Glamour Puss (foaled 5 October 2000 – 2016) was a

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race

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who also raced in Australia. She was trained by Paul O'Sullivan in New Zealand and Danny O'Brien in Australia. Sired by Tale of the Cat to dam Centaine, she was the winner of two Group One races in 2005, including

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and Salinger Stakes. Glamour Puss was retired in June 2006 to Waikato Stud in New Zealand after having competed in the Group Two

King's Stand Stakes The King's Stand Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older. It is run at Ascot over a distance of 5 furlongs (1,006 metres), and it is scheduled ...

and the Group One

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at Royal Ascot Racecourse, having won nine races from twenty six race starts and in excess of A$1,200,000 in prize money. In 2016 Glamour Puss was

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after complications following colic surgery. She was buried at New Zealand's Waikato Stud. Throughout her stud career she produced seven named foals, with all six foals to race being winners.

References

Glamour Puss's racing record
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