Alcohol (foaled 16 September 2008) is a retired Australian

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racehorse who was trained by Richard Jolly at Morphettville in

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. Sporting blue silks with a pink

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and yellow sleeves, Alcohol was a favourite with the punters in South Australia.

Breeding

He was foaled in Australia at Lauriston Thoroughbred Farm,

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Racing career

The current racing record of Alcohol is 25 starts for 6 wins, 4 seconds and 6 thirds for earnings of A$323,630.

Two-year-old season

Alcohol started racing as a two-year-old on 20 July 2011 in a race at

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, finishing 3rd, prior to spelling.

Three-year-old season

Alcohol continued his racing career as a three-year-old, and broke his

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with a win on his 5th race at

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on 16 December 2011, and competed in Group 1

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on 5 May 2012.

Four-year-old season

Alcohol commenced his four-year-old season winning 3 out of his first 4 starts, with a first up win on the Morpettville Parks track on 27 October 2012, and continued on by travelling to Victoria to win at Flemington on 15 December 2012.

Five-year-old season

Alcohol was only lightly raced as a five-year-old, running only 2 races after a lengthy spell.

Six-year-old season

Returning at Morphettville over 1200m, he returned to the winner circle in his first up race back.

Race record

Pedigree

References

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External links

Racing Information Services Australia

Alcohol's Racing profile

Registrar Information
2008 racehorse births Racehorses bred in Australia