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Avilius
Avilius (foaled 22 May 2014) is a retired British bred thoroughbred racehorse that won multiple Group 1 races in Australia. Background Avilius is a son of Pivotal and was bred at Darley Stud. Racing career Originally trained by André Fabre in France, Avilius won a 2400m maiden at Chantilly and the Listed Prix de Suresnes at Maisons-Laffitte. Avilius also had placings in the Prix Eugène Adam and the Prix Guillaume d'Ornano. Avilius was then transferred to Godolphin's Australian stable of James Cummings where he was gelded. Avilius has won 9 races in Australia, including the Ranvet Stakes, Tancred Stakes and the George Main Stakes The George Main Stakes, is an Australian Turf Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race run under Weight for Age conditions, over a distance of 1600 metres at Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia in September. Total prize money for the race is A$1, ... which are at Group 1 level. It was announced in July 2021 that Avilius would be retired ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pivotal (horse)
Pivotal (19 January 1993 – 19 November 2021) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a racing career restricted to six races between October 1995 and August 1996 he established himself as one of the leading sprinters in Europe. His most important wins came in the King's Stand Stakes and the Nunthorpe Stakes as a three-year-old in the summer of 1996. He was then retired to stud where he became an exceptionally successful breeding stallion. Background Pivotal was a chestnut horse bred and owned by the Cheveley Park Stud. He was the first foal sired by Polar Falcon, an American-bred horse who won the Lockinge Stakes and the Haydock Sprint Cup in England in 1991. The stud's foaling record described him as "a strong, well-made colt of good bone and substance. He is possibly a little light in colour, but he has a good head and plenty of quality". The colt was sent into training with Sir Mark Prescott at the Heath House stable in Newmarket. He was ridden in all but the firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bart Cummings
The Bart Cummings is a Victoria Racing Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race quality handicap, over a distance of 2500 metres. It is held annually at Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia in early October. The total prize money is A$750,000. History Name The Bart Cummings is named after legendary trainer Bart Cummings (1927–2015), trainer of twelve Melbourne Cup winners. Previously known as the Banjo Paterson Handicap, the race was named after the famed trainer in 2004. Grade * Prior to 2007 - Handicap * 2007–2013 - Listed Race * 2014 onwards - Group 3 Distance * 2004 – 2550 metres * 2006 – 2540 metres *2007–2010 – 2520 metres *2011–2013 – 2500 metres *2014–2015 – 2520 metres *2016 onwards - 2500 metres Winners * 2022 - Lunar Flare * 2021 - Grand Promenade *2020 - Persan *2019 - Surprise Baby *2018 - Avilius *2017 - Amelie's Star *2016 - Almandin *2015 - Let's Make Adeal *2014 - Who Shot Thebarman *2013 - Araldo *2012 - Tanby *201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Main Stakes
The George Main Stakes, is an Australian Turf Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race run under Weight for Age conditions, over a distance of 1600 metres at Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia in September. Total prize money for the race is A$1,000,000. History The race is named after George Main, a former chairman of the Australian Jockey Club. Main lived with his wife Mary on ''Retreat'', a grazing property at Illabo, west of Cootamundra on the southwest slopes of New South Wales. He bred racehorses and ran sheep. The winner of the George Main is exempt from a ballot on the Epsom Handicap, and horses who run well often head for the Epsom. Name * 2015–2019 Colgate Optic White Stakes Grade * 1945–1978 - Principal Race * 1979 onwards - Group 1 Distance * 1945–1971 – 1 mile * 1972 onwards - 1600 metres Records * Winx (2017) – 1:33.65 * Legendary trainer T.J. Smith won this event eleven times. Winners * 2022 - Anamoe * 2021 - Verry Elleegant * 2020 - Kol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
H E Tancred Stakes
H E Tancred Stakes is an Australian Turf Club Group One, Group 1 Weight for Age Thoroughbred horse race for horses three years old and older, run over 2,400 metres at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse in Sydney, Australia. The prize money for the event is A$1,500,000. History The race is named after Harry Tancred, Henry Eugene Tancred (1897–1961), a former Chairman of the Sydney Turf Club. Name This race has had several names in its existence: * 1963–1976 - H E Tancred Cup * 1977–1980 - H E Tancred Stakes * 1981–1989 - Tancred Stakes * 1990 - The BMW International Stakes * 1991–1995 - The BMW Stakes * 1996–2001 - Mercedes Classic * 2002–2017 - The BMW * 2018 onwards - Tancred Stakes Distance * 1963 - miles (~2400 metres) * 1964 - miles (~2000 metres) * 1965–1972 - miles (~2400 metres) * 1973 onwards - 2400 metres Grade * 1963–1979 - Principal race * 1980 onwards - Group 1 race Venue *2022 - Newcastle Racecourse Winners * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ranvet Stakes
The Ranvet Stakes is an Australian Turf Club Group One, Group 1 Weight for Age Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds and older over a distance of 2,000 metres, held at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse in Sydney, Australia in March. Total prize money is Australian dollar, A$700,000. History The original name of the race was named after Harry Rawson, Sir Harry Holdsworth Rawson, who was Governor of New South Wales from 27 May 1902 to 27 May 1909. Since 1991 the event has been named after the sponsor Ranvet, a supplier of equine nutrition, supplements and veterinary medications. Name * 1903–1987 - Rawson Stakes * 1988–1990 - Segenhoe Stakes * 1991 onwards - Ranvet Stakes Distance * 1903–1954 - miles (~1800 metres) * 1955 - miles (~2000 metres) * 1956–1962 - miles (~1800 metres) * 1963–1972 - furlongs (~1500 metres) * 1973–1978 – 1750 metres * 1979–2007 – 2000 metres * 2008 – 1900 metres (held at Canterbury Park Racecourse, Cante ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Young Stakes
The Peter Young Stakes, registered as the St George Stakes, is a Melbourne Racing Club Group 2 Thoroughbred horse race held under weight for age conditions over a distance of 1800 metres at Caulfield racecourse, Melbourne, Australia in late February. Total prize money is A$300,000. History The race was renamed in 2012 in honour of former Chairman of the Melbourne Racing Club, Peter Young who was involved in the rebranding of the Victoria Amateur Turf Club to the Melbourne Racing Club and the construction of the Sir Rupert Clarke Grandstand at Caulfield Racecourse. 1949 & 1951 racebooks File:1949 VATC Oakleigh Plate Racebook P1.jpg, Front cover 1949 VATC St George Stakes racebook. File:1949 VATC Oakleigh Plate Racebook P2.jpg, 1949 VATC St George Stakes showing raceday officials. File:1949 VATC St George Stakes Racebook P2.jpg, Starters and results 1949 St George Stakes. File:1949 VATC St George Stakes Racebook P3.jpg, Starters and results showing the winner, Carbon Cop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingston Town Stakes
The Kingston Town Stakes is an Australian Turf Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race at set weights and penalties for horses aged three years old and older, over a distance of 2000 metres. It is held annually at Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia in September. Total prizemoney for the race is A$200,000. History The race is named in honour of the champion Kingston Town, who also won this race as the STC Cup twice. Name * 1948–1983 - STC Cup * 1984 onwards - Kingston Town Stakes Grade * 1946–1978 - Principal Race * 1979–1989 - Group 2 * 1990 onwards - Group 3 Distance * 1948–1971 - miles (~2400 metres) * 1972–1990 - 2400 metres * 1991 - 1900 metres * 1992 - onwards 2000 metres Venue * 1991 - Race held at Canterbury Park Winners * 2022 - Alegron * 2021 - She's Ideel * 2020 - Taikomochi * 2019 - Finche * 2018 - Avilius * 2017 - Libran * 2016 - McCreery * 2015 - Silverball * 2014 - He's Your Man * 2013 - Prince Cheri * 2012 - Stout Hearted * 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prix Guillaume D'Ornano
The Prix Guillaume d'Ornano is a Conditions races, Group 2 Flat racing, flat Horse racing, horse race in France open to three-year-old thoroughbreds. It is run at Deauville-La Touques Racecourse, Deauville over a distance of 2,000 metres (about 1¼ miles), and it is scheduled to take place each year in August. History The event was established in 1952, and it was originally called the Prix de la Côte Normande. The inaugural running was contested over 3,000 metres, and the race was shortened to 2,000 metres in its second year. It was extended to 2,400 metres in 1958, and restored to 2,000 metres in 1960. The present system of race grading was introduced in 1971, and for a period the Prix de la Côte Normande was classed at Group 3 level. It was promoted to Group 2 status in 1983. The race was renamed the Prix Guillaume d'Ornano in 1987. It was named in memory of Guillaume d'Ornano (1894–1985), a former owner of Haras de Manneville, a stud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prix Eugène Adam
The Prix Eugène Adam is a Group 2 flat horse race in France open to three-year-old thoroughbreds. It is run at Maisons-Laffitte over a distance of 2,000 metres (about 1 miles), and it is scheduled to take place each year in July. History The event was established in 1893, and it was originally called the Prix Monarque. It was named after Monarque, the sire of Gladiateur. The Prix Monarque was renamed the Prix du Président de la République in 1903. It reverted to its original name when a new Prix du Président de la République (the future Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud) was introduced in 1904. The race was usually run on Maison-Laffitte's straight track until 1910. For a period thereafter it took place on the venue's right-handed course. The event was renamed in memory of Eugène Adam (1840–1904), a former president of the Société Sportive d'Encouragement, in 1911. The title Prix Eugène Adam had been previously assigned to what later b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Dancer
Northern Dancer (May 27, 1961 – November 16, 1990) was a Thoroughbred who, in 1964, became the first Canadian-bred horse to win the Kentucky Derby. He then became one of the most successful sires of the 20th century. He is considered a Canadian icon and was inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame in 1965. Induction into the Racing Hall of Fame in both Canada and the United States followed in 1976. As a competitor, '' The Blood-Horse'' ranked him as one of the top 100 U.S. Thoroughbred racehorses of the 20th century. As a sire of sires, his impact on the breed is still felt worldwide. At age two, Northern Dancer was named the Canadian Champion Two-Year-Old Colt after winning both the Summer Stakes and Coronation Futurity in Canada, plus the Remsen Stakes in New York. At three, he became a leading contender for the Kentucky Derby with wins in the Flamingo Stakes, Florida Derby, and Blue Grass Stakes. Northern Dancer followed up a record-setting victory in the Kentuc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wishing Well (horse)
Wishing Well (foaled April 12, 1975 in California - died 1999 in Ireland) was an American Thoroughbred racing mare who won twelve of her thirty-six starts and who secured her place in Thoroughbred history as the dam of Sunday Silence, the 1989 Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Breeders' Cup Classic winner who was voted American Horse of the Year, inducted in the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame in 1996, and who was the Leading sire in Japan for thirteen straight years between 1995 and 2007. Wishing Well died at Coolmore Stud in Ireland at age twenty-four in 1999 as a result of complications from colic Colic or cholic () is a form of pain that starts and stops abruptly. It occurs due to muscular contractions of a hollow tube ( small and large intestine, gall bladder, ureter, etc.) in an attempt to relieve an obstruction by forcing content out .... References {{reflist Wishing Well's pedigree and partial racing stats 1975 racehorse births Racehorses bred in California Racehorse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caro (horse)
Caro (1967–1989) was an Irish-bred, French-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. Background Caro was a grey horse, standing . He was bred in Ireland by his owner, Countess Margit Batthyany, and trained in France with Albert Klimscha Racing career As a three-year-old in 1970, Caro won the Poule d'Essai des Poulains after the disqualification of Faraway Son. He then defeated older horses in the Prix d'Ispahan and was third in the Prix du Jockey Club. In the following year, he won the Prix d'Harcourt and the Prix Dollar and set a course record for 2,100 metres at Longchamp in winning the Prix Ganay. He also finished second to Mill Reef in the Eclipse Stakes. He was rated the French champion older male of 1971 with a Timeform rating of 133. Stud record Although successful in racing, Caro is best known as a sire both in France, where he was the leading sire in 1977, and in the United States. Caro was sent to Spendthrift Farm in Lexington, Kentucky in the late summer of 1977, where h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
