Foxbridge (GB) (foaled 1930) was an English Thoroughbred racehorse by Foxlaw out of Bridgemount by Bridge of Earn. His race record was 18 starts for 1 win, 3 seconds and 4 thirds.
[Ahnert, Rainer L. (Ed. in Chief), "Thoroughbred Breeding of the World", Pozdun Publishing, Germany, 1970]
In 1935, the English stallion Foxbridge was purchased for £2,625 by
Seton Otway and imported into New Zealand. Here he was a very successful sire at
Trelawney Stud near
Cambridge, New Zealand. This remarkably consistent horse was New Zealand's most successful sire and brood-mare sire for 11 consecutive seasons.
Twice he was the British Empire's champion sire.
His female offspring were to produce five
Melbourne Cup
The Melbourne Cup is a Thoroughbred horse race held in Melbourne, Australia. It is a 3200-metre race for three-year-olds and over, conducted by the Victoria Racing Club on the Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Victoria as part of the Melb ...
winners:
Hiraji,
Foxzami
Foxzami (1944−1969) was a New Zealand-bred Thoroughbred racehorse.
In November 1949 at Flemington Racecourse, Foxzami won the Melbourne Cup. He carried a weight of 8-8 (120 pounds and started at odds of 16/1 in a field of 31 runners. Ridd ...
,
Macdougal
Macdougal, foaled 1953, was a New Zealand thoroughbred racehorse.
In November 1959 he won the Melbourne Cup at Flemington Racecourse. He was ridden by Pat Glennon and carried a weight of 8-11 (123 pounds). Macdougal started at odds of 8/1 in ...
,
Hi Jinx and
Silver Knight. Foxbridge's potency was illustrated at
Ellerslie Racecourse
Ellerslie Racecourse is the main racecourse in Auckland, New Zealand, for thoroughbred racehorses. It is an undulating, grass circuit in the suburb of Ellerslie, with a circumference of just under 1,900 metres. Racing is conducted in a clockwi ...
on
Boxing Day 1944, when his progeny won six races on an eight-race card.
Seton Otway
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He was inducted into the New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame
The New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame recognises and honours those whose achievements have enriched the New Zealand thoroughbred horse racing industry.
History
The Hall of Fame's first group of honorees were inducted in 2006, and inductions are he ...
in 2008.
See also
* Thoroughbred racing in New Zealand
The racing of Thoroughbred horses (or gallopers, as they are also known) is a popular gaming and spectator sport and industry in New Zealand.
History
Thoroughbred horse racing commenced soon after European settlement. The first totalisator machi ...
Reference list
1930 racehorse births
Champion Thoroughbred Sires of New Zealand
New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame horses
Racehorses bred in the United Kingdom
Racehorses trained in the United Kingdom
New Zealand Thoroughbred sires
Sport in Cambridge, New Zealand
Thoroughbred family 14-b
Chefs-de-Race
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