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Saintly Mother Hall
Saintly (21 September 1992 – 16 December 2016) was an Australian Thoroughbred racehorse who was named Australia's champion racehorse in 1997. A giant chestnut gelding by Sky Chase out of All Grace (by Sir Tristram), he was bred by his trainer, Bart Cummings, who owned him in partnership with a Malaysian businessman, Dato Tan Chin Nam. In 2017 Saintly was inducted to the Australian Racing Hall of Fame. Saintly gained the moniker 'The horse from heaven' due to his name and his partnership with jockey Darren Beadman, who at the time was a proclaimed born-again Christian. Race career Saintly broke his maiden as a two-year-old, on 19 April 1995, and returned in the latter part of the spring, at three, where he won three races, including the Listed Carbine Club Stakes at Flemington. He opened the new year by defeating the well-performed Juggler in the Expressway Stakes, and won the Australian Cup two starts later. He was then placed behind Octagonal in the Rosehill Guineas, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Tristram
Sir Tristram (IRE) (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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Expressway Stakes
The Expressway Stakes is an Australian Turf Club Group 2 Thoroughbred open horse race for three-year-olds and older, run under Weight for Age conditions over a distance of 1200 metres at Rosehill Racecourse, Sydney, Australia in late January or early February. Prizemoney is A$200,000. History Distance *1974–1979 – 1100 metres *1980–1997 – 1200 metres * 1998 – 1100 metres * 1999 – 1300 metres *2000–2003 – 1200 metres * 2004 – 1180 metres * 2005 onwards - 1200 metres Grade * 1974– 1978 - Principal race *1979 onwards - Group 2 Venue * 1974–1982 - Randwick Racecourse * 1983 - Warwick Farm Racecourse * 1984 - Randwick Racecourse * 1985–1986 - Warwick Farm Racecourse * 1987 - Randwick Racecourse * 1988–1991 - Warwick Farm Racecourse * 1992–2001 - Randwick Racecourse * 2002 - Warwick Farm Racecourse * 2003–2005 - Randwick Racecourse *2006–2007 - Rosehill Racecourse * 2008 - Canterbury Park Racecourse *200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenvale, Victoria
Greenvale is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Hume local government area. Greenvale recorded a population of 21,274 at the 2021 census. Greenvale is located between Yuroke and Attwood, on Mickleham Road. History Greenvale gets it name from a farm named "Greenvale", owned by local farmer John McKerchar. It was located in the parish of Yuroke, from which the area first took its name. Greenvale Post Office originally opened in a rural area on 1 January 1871 and closed in 1969. As the suburb developed the post office reopened in 1996. Although subdivisions began in 1972, Greenvale expanded largely in the 1980s and now has two shopping centres, three primary schools, a community centre and two kindergartens. Greenvale has a privately-owned school called Aitken College. Greenvale Reservoir in the north was built in 1973. Greenvale Sanatorium Greenvale Sanatorium was built in 1905 primar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living Legends Horse Retirement Home
Living Legends (Living Legends - The International Home of Rest for Champion Horses Incorporated) is a nonprofit equine charity located at 207 Oaklands Road in Woodlands Homestead at Woodlands Historic Park in Greenvale near Melbourne, Australia. Opened to the public on 31 October 2006, the organization's primary activity is bringing champion and popular gelding racehorses back to the people; but it also supports the care of older horses, equine research, education and training to benefit horses of any age or breed. Modelled on The Horse Trust in Speen, Buckinghamshire, England, Living Legends is a charitable organisation which relies on private and corporate donations and sponsorships. Activities Living Legends - The International Home of Rest for Champion Horses Inc. has four main programmes of activities - providing lifetime sanctuary for retired champion racehorses, promoting horse welfare, funding research into horse health and welfare, and educating people about hor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan Cup
The is one of the most prestigious horse races in Japan. It is contested on the last Sunday of November, post time of 15:40 at Tokyo Racecourse in Fuchu, Tokyo at a distance of 2400 meters (about miles) run under weight for age conditions with a maximum of 18 horses on turf (grass). With a purse of ¥476 million (about US$5.8 million), the Japan Cup is one of the richest races in the world. The Japan Cup is an invitational event. During a relatively short history, the race has established itself as an international contest with winners from Japan, North America, Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, France, Germany and Italy. The Japan Cup has produced some of the most memorable finishes seen in Japanese racing. Along with the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, Melbourne Cup and the Breeders' Cup, the race ranks as one of the great end-of-year events. The Japan Racing Association established the Japan Cup as an international invitational race in order for local racehorses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phar Lap
Phar Lap (4 October 1926 – 5 April 1932) was a champion New Zealand–bred Thoroughbred racehorse who is widely regarded as New Zealand's greatest racehorse ever. Achieving incredible success during his distinguished career, his initial underdog status gave people hope during the early years of the Great Depression. He won the Melbourne Cup, two Cox Plates, the Australian Derby, and 19 other weight-for-age races. One of his greatest performances was winning the Agua Caliente Handicap in Mexico in track-record time in his final race. He won in a different country, after a bad start many lengths behind the leaders, with no training before the race, and he split his hoof during the race. After a sudden and mysterious illness, Phar Lap died in 1932 in Atherton, California. At the time, he was the third-highest stakes-winner in the world. His mounted hide is displayed at the Melbourne Museum, his skeleton at the Museum of New Zealand, and his heart at the National Museum o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nightmarch
Nightmarch, foaled in 1925 was an outstanding New Zealand bred Thoroughbred racehorse known as ''The Kiwi''. He won the New Zealand Derby and Dunedin Cup as a three-year-old before going to Australia where he became the first horse to win both the Melbourne Cup and Cox Plate in the same year, as well as other Principal races. He was by Night Raid, the sire of Phar Lap, out of the good racemare and broodmare, Marsa (1911) by Martian, a mare that traced to Manto. Marsa produced five foals, all of which raced and were winners. Racing record As a two-year-old he had eight starts and won two, the Dunedin J.C. Juvenile (by two lengths) and Hopeful Handicaps, having dead heated with Full Feather in the latter race. Nightmarch was then sold privately to Alan Louisson, and won the Canterbury Linwood Handicap, New Zealand Derby, Marton Cup, Dunedin Cup, and Great Autumn Handicap for him when he was a three-year-old.Barrie, Douglas M., "The Australian Bloodhorse'', Angus & Robertson, S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cox Plate
The W. S. Cox Plate is a Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged three years old and over under Weight for age conditions, over a distance of 2040 metres (approximately 1m 2f), that is held by the Moonee Valley Racing Club at Moonee Valley Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia in late October. The race has a purse of A$5,000,000. History The race is named in honour of William Samuel (W. S.) Cox, the racing club's founder. It was first run on Saturday 28 October 1922 with a purse of £1,000. Between 1999–2005 the event was included in the Emirates World Series Racing Championship, a global "grand prix" of horse racing. The series included the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot, the Japan Cup, the Dubai World Cup, the Arlington Million, the Hong Kong Cup, the Canadian International Stakes, the Grosser Preis von Baden, the Irish Champion Stakes, the Breeders' Cup Turf and the Breeders' Cup Classic. 1938 & 1948 racebooks Image:193 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hill Stakes
The Hill Stakes is an Australian Turf Club Group 2 Thoroughbred horse race run at Weight for Age over a distance of 2000 metres at Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia in September. Total prize money for the race is A$1,000,000. History 1921 racebook File:1921 RRC Hill Stakes Racebook P1.jpg, Front cover of the 1921 Hill Stakes racebook. File:1921 RRC Hill Stakes Racebook P2.jpg, Showing officials and raceday train timetable. File:1921 RRC Hill Stakes Racebook P3.jpg, Starters and results of 1921 Hill Stakes. File:1921 RRC Hill Stakes Racebook P4.jpg, 1921 Hill Stakes showing the winner, Beauford. Venue * 1921–1990 - Rosehill Gardens Racecourse * 1991 - Canterbury Park Racecourse * 1991–2011 - Rosehill Gardens Racecourse * 2012 onwards - Randwick Racecourse Grade * 1921–1978 - Principal Race * 1979 onwards - Group 2 Distance * 1921–1940 - 1 mile (~1600 metres) * 1941–1971 - 8 furlongs (~1700 metres) * 1972–1990 – 1750 metres * 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chelmsford Stakes
The Chelmsford Stakes is a Tattersalls Club Group 2 Thoroughbred horse race run over 1600 metres at Weight for Age at Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia in September. Prize money is A$250,000. History The race was first run in 1895. Grade * 1895–1979 - Principal Race * 1980 onwards - Group 2 Venue * 1983 - Warwick Farm * 1984–1999 - Randwick * 2000 - Rosehill * 2001–2003 - Randwick * 2004 - Warwick Farm * 2005–2010 - Randwick * 2011–2012 - Warwick Farm * 2013 onwards - Randwick Distance * 1895–1971 - 9 furlongs (~1800 metres) * 1972–1982 – 1800 metres * 1983 – 1600 metres * 1984 – 1800 metres * 1985–1999 – 1600 metres * 2000 – 1500 metres * 2001 – 1400 metres * 2002–2005 – 1600 metres * 2006 – 1550 metres * 2008 onwards - 1600 metres 1926 & 1945 Racebooks File:1926 Randwick Tattersalls Club Racebook P1.jpg, Front cover of the 1926 Chelmsford Stakes racebook. File:1926 Randwick Ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warwick Stakes
The Winx Stakes, registered as the Warwick Stakes, is a Group 1 Australian Turf Club thoroughbred horse race at Weight for Age, for three-year-olds and older over a distance of 1400 metres at Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia in August. Prize money is currently A$500,000. History In 2015 prizemoney was increased from $175,000 to $250,000 and in 2018 to $500,000. 1946 racebook File:1946 AJC Warwick Stakes Racebook P1.jpg, Front cover of the 1946 AJC Warwick Stakes racebook. File:1946 AJC Warwick Stakes Racebook P2.jpg, Inside cover showing raceday officials. File:1946 AJC Warwick Stakes Racebook P3.jpg, Starters and results of the 1946 Warwick Stakes showing the winner, Bernborough. File:1946 AJC Warwick Stakes Racebook P4.jpg, Back cover showing charges at the entrance gates. Name In 2018 the race was renamed to the Winx Stakes, in honour of the champion Australian racehorse. Records * Record time for the 1300 metres was set by Al Mansour (2000) in 1:14.77. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
