Redelva was a notable
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thoroughbred
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son of Romantic Hope from the mare Delvena, he was foaled in 1983 and was trained throughout his career by Greg Varcoe.
Redelva competed primarily in sprint races winning up to a distance of 1400m. He was a durable horse winning quality races at the highest level as a two-year-old right through to the age of eight.
Amongst his major wins were the 1990
VRC Lightning Stakes
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, 1991
MVRC
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William Reid Stakes and the
SAJC Spring Stakes on three occasions (1988–90).Redelva was primarily ridden throughout his career by Neville "Nifty" Wilson
Race record
61 starts - 21 wins, 13 seconds, 5 thirds
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Prizemoney
A$1,791,710
Major wins
Redelva won the following major races:
* 1985 VRC Maribyrnong Trial Stakes – (900m) - Listed
* 1987 SAJC City Stakes – (1000m) - Listed
* 1987 SAJC Lightning Stakes – (1000m) – G3
* 1988 SAJC R.N. Irwin Stakes – (1100m) – G2
* 1988 SAJC Spring Stakes – (1200m) – G2
* 1988 VRC Linlithgow Stakes – (1400m) – G2
* 1988 VRC Rupert Steele Stakes – (1200m) – G2
* 1988 VRC Standish Handicap – (1200m) – G3
* 1989 SAJC Spring Stakes – (1200m) – G2
* 1990 VRC Linlithgow Stakes – (1400m) – G2
* 1990 SAJC Spring Stakes – (1200m) – G2
* 1990 VRC Lightning Stakes – (1000m) – G1
* 1990 MVRC Stanley Wootton Stakes – (1200m) – G3
* 1991 VATC Rubiton Stakes – (1000m) – Listed
* 1991 MVRC William Reid Stakes – (1200m) – G1
* 1991 VATC Futurity Stakes – (1400m) – G1
* 1991 VATC Memsie Stakes – (1400m) – G2
See also
* Repeat winners of horse races A list of racehorses which have won the same race on three or more occasions.
Footnotes
See also
* List of leading Thoroughbred racehorses
* List of historical horses
* Thoroughbred racing in New Zealand
* Harness racing in New Zealand
Harne ...
* List of millionaire racehorses in Australia
Top prize money earners – Australian and New Zealand horses
* denotes still racing
The criteria for inclusion in the above list are as follows. The purpose of these criteria is to include only horses that should be recognised as being Austr ...
References
Redelva's pedigree and partial racing stats
1983 racehorse births
Thoroughbred family 7-d
Racehorses bred in Australia
Racehorses trained in Australia
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