Whobegotyou (19 August 2005 - 12 September 2012) was an

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racehorse. The horse won nine races, including the

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(G1)

Caulfield Guineas The Caulfield Guineas is a Melbourne Racing Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race held over 1600 metres (1 mile) at set weights for three-year-old horses at Caulfield Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia. Total prize money is A$3 million. The race ...

and

Yalumba Stakes The Might and Power, registered as the Caulfield Stakes is a Melbourne Racing Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race run under weight-for-age conditions, for three-year-olds and upwards, run over a distance of 2,000 metres at Caulfield Racecourse, ...

for $3,115,450 in prize money. He was a chestnut gelding that was foaled on 19 August 2005 and was bred by Lockyer Thoroughbreds. Whobegotyou was by the outstanding racehorse and sire,

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(IRE), who won the

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and is the sire of winners of more than $51 million including, Shocking, Street Sense and

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. His dam, Temple of Peace was by Carnegie, who won the

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and is the dam of winners of more than $50 million. She was imported into Australia in 2002 and is the dam of three named other horses, by different sires, which have not started in any

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races. Whobegotyou is inbred to Mr. Prospector in the third and fourth generation (3m x 4f) and twice to

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in the fourth generation (4m x 4f) of his pedigree.Morris, Simon; ''Tesio Power 2000 - Stallions of the World'', Syntax Software Whobegotyou was passed in at the Inglis Classic yearling sale during February 2007 in

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and was later sold for $19,500 to Laurence E. Eales of Victoria. He possessed a good temperament, but was soon becoming heavy and starting to develop a crest. It was then decided to geld him before sending him to Mark Kavanagh, for training. Whobegotyou died suddenly at a property near Sunbury in September 2012, aged seven.

Racing career

Michael Rodd rode Whobegotyou in all of his wins except for two.

Two-year-old season: 2007-2008

Whobegotyou won his first start, a maiden race at

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on 23 May 2008. He next started in and won a 1,200 metre two-year-old handicap, with Nicholas Ryan riding him, at Moonee Valley on 21 June 2008 before having a 10-week let-up.

Three-year-old season: 2008-2009

This season Whobegotyou had 11 starts for wins in the G2

Bill Stutt Stakes The Bill Stutt Stakes is a Moonee Valley Racing Club Group 2 Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged three years old, under open set weight conditions, over a distance of 1600 metres, held annually at Moonee Valley Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia ...

contested over 1,600 metres; G1 Caulfield Guineas over 1,600 m and G2

AAMI Vase The Moonee Valley Vase is a registered Moonee Valley Racing Club Group 2 Thoroughbred horse race held under Set Weights conditions, for horses aged three-years-old, over a distance of 2040 metres. It is held at Moonee Valley Racecourse in Melbou ...

over 2,040 metres before finishing in Second place in the

Victoria Derby The Victoria Derby, also known as the Penfolds Victoria Derby, is a Victoria Racing Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds held under Set Weights conditions over a distance of 2,500 metres at Flemington Racecourse, in Melbour ...

over 2,500 metres when short odds on favourite. He was then spelled for 18 weeks before resuming racing in March with five more starts to finish the season for two seconds and then a third place in the

Doncaster Handicap The Doncaster Mile, registered as the Doncaster Handicap is an Australian Turf Club Group One Thoroughbred handicap race for horses three years old and older, held over 1,600 metres at Royal Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia. Although the ra ...

. At his next start he was unplaced in the G1

AJC Queen Elizabeth Stakes The Queen Elizabeth Stakes, formerly known as the Queen's Plate, AJC Plate, and AJC King's Cup, is is an Australian Turf Club Group 1 Weight for Age thoroughbred horse race run over a distance of 2,000 metres at Randwick Racecourse, Sydne ...

before being sent for a 16-week spell.

Four-year-old season: 2009-2010

Whobegotyou had eight starts for wins in the G2

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(w.f.a.) Feehan Stakes, also known as the

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when ridden by Damien Oliver and the G1 MRC Yalumba Stakes over 2,000. After starting as the $2.80 favourite in the

Cox Plate The W. S. Cox Plate is a Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged three years old and over under Weight for age conditions, over a distance of 2040 metres (approximately 1m 2f), that is held by the Moonee Valley Racing Club at Moo ...

he finished sixth and was found to be sore in his hindquarters and back before being spelled for 31 weeks. He resumed racing on 29 May 2010 with a start in the G1

Doomben 10,000 The Doomben 10,000 is a Brisbane Racing Club Group 1 Thoroughbred Weight for Age horse race, run over a distance of 1200 metres at Doomben Racecourse, Brisbane, Australia during the Queensland Winter Racing Carnival. Total prize money is A$ ...

in which he finished second to the classy mare, Hot Danish. After an unplaced run in the G1

Stradbroke Handicap The Stradbroke Handicap is a Brisbane Racing Club Group 1 Thoroughbred open handicap horse race, run over a distance of 1,400 metres at Eagle Farm Racecourse, Brisbane in June during the Queensland Winter Racing Carnival. It is one of the highligh ...

after being galloped on and injured he was given a let-up of 11 weeks.

Five-year-old season: 2010-2011

At his first start in the new season Whobegotyou finished second, by a half length, to

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in the G2

Memsie Stakes The Memsie Stakes is a Melbourne Racing Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race held under weight for age conditions, for horses aged three years old and upwards, over a distance of 1400 metres. It is held at Caulfield Racecourse, Melbourne, Australi ...

over 1,400 metres. On 11 September 2010 he won his second Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes defeating

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by two lengths. Whobegotyou then placed third on 9 October 2010 in the

which So You Think won from Alcopop. He again placed third in the Cox Plate behind the winner, So You Think and Zipping who finished second.

Six-year-old season: 2011-2012

Whobegotyou began his six-year-old campaign by winning the

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by a neck from the

Australasian Oaks The Australasian Oaks, is a South Australian Jockey Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies at Set Weights run over a distance of 2000 metres at Morphettville Racecourse, Adelaide, Australia in the SAJC Autumn Carnival. ...

winner Lights of Heaven. He then ran third in the G2

(w.f.a.) Feehan Stakes, also known as the

at his 3rd attempt to in the race in 3 consecutive years. He had a total of 29 starts for 10 wins, 10 seconds and 4 thirds, with prize money of A$3,263,450.ASB: Whobegotyou (AUS)
Retrieved 2010-12-14

Race record

Pedigree

References

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