Weekend Hussler is a retired Australian

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. He is a

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gelding by Hussonet out of Weekend Beauty (by

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). He was foaled in 2004. Hussonet had been a very successful sire in

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for Haras de Pirque where he stood for the largest fee of any stallion in the history of Chilean

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/ref> Weekend Hussler won 9 of his 11 starts at three, including

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wins in the

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and

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. In winning six Group One wins he equalled Kingston Town's Australian record for most in a single season. Weekend Hussler was named the 2007/2008 Australian Horse of the Year. His first start as a four-year-old resulted in a second placing to the unbeaten Group One winner Light Fantastic in the

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. Two weeks later he backed it up with his first win in the 2008–09 season by winning the

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, defeating Maldivian and Pompeii Ruler. A week later in the Makybe Diva Stakes (formerly the

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) he won again, by 2½ lengths over Zarita and Littorio. In that event Light Fantastic suffered his first defeat to run fourth. Two weeks later, Weekend Hussler won his seventh Group One when victorious in the

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at Caulfield over 1,800 metres, his first race past 1,600 metres. Two weeks later, he finished eighth in the

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in his first attempt at 2,000 metres. Weekend Hussler then finished twelfth behind the

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racehorse All The Good in the

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. His first run as an autumn four-year-old resulted in a fourth in the Lightning Stakes, his second run resulted in a fifth in the Australia Stakes. Injury concerns curtailed his four-year-old campaign and kept him out of racing during the spring as a five-year-old. He returned to racing in February 2010 in the Oakleigh Plate, where he finished back in the field under the top-weight. Another injury (a torn off synovial pad from his off fore fetlock joint) was found after that race, and he was to miss the rest of the autumn. He returned to racing in October 2010 with a 10th placing in the Gilgai Stakes at Flemington; however, his retirement was announced shortly after.

Race record

Pedigree

References

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Victory in Newmarket Handicap

Weekend Hussler's pedigree and racing statistics
2004 racehorse births Australian Champion Racehorse of the Year Racehorses bred in Australia Racehorses trained in Australia Thoroughbred family 9-h