Trekking (foaled 20 October 2014) is a multiple

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winning Australian thoroughbred racehorse.

Background

Trekking was bred at the Australian

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and was sired by the stallion Street Cry.

Racing career

Trekking made a successful debut as a 2 year old when ridden to victory by James Doyle at

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as a 9/10 favourite. At his following start Trekking finished 2nd in the Black Opal Stakes before finishing 12th in the

Golden Slipper The Golden Slipper Stakes is an Australian Turf Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-old horses run over 1,200 metres on turf at set weights conditions, held at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse in Sydney, Australia. It is the premier two y ...

behind

She Will Reign She Will Reign (foaled 26 August 2014) is a retired Australian thoroughbred racehorse. She is a Dual Group 1 winning Filly having won the 2017 Group 1 2YO Golden Slipper over 1200m at Rosehill Gardens, and the 2017 Group 1 WFA Moir Stakes at Moo ...

when ridden by

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. As a 4 year old Trekking achieved

success in the Stradbroke Handicap when ridden by

Kerrin McEvoy Kerrin McEvoy (born 28 October 1980) is an Australian jockey who is best known for winning three Melbourne Cups. In Europe, McEvoy rode several big winners for Godolphin including Rule of Law in the St Leger Stakes at Doncaster in 2004 and Ibn ...

at odds of 6/1 Trekking won his second Group 1 race when successful in

The Goodwood The Goodwood is a South Australian Jockey Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for three years old and older, run at set weights with penalties, over a distance of 1200 metres at Morphettville Racecourse, Adelaide, South Australia in the SAJC A ...

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. In the 2020 World's Best Racehorse Rankings, Trekking was rated on 118, making him the equal 80th best racehorse in the world.

References

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