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Thoroughbred horse racing is a spectator sport in Australia, and gambling on horse races is a very popular pastime with A$14.3 billion wagered in 2009/10 [1] with bookmakers and the Totalisator Agency Board (TAB). The two forms of Thoroughbred horseracing in Australia are flat racing, and races over fences or hurdles in Victoria and South Australia
The second leg of the Australian Triple Crown is the Rosehill Guineas. A horse race since 1910, it is run at the Rosehill Gardens Racecourse, located in Sydney. The third and last leg of the Australian Triple Crown is the Australian Derby. This race, established in 1861, is run at the Randwick Racecourse, in Sydney. All three Group One races ...
The purpose of these criteria is to include only horses that should be recognised as being Australasian. Horse must have earned at least $5,000,000 (AUD) in total career prizemoney according to Racing Australia. [1] Horse must have earned at least $2,500,000 (AUD) in total career prizemoney in Australian and/or New Zealand races.
Makybe Diva (foaled 21 March 1999) is a champion Australian Thoroughbred racehorse who is the only horse to win three Melbourne Cups and the only mare to win it more than once. [5] She achieved the feat in 2003, 2004, and 2005. She also won the 2005 Cox Plate. [3] She was the highest stakes-earner in Australian history, winning more than A$14 ...
The Australian Champion Racehorse of the Year is awarded to the Thoroughbred horse who is voted to be the champion horse within an Australian racing season. This award is open to all racehorses racing within Australia , regardless of age and sex, and includes overseas performances.
Anamoe (foaled 16 November 2018) is a retired nine-time Group 1 winning champion Australian thoroughbred racehorse. Affectionately known as "The Big A", Anamoe is considered one of the most decorated Australian produced stallions ever. [2] He is one of only two Australian horses to win Group 1 races at ages 2, 3 and 4 since the 1990s.
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 m) to 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (2,400 m), equalled the Australasian record for one mile (1,600 m), and created three new race records.
The list below shows the leading sire of Thoroughbred racehorses in Australia for each season since 1883–84. This is determined by the amount of prize money won by the sire's progeny during the season.