Gatum Gatum was an Australian
Thoroughbred racehorse
Horse racing is an equestrian performance sport, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition. It is one of the most ancient of all sports, as its basic pr ...
who won the 1963
Melbourne Cup.
Despite winning the 1961
SAJC South Australian Derby
The South Australian Derby is a South Australian Jockey Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds, at set weights, run over a distance of 2,500 metres at Morphettville Racecourse in Adelaide, Australia during the SAJC Autumn Carniv ...
as a three-year-old and a second placing in the 1963
Caulfield Cup he carried just 7
st 12
lb (50
kg) to victory in the Cup.
His owner, Malcolm Reid had bred the 1945
Melbourne Cup winner
Rainbird but had sold her as a
filly
A filly is a female horse that is too young to be called a mare. There are two specific definitions in use:
*In most cases, a ''filly'' is a female horse under four years old.
*In some nations, such as the United Kingdom and the United States, t ...
to his brother Clifford.
[Pollard, J. (1988). ''Australian Horse Racing''. Angus & Robertson Publishers , p. 464]
References
Melbourne Cup winners
1958 racehorse births
Racehorses bred in Australia
Racehorses trained in Australia
Thoroughbred family 1-b
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