Quick Thinker (foaled 7 September 2016) is a Group 1 winning Australian bred,

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trained thoroughbred racehorse.

Background

Quick Thinker was a A$100,000 Inglis Easter purchase and was bred by Bowcock Bloodstock. He is a half-brother to Group III placed The August from stakes-placed Al Maher mare Acouplamas, who comes from the family of Group I classic winners Blackfriars and Larrocha.

Racing career

2018/19: two-year-old season

Quick Thinker debuted at

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Racecourse on the 12 April 2019 and finished in second placing. One week later he won his first race in the Listed Champagne Stakes at

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. Trainer Murray Baker spoke of the horse possibly travelling to Australia as a three-year-old to contest bigger races.

2019/20: three-year-old season

Quick Thinker travelled to Australia and raced in the Ming Dynasty Quality Handicap on the 31 August 2019 at Rosehill Racecourse. Ridden by Hugh Bowman and starting at odds of 10/1, he won the race by two lengths. Quick Thinker's next win wasn’t until the 20 March 2020 when winning the Group 2 Tulloch Stakes. A week later he started at the odds of 7/1 in the

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. This would prove to be his first Group 1 victory when winning by a short head margin.

References

{{reflist Australian racehorses Racehorses bred in Australia Racehorses trained in New Zealand 2016 racehorse births