Kolding (foaled 3 November 2015) is a New Zealand bred and Australian trained thoroughbred racehorse that has won three

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races, as well as the inaugural running of the

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in 2020.

Background

Kolding was purchased for $170,000 at the 2017 New Zealand Premier Yearling Sale. He is a half-brother to Sampson, winner of the

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, Awapuni Gold Cup and

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Racing career

Kolding was defeated in his first three races however won at his fourth attempt on the 23 January 2019 at

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when ridden by

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. On the 8 June 2019, Kolding contested his first stakes race in the Queensland Guineas at

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. Ridden by James McDonald he came from fourth-last to win by half a length. After the race trainer Chris Waller said, "I think he's the right horse to go through to the spring – an Epsom type of horse, in my opinion." Kolding went on to win the

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four months later and then at his next start won the first running of the

, collecting over $4,000,000 in prize-money. Kolding's two other

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victories were the 2020

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and the 2021

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Pedigree

References

{{reflist Racehorses bred in New Zealand Racehorses trained in Australia 2015 racehorse births