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Ajax II
Ajax was a champion Australian bred Thoroughbred racehorse and sire, who won 18 consecutive races before he was defeated at the odds of 40/1 on, causing a huge racing sensation. He had wins from 5 furlongs (1,000 metres) to 1½ miles (2,400 metres), equalled the Australasian record for a mile (1,600 metres), and created three new race records. At stud in Australia, Ajax proved to be a good sire. He was then sold as a 14-year-old horse and exported to the United States before he was later sold to Bing Crosby and Lin Howard. Ajax was inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame in 2004. Breeding Ajax was a chestnut colt bred by Alfred Thompson and E.L. Balllieu that was foaled in 1934 at the Widden Stud in the Denman, New South Wales area. He was by the racehorse and sire Heroic, and his dam, Medmenham (IRE), was by Prince Galahad (GB), who won the Dewhurst Stakes. Medmenham was a race winner in Australia after her importation and was the dam of tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ajax McCarten Up At Rosehill, 18 September 1937
Ajax may refer to: Greek mythology and tragedy * Ajax the Great, a Greek mythological hero, son of King Telamon and Periboea * Ajax the Lesser, a Greek mythological hero, son of Oileus, the king of Locris * ''Ajax'' (play), by the ancient Greek tragedian Sophocles, about Ajax the Great Arts and entertainment Fictional characters * Ajax Duckman, in the animated television series ''Duckman'' * Marvel Comics: ** Ajax the Greater, another name for Ajak, one of the Eternals from Marvel Comics ** Ajax the Lesser, another name for Arex, one of the Eternals from Marvel Comics ** Ajax, a member of the Pantheon appearing in Marvel Comics ** Ajax (Francis Fanny), a fictional supervillain first appearing in ''Deadpool'' #14 * Martian Manhunter, a DC Comics superhero called Ajax in Brazil and Portugal * Ajax, a '' Call of Duty: Black Ops 4'' operative * Ajax, from the video game ''Genshin Impact'' Music * A-Jax (band), a South Korean boy band * Ajax (band), an electronic music band from N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Underwood Stakes
The Underwood Stakes is a Melbourne Racing Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race, run over 1800 metres under weight-for-age conditions, held at Caulfield Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia in late September each year. Total prize money for the race is A$ 1,000,000. History It has been won by notable champions of the past such as Heroic, Phar Lap, Ajax, Tobin Bronze, Octagonal and Northerly. Prior to 1994 the race was held on Royal Melbourne Show Day which used to be observed on the Thursday in the last full week of September as a public holiday. 1952 racebook File:1952 VATC Underwood Stakes Racebook P1.jpg, Front cover of the 1952 Underwood Stakes racebook File:1952 VATC Underwood Stakes Racebook P2.jpg, 1952 Underwood Stakes showing raceday officials. File:1952 VATC Underwood Stakes Racebook P3.jpg, Starters and results showing the winner, Ellerslie. File:1952 VATC Underwood Stakes Racebook P4.jpg, Starters and results of the 1952 Underwood Stakes. File:1952 VATC Underwo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coolmore Stud Stakes
The Coolmore Stud Stakes, registered as the Ascot Vale Stakes, is a Victoria Racing Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds, at set weights, run over 1200 metres at Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia on Victoria Derby Day. Total prize money is A$2,000,000. History Originally the event from inception to 1965 for two-year-olds in the VRC Autumn Carnival usually on Australian Cup day. The Victoria Racing Club removed the race from the calendar in 1966 and the race was idle until it was rescheduled to be run in the early spring meeting in September for three-year-olds in 1969 with the champion Vain victorious. In 2006 the VRC rescheduled the event by moving it to the first day of the VRC Spring Carnival, Victoria Derby day. The move included an upgrading of the event to Group 1 status with an increase in stakemoney. The similar event that was run on the first day of the VRC Spring Carnival was moved to September and was renamed as the Group 3 Danehil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maribyrnong Plate
The Maribyrnong Plate is a Victoria Racing Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-olds, at set weights, over a distance of 1000 metres, at Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia on the Oaks day of the VRC Spring Carnival in November. Total prize money for the race is A$200,000. History The race is named after the Maribyrnong River, which is in close proximity to the Flemington racetrack. The river has often flooded the racetrack as was the case in 1974 and 2014. Prior to 1995 as well as 2007–08 the race was held on the first day of the VRC Spring Carnival, Victoria Derby Day. Distance * 1871–1971 - 5 furlongs (~1000 metres) * 1972–1993 – 1000 metres * 1994 – 1200 metres * 1995 – 1100 metres * 1996 onwards - 1000 metres Grade * 1871–1978 - Principal Race * 1979–2004 - Group 2 * 2005 onwards - Group 3 1954 racebook File:1954 VRC LKS Mackinnon Stakes Racebook P1.jpg, Front cover 1954 VRC Maribyrnong Plate racebook. File: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dewhurst Stakes
The Dewhurst Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to two-year-old colts and fillies. It is run on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket over a distance of 7 furlongs (1,408 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in October. It is Britain's most prestigious race for juvenile horses. The leading participants usually become major contenders for the following season's Classics. History The event was founded by Thomas Gee, who was a close friend of Karl Pearson's father. It was established in 1875 and was originally titled the "Dewhurst Plate". It is named after Gee's Dewhurst Stud at Wadhurst. The first four winners all went on to win one or more of the next year's Classics. The race was formerly staged during Newmarket's Champions' Day meeting in mid-October. It became part of a new fixture called Future Champions Day in 2011. The Dewhurst Stakes was added to the Breeders' Cup Challenge series in 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denman, New South Wales
Denman is a small town in New South Wales, Australia, in Muswellbrook Shire. It is on the Golden Highway in the Upper Hunter Region, about north of Sydney. At the 2016 census, Denman had a population of 1,789. Description Denman is situated on the Hunter River near the Wollemi National Park. The main rural industries in the region are wine grape growing, horse breeding and farming. The town holds the annual Food and Wine Affair festival on the first Saturday of May. Denman is also near Mount Rombo, a hill that has an unusual geometric shape causing to look like it has a perfectly flat top if it is viewed from Mangoola Road, a road that branches off the Golden Highway About north-west of Denman, in the Goulburn River National Park, is Mount Dangar, with an elevation of . It was sighted in 1824 by surveyor Henry Dangar, who named it Mount Cupola (for its domed shape). It was renamed by explorer Allan Cunningham, who became the first European to climb it the following year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindsay C
Lindsay may refer to: People *Clan Lindsay, a Scottish family clan *Lindsay (name), an English surname and given name, derived from the Scottish clan name; variants include Lindsey, Lyndsay, Linsay, Linsey, Lyndsey, Lyndsy, Lynsay, Lynsey Places ;Australia *Division of Lindsay, an electoral district in New South Wales ;Canada *Lindsay, Ontario ;United States *Lindsay, California *Lindsay, Montana *Lindsay, Nebraska *Lindsay, Oklahoma *Lindsay, South Dakota, a ghost town *Lindsay, Cooke County, Texas *Lindsay, Reeves County, Texas Other uses * Lindsay (crater) Lindsay is a small lunar impact crater in the central highlands of the Moon. It was named after the Irish astronomer Eric Mervyn Lindsay. It lies in the irregular terrain to the northwest of the landing site of the Apollo 16 mission. To the so ..., a lunar impact crater * ''Lindsay'' (TV series), an American reality TV series * , a destroyer escort transferred to the Royal Navy See also * Lindsey (other)< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Furlong
A furlong is a measure of distance in imperial units and United States customary units equal to one eighth of a mile, equivalent to 660 feet, 220 yards, 40 rods, 10 chains or approximately 201 metres. It is now mostly confined to use in horse racing, where in many countries it is the standard measurement of race lengths, and agriculture, where is it used to measure rural field lengths and distances. In the United States, some states use older definitions for surveying purposes, leading to variations in the length of the furlong of two parts per million, or about . This variation is too small to have practical consequences in most applications. Using the international definition of the yard as exactly 0.9144 metres, one furlong is 201.168 metres, and five furlongs are about 1 kilometre ( exactly). History The name ''furlong'' derives from the Old English words ' (furrow) and ' (long). Dating back at least to early Anglo-Saxon times, it originally referred to the length ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thoroughbred
The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word ''thoroughbred'' is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed. Thoroughbreds are considered " hot-blooded" horses that are known for their agility, speed, and spirit. The Thoroughbred, as it is known today, was developed in 17th- and 18th-century England, when native mares were crossbred with imported Oriental stallions of Arabian, Barb, and Turkoman breeding. All modern Thoroughbreds can trace their pedigrees to three stallions originally imported into England in the 17th and 18th centuries, and to a larger number of foundation mares of mostly English breeding. During the 18th and 19th centuries, the Thoroughbred breed spread throughout the world; they were imported into North America starting in 1730 and into Australia, Europe, Japan and South America during the 19th century. Millions of Thoroughbreds exist tod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world's sixth-largest country. Australia is the oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with the least fertile soils. It is a megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates, with deserts in the centre, tropical rainforests in the north-east, and mountain ranges in the south-east. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south east Asia approximately 65,000 years ago, during the last ice age.religious_traditions_in_the_world._Australia's_history_of_Australia.html" "title="The_Dreaming.html" ;"title="Aboriginal_Art.html" "title="he Story of Australia's People, Volume 1: The Rise and Fall of Ancient Australia, Penguin Books Australia Ltd., Vic. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ajax Stakes
The Ajax Stakes is an Australian Turf Club Group 2 Thoroughbred quality handicap horse race, for horses aged three years old and upwards, over a distance of 1500 metres, held annually at Rosehill Racecourse in Sydney, Australia in March. Total prize money for the race is A$200,000. History Name The race is named for the outstanding Hall of Fame horse and 1938 Cox Plate winner Ajax. *1974–1983 - Ajax Stakes * 1984 - Sir Robert Askin Cup *1985–1991 - Diners' Club Cup * 1992 - Ajax Stakes * 1993 - Sydney Turf Club 50th Anniversary Stakes *1994–1995 - Ajax Stakes * 1996 - Konica Stakes * 1997 - Ajax Stakes * 1998 - Parramatta Leagues Club Stakes * 1999 - Ajax Stakes *2000–2002 - Parramatta Leagues Club Stakes *2003 onwards - Ajax Stakes Distance *1974–1978 – 1200 metres *1979–1983 – 1400 metres *1984 onwards - 1500 metres Grade * 1974–1979 - Principal race * 1980–1983 - Listed race * 1984–2005 - Group 3 * 2006 o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Racing Hall Of Fame
The Australian Racing Hall of Fame is part of the Australian Racing Museum which documents and honours the horseracing legends of Australia. The museum officially opened in 1981 and created the Hall of Fame in 2000. The numbers in brackets after each name indicates the year of induction into the Hall of Fame. Racehorses * Abercorn (2018) * Ajax (2004) * Amounis (2006) * Aquanita (2018) * Archer (2017) * Balmerino (2019) * Beau Vite (2021) * Bernborough (Inaugural - 2001) * Better Loosen Up (2004) * Black Caviar (2013) * Briseis (2015) * Carbine (Inaugural - 2001) * Chatham (2005) * Choisir (2015) * Comic Court (2009) * Crisp (2013) * Dalray (2015) * Danehill (2015) * Delta (2013) * Dulcify (2014) * Eurythmic (2005) * Flight (2007) * Galilee (2005) * Gloaming (2004) * Grand Flaneur (2007) * Gunsynd (2005) * Hall Mark (2019) * Heroic (2003) * High Caste (2012) * Karasi (2018) * Kingston Town (Inaugural - 2001) * Leilani (2016) * Let's Elope (2012) * Light Finger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
