Bivouac (foaled 4 November 2016) is a multiple
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winning
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n thoroughbred racehorse.
Background
Bivouac is a home-bred stallion by
Godolphin. He is out of the Australian sire
Exceed And Excel
Exceed And Excel (foaled 5 September 2000) is a retired multiple Group 1 winning Australian thoroughbred racehorse. After his racing career ended he has been successful as a breeding stallion, having sired over 150 Stakes winners.
Background
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and is a three-quarter brother to the 4-time Group 1 winner Guelph. Bivouac is out of the mare, Dazzler, who won her first two starts at Geelong and Flemington in an 11-start career.
Racing career
2018/19: two-year-old season
Bivouac began his racing career with a second placing at Randwick, followed by a third placing three months later at the same track. His third start in a race was at
Warwick Farm Racecourse
Warwick Farm Racecourse is a racecourse at Warwick Farm, a south-west suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is used as a racecourse for Thoroughbred horse racing. The racecourse is owned and operated by the Australian Turf Club.
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in the
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Lonhro Plate. Starting at odds of $6.50 he won by a length under jockey
Blake Shinn
Blake Shinn (born 26 September 1987) is an Australian jockey, who rode the 2008 Melbourne Cup winner Viewed for trainer Bart Cummings.
On Melbourne Cup day 2010, Blake Shinn missed his ride in the Cup on Precedence, after a fall in Race 3 at F ...
. Immediately after the race assistant trainer
Darren Beadman
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said, "Being on his home track he had a big advantage. He is a real little professional, he just gets the job done".
After finishing unplaced at his next start in the
Todman Stakes
The Todman Stakes is an Australian Turf Club Group races, Group 2 Thoroughbred horse race, for two-year-old colts and geldings, at set weights, over a distance of 1200 metres held at Randwick Racecourse in Sydney, Australia in March. Total prize m ...
, Bivouac was listed as the first emergency for the
Golden Slipper Stakes
The Golden Slipper Stakes is an Australian Turf Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-old horses run over 1,200 metres on turf at set weights conditions, held at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse in Sydney, Australia. It is the premier two y ...
, however he failed to gain a start. Two weeks later he started in the
Kindergarten Stakes at
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level at the odds of $6. He won the race by 2 lengths with
Blake Shinn
Blake Shinn (born 26 September 1987) is an Australian jockey, who rode the 2008 Melbourne Cup winner Viewed for trainer Bart Cummings.
On Melbourne Cup day 2010, Blake Shinn missed his ride in the Cup on Precedence, after a fall in Race 3 at F ...
in the saddle again. After the race Shinn stated, "He's a very exciting horse, he won dominantly today as he did when I won on him at Warwick Farm."
2019/20: three-year-old season
Bivouac resumed racing as a three-year-old in the
Vain Stakes at
Caulfield Racecourse
Caulfield Racecourse Reserve is located nine kilometres from the Melbourne CBD, on the boundary of Caulfield and Caulfield East in Melbourne's south eastern suburbs. The Reserve was set aside for three purposes, racing, recreation and a publi ...
. Starting as a $3 favourite he won the race by over 4 lengths. As a result of his dominant win in the Vain Stakes, his next start he was installed the $1.35 favourite in the
San Domenico Stakes
The San Domenico Stakes is an Australian Turf Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds, run at set weights with penalties, over a distance of 1100 metres at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse, Sydney in August. Prizemoney is A$200,000.
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but finished in second place.
Bivouac's next start he was successful in
The Run to the Rose Stakes. Two weeks later he contested his first
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race, the
Golden Rose Stakes
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at
Rosehill Racecourse
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. He won under jockey
Hugh Bowman
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as the $2.50 favourite. His trainer James Cummings described watching Bivouac win the Golden Rose as ‘poetry in motion’.
Bivouac started $1.80 favourite at his next start in the
Manikato Stakes
The Manikato Stakes is a Moonee Valley Racing Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged three years old and over under Weight for age conditions, over a distance of 1200 metres. It is held at Moonee Valley Racecourse in Melbourne, Aust ...
at
Moonee Valley Racecourse
Moonee Valley Racecourse, currently marketed as The Valley, is a horse-racing track in Moonee Ponds, Melbourne, Victoria Australia.
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. Starting from barrier 1, the horse drifted back through the field and was blocked for runs throughout the race, eventually finishing in 6th position. Jockey
Kerrin McEvoy
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said after the race, "He was a little bit unlucky. He was three-back the fence and I never really got to let him off the bridle at all". Some however were critical of McEvoy's ride. Columnist Richard Callander believed that the Manikato Stakes was a major race that got away from McEvoy and made him pose the question "Was Kerrin McEvoy asleep at the wheel on Bivouac?" Bivouac contested the
Coolmore Stud Stakes
The Coolmore Stud Stakes, registered as the Ascot Vale Stakes, is a Victoria Racing Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds, at set weights, run over 1200 metres at Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia on Victoria Derby D ...
a week later and was narrowly beaten into second place for jockey Hugh Bowman.
Bivouac was then sent for a three-month spell and returned to racing in the 2020
Oakleigh Plate
The Oakleigh Plate is a Melbourne Racing Club Group 1 Thoroughbred open handicap horse race, run over a distance of 1100 metres at Caulfield Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia in late February. Total prize money is A$750,000.
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. After settling in the back half of the field he flashed home late to finish 6th, beaten 2.5 lengths. Next start he contested the Group 1
Newmarket Handicap
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at
Flemington Racecourse
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. Ridden by jockey
Glen Boss
Glen Boss (born 21 August 1969 in Caboolture) is an Australian jockey, who is best known for riding Makybe Diva to victory in three consecutive Melbourne Cups: 2003, 2004, and 2005. He has also been successful in four Cox Plates: Makybe Diva i ...
, he started at odds of $5.50 and won the race comfortably by 2.5 lengths. Boss said, "It’s amazing when you get on these colts, just going to the barriers, I knew I was a winner, you can just tell when they’re on. He went down to the barriers like he really meant business, every stride he took he had his game face on.”
On 20 May 2020 Bivouac finished third in the
William Reid Stakes, before unplaced runs in the
TJ Smith Stakes
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and
All Aged Stakes
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.
2020/21: four-year-old season
After running placings in
The Shorts and
The Everest, on both occasions beaten by
Classique Legend
Classique Legend (foaled 8 September 2015) is an Australian bred thoroughbred racehorse that is most notable for winning the 2020 running of The Everest.
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, Bivouac started at odds of $3.20 in the Group 1
VRC Sprint Classic
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. Ridden by
Glen Boss
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he won by over 3 lengths, beating the reigning Australian Horse of the Year,
Nature Strip.
Bivouac would not start for another 3 months when resuming on the 13 February 2021 in the
Black Caviar Lightning
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at
Flemington over 1,000 metres. Starting the $2.15 favourite he failed to threaten in the finish, eventually being beaten into 5th place by the winner
Nature Strip. After two unplaced starts in the
Canterbury Stakes and
TJ Smith Stakes
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the horse was retired from racing.
Stud career
Bivouac was retired to stand at
Darley Australia for the 2021 season. He was one of four new stallions to stand that season for Godolphin including the European trio of
Ghaiyyath
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,
Pinatubo and
Earthlight
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Pedigree
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