Mummify (24 August 1999 – 16 October 2005) was a popular Australian

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that amassed in prize money and won five

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races, including the 2003

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and the

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. Sired by

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winner and Champion Australasian Older Horse Jeune (GB), his dam Cleopatra's Girl, by at Talaq (USA). Mummify was sold at the 2001 Magic Millions Adelaide Yearling Sale for $41,000.The Australian Bloodhorse - Caulfield Cup
Retrieved on 2009-6-9 Mummify was trained by

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and gave the trainer his 100th Group 1 victory and first international race win. Mummify finished his career with 9 wins and 17 placings from 48 starts; prize money in excess of $5 million, placing him in the top 20 prize money winners in Australian racing history; and an international rating of 118. The career of Mummify was cut short in the 2005

, in which he shattered the

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of his near foreleg and was subsequently

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, after running third carrying top weight and attempting to lead all the way in the race.

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Mummify's pedigree and partial racing stats

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