Artilleryman was an Australian bred

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that won the 1919

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Background

Artilleryman's sire was the 1919 Melbourne Cup winner, Comedy King, the first British bred horse to win the race.

Racing career

In winning the 1919

, Artilleryman set a new race record time of 3 minutes 24.5 seconds. This was also the first year that the current three-handled Loving Cup trophy was presented to the winning owner. Artilleryman died in 1921 after suffering an internal haemorrhage whilst spelling in

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Pedigree

References

{{reflist Melbourne Cup winners 1916 racehorse births Racehorses bred in Australia Racehorses trained in Australia 1921 racehorse deaths