Doriemus (17 November 1990 – 11 January 2015) was a

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racehorse who began his career in

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and rose to prominence in

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by winning the Caulfield and

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s in 1995. He was the eighth of just nine horses to complete the double in the same year.

Breeding

He was bred to stay, being by Norman Pentaquad (USA) (by

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) out of Golden Woods by Zamazaan (FR). Doriemus was foaled in New Zealand and was a half-brother to the filly, Margaux by War Hawk II (GB).

Racing career

After two wins from three starts in New Zealand, Doriemus was transferred to

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late in his three-year-old term, in the winter of 1994. The small, wiry chestnut won by four lengths on his Australian debut, but was considered immature and spelled. He won only twice as a four-year-old, but did enough to qualify for the following year's Caulfield Cup. Carrying 52 kilograms, and ridden patiently by

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, Doriemus overhauled South Australian and West Australian Derby winners, Count Chivas and Beaux Art over the closing stages. Penalised 2.5 kilograms for the Melbourne Cup, to take his weight to 54.5 kilograms, Doriemus revelled in the rain-affected going to defeat

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winner Nothin' Leica Dane and Irish Champion and 1993 Melbourne Cup winner

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. Freedman and Oliver had earlier combined to win Caulfield Cups with Mannerism and Paris Lane, and Doriemus was the third of Freedman's five Melbourne Cup winners, and the first of three for Oliver. In 1996, Doriemus won the Queen Elizabeth Stakes, in the autumn, and the

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, in the spring, but was fourth and sixth, respectively, in the Cups. In 1997, he bled in Octagonal's Australian Cup, but returned to run second to

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in both Cups. Doriemus's jockey, Greg Hall, believed he had won the Melbourne Cup, and gave a wave of his whip after crossing the line, but the photo showed Might and Power had prevailed by the barest of margins. In the autumn, Doriemus was again placed behind Might and Power in the Mercedes Classic, and was runner-up to

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in the Sydney Cup. In his final campaign, in the spring of 1998, he was second in the Metropolitan but finished 19th in the Melbourne Cup. Doriemus was retired to

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, the International Home of Rest for Champion Horses in Woodlands Historic Park,

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. He was euthanised in January 2015 following a paddock accident aged 24.Champion stayer Doriemus dies
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Race record

Pedigree

References

{{Reflist 1990 racehorse births 2015 racehorse deaths Racehorses bred in New Zealand Racehorses trained in Australia Melbourne Cup winners Caulfield Cup winners Thoroughbred family 2-b

Breeding

Racing career

Race record

Pedigree

See also

References