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Tea Rose Stakes
The Tea Rose Stakes is an Australian Turf Club Group races, Group 2 Thoroughbred horse race, for three-year-old fillies, at set weights, over a distance of 1400 metres, held annually at Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia in September. Total prize money for the race is A$250,000. History The Tea Rose Stakes is part of the Princess Series of races which also includes the Silver Shadow Stakes, Furious Stakes, and Flight Stakes. Distance * 1980–1984 - 1400 metres * 1985–1990 - 1500 metres * 1991 - 1550 metres * 1992–2012 - 1500 metres * 2013 onwards - 1400 metres Venue * 1980–1990 - Rosehill Gardens Racecourse * 1991 - Canterbury Park Racecourse * 1992–2011 - Rosehill Gardens Racecourse * 2012 onwards - Randwick Racecourse Grade * 1980–1982 - Listed Race * 1983–1984 - Group 3 * 1985 onwards - Group 2 Winners * 2022 - Zougotcha * 2021 - Four Moves Ahead * 2020 - Dame Giselle * 2019 - Funstar * 2018 - Miss Fabulass * 2017 - Alizee (horse), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randwick Racecourse
Royal Randwick Racecourse is a racecourse for horse racing located in the Eastern Suburbs (Sydney), Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales. Randwick Racecourse is Crown Land leased to the Australian Turf Club and known to many Sydney racegoers as headquarters. The racecourse is located about six kilometres from the Sydney Central Business District in the suburb of Randwick, New South Wales, Randwick. The course proper has a circumference of 2224m with a home straight of 410m. On 14 October 2017, the inaugural running of The Everest was held at Royal Randwick. The Everest is the richest race in Australia and the richest turf race in the world with $15 million in prize money. Since 2014, Randwick hosts The Championships, a two-day season-ending meeting in April that offers over AUD$20 million in prize money. It features several Group One, Group 1 races such as the Australian Derby, Doncaster Handicap and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (ATC), Queen Elizabeth Stakes. Other an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosehill Gardens Racecourse
The Rosehill Gardens Racecourse is located in the Western Sydney suburb of Rosehill, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is operated by the Australian Turf Club. Rosehill holds horse races for thoroughbred gallopers on a grass surface. It is one of the two premier racecourses in Sydney, the other one being Randwick Racecourse. One of the main events held at Rosehill is the Golden Slipper race for two-year-olds. The track has a circumference of with a home straight of . History John Bennett purchased a large section of Rosehill to construct a racecourse and recreation area. Construction started in 1883 and was completed in April 1885 for a grand total of £12,000. Bennett constructed a private railway line connecting the racecourse to the main line located at Clyde which opened on 17 November 1888. From 1943 Rosehill Gardens Racecourse was managed by the Sydney Turf Club and remained so until 2011. In 2011, the Sydney Turf Club and Australian Jockey Club combin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a metropolitan area known as Greater Melbourne, comprising an urban agglomeration of 31 local municipalities, although the name is also used specifically for the local municipality of City of Melbourne based around its central business area. The metropolis occupies much of the northern and eastern coastlines of Port Phillip Bay and spreads into the Mornington Peninsula, part of West Gippsland, as well as the hinterlands towards the Yarra Valley, the Dandenong and Macedon Ranges. It has a population over 5 million (19% of the population of Australia, as per 2021 census), mostly residing to the east side of the city centre, and its inhabitants are commonly referred to as "Melburnians". The area of Melbourne has been home to Aboriginal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Age
''The Age'' is a daily newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, that has been published since 1854. Owned and published by Nine Entertainment, ''The Age'' primarily serves Victoria (Australia), Victoria, but copies also sell in Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and border regions of South Australia and southern New South Wales. It is delivered both in print and digital formats. The newspaper shares some articles with its sister newspaper ''The Sydney Morning Herald''. ''The Age'' is considered a newspaper of record for Australia, and has variously been known for its investigative reporting, with its journalists having won dozens of Walkley Awards, Australia's most prestigious journalism prize. , ''The Age'' had a monthly readership of 5.321 million. History Foundation ''The Age'' was founded by three Melbourne businessmen: brothers John and Henry Cooke (who had arrived from New Zealand in the 1840s) and Walter Powell. The first edition appeared on 17 October 1854. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Australian Equine Influenza Outbreak
An outbreak of equine influenza (EI) in Australia was confirmed by the Department of Primary Industries (New South Wales) on 24 August 2007 in Sydney. Also known as "horse flu" and "A1 influenza", the rapid outbreak was of the Influenza A virus strain of subtype H3N8. While the virus is highly contagious, it rarely kills adult horses but the performance of thoroughbred racing horses can be affected for several weeks. It can be fatal to young foals and debilitated horses. Because of strict quarantine procedures to reduce the risk of exotic pests and diseases entering Australia, this was the first outbreak of equine influenza in Australia. Horses in Australia had not been exposed to the virus and, not being vaccinated, were fully susceptible. A combination of control measures was successful in combating the outbreak. The last new infected property was identified on 22 December 2007. The zones which had been instituted to permit and restrict movements according to risk were progress ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emancipation (horse)
Emancipation (foaled 1979) was a champion Australian Thoroughbred racehorse. By Bletchingly, Emancipation was a grey, like her dam, Ammo Girl, and her damsire, Gunsynd. She was bred by Mark Hough, in New South Wales, after her dam was purchased from trainer Tommy Smith for just $1,700 due to her unsound conformation and her breeding (her sire was standing at a fee of only $1,500 at the time). Her breeder was only interested in her as a broodmare, and approached her trainer, Neville Begg, to recommend someone who would lease her for racing purposes. Racing career Unraced at two, Emancipation raced only at three and four, and won 19 of her 28 starts. These included six Group One wins - all in Sydney. At three, she won 10 of her 13 starts, and, in the autumn, defeated Manikato in the George Ryder Stakes before winning the Doncaster Handicap. At four, she won nine of her 15 starts, including a further five Group One wins. In the spring, her wins included the George Main Stake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunline
Sunline (29 September 1995 – 1 May 2009) was a champion New Zealand-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who was the world's highest earning race mare of her time. She won 32 of her 48 races with earnings of NZ$14,200,000. She was named the New Zealand Horse of the Year four times and Australian Horse of the Year three times. She has won the most Group races in modern times with 27, and she previously held the New Zealand record of 13 Group One wins until Melody Belle surpassed her in 2021. Sunline led in most of her races, and sometimes settled just behind the leader; she was difficult to pass. She loved to win and was known for her fiery temperament. In 2006 Sunline was an inaugural inductee into the New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame, along with Carbine, Gloaming, Kindergarten, and Phar Lap. Background Sunline was foaled at Pleasanton Stud near Cambridge, New Zealand on 29 September 1995. Her sire was the Group Two winning English stallion Desert Sun, a grandson of leading sire Dan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samantha Miss
Samantha Miss was an Australian Thoroughbred racemare that won three Group One races for earnings of A$1,750,760 and was later sold as broodmare for a record $3.85 million. She is a bay mare by the leading sire Redoute's Choice out of Milliyet (NZ) (Zabeel-Foreign Copy). Samantha Miss was bred in New South Wales by G.D. Witters. She was purchased for $1.5 million at the 2007 yearling sales and earned $1,763,260 in 12 starts. Racing career Samantha Miss had five starts as a two-year-old for two wins, including the Champagne Stakes. As a three-year-old, she had seven starts for five wins. In Sydney, she became the first filly since Angst, in 1993, to win all four legs of the Princess Series - the Silver Shadow Stakes, the Furious Stakes, the Tea Rose Stakes, and the Flight Stakes. In Melbourne, she took on the older horses when third in the Cox Plate and won the VRC Oaks by three lengths when she came back to her own age. In the new year, she finished a close second in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
More Joyous
More Joyous (foaled 20 August 2006) is an Australian trained and New Zealand bred Thoroughbred racemare, trained by Gai Waterhouse, who has won eight Group 1 races. Pedigree More Joyous is by the leading Southern Halo sire More Than Ready, and from the Australian Oaks winning Sunday Silence mare Sunday Joy. Racing career More Joyous made her debut in January 2009 by winning a two-year -ld fillies handicap by five and a half lengths. A month later she was sent out a $1.35 favourite in the Group 2 Silver Slipper Stakes at Rosehill. When the barriers opened the saddle on More Joyous slipped and she began buckjumping for about 100 metres and took no part in the race. Three weeks later she took out the Group 2 Reisling Stakes by 2.3 lengths from Melito before finishing second last in the Golden Slipper Stakes which was won by Phelan Ready. Following the race, Jockey Darren Beadman was suspended for five meetings for careless riding on More Joyous. More Joyous began her spring camp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alizee (horse)
Alizee (foaled 26 September 2014) is a retired multiple Group 1 winning Australian thoroughbred racehorse. Background Alizee is a half sister to four times stakes winner, Astern, whose main success was the Group 1 Golden Rose Stakes in 2016. Racing career Alizee won three Group 1 races in her career, the Flight Stakes, Queen of the Turf Stakes and the Futurity Stakes. Breeding career Alizee gave birth to her first foal, a filly out of stallion I Am Invincible "I Am Invincible" is a song written by Brett Boyett and Nash Overstreet, and recorded by the American singer-songwriter Cassadee Pope for her forthcoming second studio album. It was released to digital retailers through Republic Nashville on July ... in 2021. Pedigree References {{reflist Australian racehorses Individual mares 2014 racehorse births Racehorses trained in Australia Racehorses bred in Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canterbury Park Racecourse
Canterbury Park Racecourse is a racecourse for horse racing in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is located 11 km (7 mi) from the Sydney Central Business District, in King Street in the suburb of Canterbury, adjacent to Canterbury railway station. The racecourse is operated by the Australian Turf Club. History The first horse racing in Canterbury was in 1852 when Cornelius Proud cleared part of his property for use as a racecourse, this was used regularly by locals. In 1871, after a few years with no race meetings being held, Frederick Clissold and Thomas Austen Davis held a race meeting on land that had been leased by Davis close to the existing racecourse. In 1884 the site was leased as the headquarters of Canterbury Park Race Club. A racetrack, 700 person grandstand and recreational park was constructed and held its first meeting on 19 January 1884. In 1886, of the leased land was purchased by Davis for use by the club. Up until World War I there was a zoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flight Stakes
The Flight Stakes is an Australian Turf Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies, at Set Weights, run over a distance of 1600 metres at Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia in early October. Total prize money for the race is A$750,000. History The race is named for champion Australian Hall of Fame mare Flight, the winner of the W. S. Cox Plate in 1945 and 1946. The race is part of the Epsom Handicap racecard. Grade * 1947–1978 - Principal Race * 1979–1984 - Group 2 * 1985 onwards - Group 1 Distance * 1947–1971 - 1 mile (~1600 metres) * 1972 onwards - 1600 metres Venue * 1947–1982 - Randwick Racecourse * 1983 - Warwick Farm Racecourse * 1984–2000 - Randwick Racecourse * 2001 - Warwick Farm Racecourse * 2012 onwards - Randwick Racecourse Winners * 2022 - Zougotcha * 2021 - Never Been Kissed * 2020 - Montefilia * 2019 - Funstar * 2018 - Oohood * 2017 - Alizee * 2016 - Global Glamour * 2015 - Speak Fondly * 2014 - First S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
