tasmania, by Geoff and Jenny Watson, Palentino was sold as a yearling for $85,000. He had his first race at Ballarat on 30 September 2015, finishing 2nd by a head and winning $3910. A fortnight later, he had his first win at Stawell. On 7 November 2015, Palentino contested a listed race for the first time, winning by over a length at Flemington. Jockey Michelle Payne, who had recently won the Melbourne Cup, said, "Darren sent him to the beach and I didn't know what to expect today. He's progressed with each trial and run and is shaping as a horse in the making." After a 3 month spell, Palentino returned in the Group 3 Manfred Stakes. After being held up, he finished 7th in what was called an "unlucky" ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hey Doc
Hey Doc (foaled 7 September 2013) is a retired Australian bred thoroughbred racehorse that won four Group 1 races, most notably the Manikato Stakes on two occasions. Background Hey Doc was sold at the Inglis Victorian yearling sales for the amount of A$85,000. Racing career Hey Doc was successful in his racing debut, winning a two-year-old race at Morphettville Racecourse. As a three-year-old, Hey Doc raced on ten occasions, recording 5 wins, culminating in his first Group 1 race the Australian Guineas. In his next preparation, Hey Doc won his second Group 1 race when successful in the Manikato Stakes at the odds of 20/1. After an unsuccessful campaign following this victory, Hey Doc was sidelined from racing for over 12 months due to an operation to remove bone chips from a joint. He returned to racing with success at his second run, winning his third Group 1 the Winterbottom Stakes at the odds of 12/1. As a seven-year-old, Hey Doc won his second Manikato Stakes at M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grunt (horse)
Grunt (foaled 12 November 2014) is a retired Thoroughbred racehorse bred in New Zealand and trained in Australia. He won two Group One races, and over a million dollars. Career Grunt made his debut on 20 May 2017 at Flemington. Jumping at odds of $26, he finished third. After a long spell, Grunt broke his maiden at Werribee on 10 December. On the 26th, he had another "effortless" win at Morphetville. Trainer Mick Price said, "Grunt is a work in progress but is a really good horse. I think he’s a big Flemington horse. I can’t wait to get him to 2000 and 2400 (metres) but he is a colt so we’ll try to maximise value on him." A short spell followed before Grunt contested the C S Hayes Stakes. Jumping at $7, he settled just off the pace before getting in the clear in the last 200 metres, winning by a short length. Jockey Damien Oliver said, "I really like the way he dug deep when I asked him." Grunt then won the million dollar Australian Guineas by half a length after star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tagaloa (horse)
Tagaloa (foaled 9 September 2017) is a Group 1 winning Australian thoroughbred racehorse. Background Bred by Arrowfield Stud, Tagaloa is a product of two of Japan’s greatest living stallions. He was sired by Japan’s most expensive stallion, Lord Kanaloa and is out of a daughter by Sunday Silence’s champion son Heart's Cry. Tagaloa was purchased by Busuttin Racing for $300,000 out of the Arrowfield Stud draft at the 2019 Magic Millions Yearling Sale. Racing career 2019/20: two-year-old season Tagaloa first raced in the Maribyrnong Plate as a 2 year old and came in third place. He won his next start at Moonee Valley Racecourse. Connections opted against racing him in the Magic Millions Classic and sent the horse instead for a break, with the aim being to run in the Blue Diamond Stakes. Co-trainer Trent Busuttin said after his Moonee Valley success, "He’s certainly a very promising, nice young horse. He’ll be aimed up towards a Blue Diamond Prelude and the Blu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thoroughbred
The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word ''thoroughbred'' is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed. Thoroughbreds are considered " hot-blooded" horses that are known for their agility, speed, and spirit. The Thoroughbred, as it is known today, was developed in 17th- and 18th-century England, when native mares were crossbred with imported Oriental stallions of Arabian, Barb, and Turkoman breeding. All modern Thoroughbreds can trace their pedigrees to three stallions originally imported into England in the 17th and 18th centuries, and to a larger number of foundation mares of mostly English breeding. During the 18th and 19th centuries, the Thoroughbred breed spread throughout the world; they were imported into North America starting in 1730 and into Australia, Europe, Japan and South America during the 19th century. Millions of Thoroughbreds exist today ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moonee Valley Racecourse
Moonee Valley Racecourse, currently marketed as The Valley, is a horse-racing track in Moonee Ponds, Melbourne, Victoria Australia. History Moonee Valley Racecourse was established in 1883 by William Samuel (W.S.) Cox, who purchased a farm the previous year belonging to John F. Feehan for the purpose of establishing a racetrack. Being entirely freehold land owned by a private club, this separates Moonee Valley from other Melbourne racecourses such as Caulfield and Flemington. Expansion of the racecourse facilities occurred in the 1960s, funded by compensation for land acquired for the construction of the adjacent Tullamarine Freeway. In the 1970s harness racing moved to the Valley, when night trotting relocated from the Royal Melbourne Showgrounds Melbourne Showgrounds is located in the inner north-western suburb of Ascot Vale, Victoria, Australia, next door to Flemington Racecourse. The largest and most flexible indoor/outdoor venue space in Melbourne the Showgrounds ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
