Auraria (foaled 1892) was an Australian racehorse that won the

1895 Melbourne Cup The 1895 Melbourne Cup was a two-mile handicap horse race which took place on Tuesday, 5 November 1895. This year was the thirty-fifth running of the Melbourne Cup. This is the list of placegetters for the 1895 Melbourne Cup. See also * M ...

Racing career

Auraria was bred at St Albans stud in Victoria and bought for 280 guineas by

David James Dewi, Dai, Dafydd or David James may refer to: Performers *David James (actor, born 1839) (1839–1893), English stage comic and a founder of London's Vaudeville Theatre *David James (actor, born 1967) (born 1967), Australian presenter of ABC's ''P ...

Kapunda Kapunda is a town on the Light River near the Barossa Valley in South Australia. It was established after a discovery in 1842 of significant copper deposits. The population was 2,917 at the 2016 Australian census. The southern entrance to th ...

. She raced 10 times as a two-year-old for six wins, three seconds and a fourth. As a three-year-old she had only seven starts, winning the

Melbourne Cup The Melbourne Cup is an annual Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race held in Melbourne, Australia, at the Flemington Racecourse. It is a 3200-metre race for three-year-olds and older, conducted by the Victoria Racing Club that forms part of the ...

South Australian Derby The South Australian Derby is a South Australian Jockey Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds, at set weights, run over a distance of 2,500 metres at Morphettville Racecourse in Adelaide, Australia during the SAJC Autumn Carniv ...

VRC Oaks The Victoria Racing Club Oaks (known as the Crown Oaks for sponsorship reasons), is a Victoria Racing Club (VRC) Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies, run under set weights conditions, over 2,500 metres at Flemington Racecou ...

and the

Fisher Plate The VRC C. B. Fisher Plate was a weight-for-age thoroughbred horse race over 2400 metres (a mile and a half). It was run at Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne Australia on the Saturday after the Melbourne Cup in early November from 1870 till 1978. It ...

(dead heat with Wallace). Her other results were third in the

Victoria Derby The Victoria Derby, also known as the Penfolds Victoria Derby, is a Victoria Racing Club Group races, Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds held under Set Weights conditions over a distance of 2,500 metres at Flemington Racecourse ...

to Wallace and Osculator just three days before her Melbourne Cup win and two fourths. Her final race was the 1897 Fisher Plate when she finished last in the field of four.

Stud career

Auraria was bred to Pistol and produced several leading broodmares, including Princess Aura and Little Joan.

References

{{reflist Melbourne Cup winners 1892 racehorse births Racehorses trained in Australia