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Australia (foaled 8 April 2011) is an Irish-bred, Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 2014 Epsom Derby. As a two-year-old in 2013, he won two of his three races, creating a very favourable impression when winning the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Trial Stakes , and was highly regarded by his trainer Aidan O'Brien .
This List of Australian Group races is recognized as a list of Australia's classified Black type thoroughbred horse races. [1] The Pattern Committee of the Australian Racing Board (ARB) [2] recommends which races shall be designated as Group and Listed races for the racing season. The current list is for the 2019–2020 Australian Racing season ...
Australian Champion Racehorse of the Year (29 P) Australian Racing Hall of Fame horses (61 P) R. Racehorses bred in Australia (1 C, 275 P) Racehorses trained in ...
Pages in category "Australian racehorse owners and breeders" The following 88 pages are in this category, out of 88 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Oju Chosan: Steeplechase race horse who won numerous JG1 races, most notably winning the Nakayama Grand Jump five times in a row. Orb: 2013 Kentucky Derby winner; Orfevre: winner of almost 20 million US dollars in earnings and is one of the highest earning racehorses ever; Overdose: champion Hungarian sprinter and winner of 14 straight races.
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
This award originally started as the VRC Award and was renamed Australia's Champion Racehorse in 1982. A separate award was voted on between 1976/77 and 1993/4 by the Australian Racing Writers' Association with the only variations being Gurner's Lane (1982/3) and Bonecrusher (1986/7). The voting bodies combined from 1993/4.
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.