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Leading Sire In Australia
The list below shows the leading Father, sire of Thoroughbred Horse racing, racehorses in Australia for each season since 1883–84. This is determined by the amount of prize money won by the sire's progeny during the season. The 2016 novel ''Mount!'' by Jilly Cooper describes the process to gain the fictional title for global leading sire. List * 2022/23 - I Am Invincible (horse), I Am Invincible (2) * 2021/22 – I Am Invincible (horse), I Am Invincible (1) * 2020/21 – Written Tycoon (1) * 2019/20 – Snitzel (horse), Snitzel (4) * 2018/19 – Snitzel (horse), Snitzel (3) * 2017/18 – Snitzel (horse), Snitzel (2) * 2016/17 – Snitzel (horse), Snitzel (1) * 2015/16 – Street Cry (1) * 2014/15 – Fastnet Rock (horse), Fastnet Rock (2) * 2013/14 – Redoute's Choice (3) * 2012/13 – Exceed and Excel (1) * 2011/12 – Fastnet Rock (horse), Fastnet Rock (1) * 2010/11 – Lonhro (1) * 2009/10 – Redoute's Choice (2) * 2008/09 – Encosta De Lago (2) * 2007/08 – Encosta De Lag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Father
A father is the male parent of a child. Besides the paternal bonds of a father to his children, the father may have a parental, legal, and social relationship with the child that carries with it certain rights and obligations. A biological father is the male genetic contributor to the creation of the infant, through sexual intercourse or sperm donation. A biological father may have legal obligations to a child not raised by him, such as an obligation of monetary support. An adoptive father is a man who has become the child's parent through the legal process of adoption. A putative father is a man whose biological relationship to a child is alleged but has not been established. A stepfather is a non-biological male parent married to a child's preexisting parent and may form a family unit but generally does not have the legal rights and responsibilities of a parent in relation to the child. The adjective "paternal" refers to a father and comparatively to "maternal" for a mo ... [...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 was a bay son of Sir Tristram from the Nureyev mare Lady Giselle. Racing career 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. Stud career Zabeel entered stud in 1991–2013 at Cambridge Stud New Zealand and was pensioned from stud duties in 2013. 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 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. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alcimedes
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Matrice (horse)
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Oncidium (horse)
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Better Boy (horse)
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Showdown (horse)
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Century (horse)
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Bletchingly
Bletchingly (1970–1993) was an Australian Thoroughbred horse, racehorse and stallion. A brilliant sprinter, he was by the successful speed stallion Biscay (horse), Biscay out of Coogee (GB) (by Relic (USA)). Bletchingly was bred by Stanley Wootton on the Baramul Stud in the Widden Valley, and was a three-quarter brother to another high-class sprinter, Beaches (by Todman). Stanley Wootton had imported Bletchingly's grandsire, Star Kingdom (IRE), from the United Kingdom in the 1950s, and the Irish stallion established Australia's foremost 20th century sireline. Racing career Thought by his owner to be too small and unsound for a long racing career, Bletchingly was unraced as a two-year-old and won his only start as a three-year-old at the provincial track of Bendigo. At four, he showcased his ability by winning The Galaxy (horse race), The Galaxy Stakes at Randwick Racecourse, Randwick and the Moomba Handicap at Flemington Racecourse, Flemington, in which he equalled the cours ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vain (horse)
Vain (5 September 1966 – 25 December 1991) was a champion Thoroughbred racehorse that dominated Australian sprint racing in the period 1968–70, when he won 12 of the 14 races he contested and ran second in the other two. He went on to become a leading sire in Australia. The chestnut colt was sired by the leading sire Wilkes (FR), and his dam, Elated, was by the good sire Orgoglio (GB), who sired 21 stakes winners that had 37 stakes wins. Elated was a good racemare that won 10 races, including eight in Melbourne. Although she produced several foals, Vain was her only stakes winner. Racing career Vain was bred and raced by Melbourne brothers Walter, Fred, and George Johnson and was trained by Jim Moloney in the Melbourne suburb of Mordialloc. His regular jockey was Pat Hyland, who rode him to all his wins. At two years As a two-year-old, Vain was undefeated in Melbourne in the spring of 1968 and autumn of 1969, winning races such as the VRC Sires Produce. Moving to Sydne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zamazaan (horse)
Zamazaan (1965 – 8 April 1990) was a French Thoroughbred racehorse and Champion sire in New Zealand and Australia. Zamazaan was bred by the HH Aga Khan IV. Racing career Zamazaan was a winner of 5 stakes races from 2,400 metres to 3,100 metres. He retired from the track in 1969. Stud career He was syndicated for a then record NZ$200,000 and sent to stand at stud beginning in the 1970 season at Keith Burley's Carlyle Stud in East Tāmaki near Auckland, New Zealand.de Bourg, Ross, "The Australian and New Zealand Thoroughbred", Nelson, West Melbourne, 1980, He won the: * Dewar Stallion Trophy award in 1977–8 with progeny earnings of $490,595 (excluding trophies). * Champion New Zealand Sire in 1985-86 Zamazaan sired 58 stakes winners for 123 stakes wins including: * Beau Zam (out of Belle Cherie by Sovereign Edition) * Gelsomino (Salima by Copenhagen II), winner of the 1982 Flight Stakes, 1983 Shannon Stakes and 1984 Frederick Clissold Handicap. * Good Lord (Lov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Tristram
Sir Tristram (7 April 1971 – 21 May 1997) was an Irish-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who stood at stud in New Zealand, where he sired an extraordinary 45 Group One winners, including three Melbourne Cup winners. His progeny earned him 17 official Leading Australasian sire premierships, plus nine broodmare sire titles. Background Sir Tristram was by the outstanding racehorse and sire Sir Ivor (by Sir Gaylord) out of Isolt (by Round Table), and had 19 starts for two wins in France. Racing career Trained by Charles Milbank and raced in Ireland, England and France, owner Raymond Guest sent Sir Tristram to Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky to compete in the 1974 Kentucky Derby. Under jockey Bill Hartack, the colt finished eleventh Stud record Following his racing career, he was purchased by Sir Patrick Hogan (horseracing), Patrick Hogan of Cambridge Stud in New Zealand, and entered stud in 1976 at the modest stud fee of $1,200. By the time of his death in August 1997, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
