Print of Octagonal at full stretch.

Octagonal was second in the Golden Slipper as a 2yo before taking all before him at 3 years where he won the WS Cox Plate, AJC Derby, Rosehill Guineas, Canterbury Guineas, Mercedes Classic. As a 4yo he went on to further Group 1 success in the Underwood Stakes, Australian Cup and a second Mercedes Classic.  At stud he sired a Champion in Lonhro.  Octagonal was named Australian Horse of the Year for 1995/96.

Print of Lonhro winning Caulfield Stakes

Lonhro won 11 group 1s during his career starting off with the Caulfield Guineas as a 3yo.  As a spring 4yo 'the black flash' defeated Sunline in the Caulfield Stakes and then won the Mackinnon Stakes.  In he autumn he continued on his winning way in the George Ryder Stakes and ended the Autumn taking out the Queen Elizabeth Stakes.  As a 5yo he returned to win the Caulfield Stakes in the Spring and a memorable Australian Cup win in the Autumn.  He is now at stud alongside his sire.  Lonhro was named Horse of The Year in 2003/04.  

Print of Lonhro defeating Sunline in the Caulfield Stakes

Print of Champion filly Alinghi

Winner of four Group 1s in the Blue Diamond, Thousand Guineas, Newmarket Hcp and Sangster Stakes she then went to the US and scored a fast finishing win in the Ballston Spa Breeders Cup over 1600m.

Print of Bonecrusher parading

Bonecrusher was the winner of the 1986 WS Cox Plate where he defeated Our Waverley Star in what was dubbed 'The Race of the Century'.  As a 3yo he had won the NZ Derby before heading to Australia to win the AJC Derby and Tancred Stakes.  The following spring he was unbeatable winning the Underwood Stakes then Caulfield Stakes before the Cox Plate.  He nearly died when he went to Japan for the Japan Cup but returned to racing in the Autumn of 1987 to defeat Melb Cup winner At Talaq in the Australian Cup. Bonecrusher was named Australian Horse of the Year in 1986/87.

Print of head shot of Bonecrusher

Print of Defier

Defier won three group 1s incuding his final race in the Doomben Cup but is best remembered for his vistories over Lonhro in Sydney and being placed second beaten narrowly by Northerly and Fields of Omagh in the WS Cox Plates of 2002 and 2003.

Print of Falvelon winning the Schweppes Stakes

Falvelon is one of the best racehorses Queensland has produced in recent times.  In the sprint of 2000 he dominated the sprint events at Caulfield and Moonee Valley before heading over to the International Day in Hong Kong to win the Sprint against an international field.  He returned to Australia to win the Doomben 10,000 the following Autumn.  The following season he went to Hong Kong again and successfuly defended his crown winning the Sprint for the second year in a row.  A second Doomben 10,000 followed before his retirement to stud in Queensland.   

Print of Fields of Omagh winning at Cheltenham

Fields of Omagh began his rise to glory winning a stakes race in Adelaide before heading to the Melbourne Spring carnival in 2001 where he won the Hong Kong Jockey Club Plate on Melbourne Day.  Then he went on to win the Eclipse Stakes at Sandown on the final day of the carnival.  After returning from injury the following spring he was second in the Caulfield Cup.  He was injured again the following Autumn but came back to win the 2003 WS Cox Plate defeating Lonhro.  Campaigning in the best of company his next Group 1 win was in the Autumn of 2006 wen he won the Futurity Stakes.  Six month later at his final career run he took out a second WS Cox Plate becoming the first 9yo to do so.  He had ultimately run in 5 Cox Plates for 2 wins and 2 placings and a 5th something no horse had done before. 

Print of Jeune at Lindsay Park Stud in South Australia

A stakeswinner in the UK Jeune was imported to Australia in 1994.  After a midfield finish in the 1994 Goodwood Hcp over 1200m he was spelled for the spring. First up he was second in another Adelaide sprint race before heading to Melbourne where he won the Gr 1 Underwood Stakes before a second in the Gr 1 Mackinnon Stakes.  Three days later he powered through on the inside to race away with the 1994 Melbourne Cup.  He returned to racing in the autumn with a stunning win in the CF Orr Stakes and later won the AJC Queen Elizabeth Stakes in Sydney.  He was named Horse Of The Year for 94-95 racing season.  Jeune went onto further success at stud siring numerous stakeswinners including Mummify winner of 5 group 1s including the 2003 Caulfield Cup.

Print of Jeune standing during stallion parade 

Print of Might and Power

Might and Power first impressed racegoers winning the Frank Packer Plate as a 3yo but he rose to superstar status with his comprehensive win in the 1997 Caulfield Cup.  A penalty of 3.5kg didn't slow him in the 1997 Melbourne Cup where he held off Doriemus by a nose.  The following autumn he won the 1998 Mercedes Classic, AJC Queen Elizabeth Stakes and Doomben Cup all at Group 1 and was soon named Horse of the Year for 1997-98.  Returning in awesome fashion in the spring he won the Caulfield Stakes and 1998 WS Cox Plate followed by the VRC Queen Elizabeth Stakes.  He was injured soon after but went on to take out his second Horse of the Year title in a row in 1998-99.

Print of Mummify defeating Grand Armee in Caulfield Stakes

Mummify won the 2003 SA Derby then went on the following spring to win the Underwood stakes and the Caulfield Cup and become the short priced favourite for the Melbourne Cup.  Scratched on race morning due to a virus the following year he won the Caulfield Stakes and in 2005 ventured overseas to win the Group 1 Singapore International Cup.  Aimed at a second Caulfield Cup win he hit the front in the closing stages but was run down just before the post finishing third.  Sadly on pulling up he smashed his nearside sesamoids and despite efforts to save him was put down the next day.

Print of Northerly winning 2001 WS Cox Plate

Northerly burst onto the scene in the eastern states in 2001 when he won the Australian Cup then followed it up in the spring in the Underwood Stakes, Caulfield Stakes and ultimately the WS Cox Plate.  In 2002 he was narrowly beaten in the Australian Cup but in the spring he took out the Underwood Stakes again then the Caulfield Cup before backing up a week later to win his second WS Cox Plate.  Northerly won his second Australian Cup in 2003 but was injured preparing for the spring.  Northerly was Horse of the Year in 2002-03. 

Print of Saintly before 1996 Warwick Stakes

Saintly was a member of the same foal crop as Octagonal, Filante and Nothin Leica Dane.  He first came under notice with a win in the Carbine Club Stakes over the 1995 Melbourne Cup carnival.  The following Autumn he showed a devastating sprint to defeat the older horses in the Expressway Stakes and then went to Melbourne to win the Group 1 Australian Cup.  He was narrowly defeated by Octagonal in the AJC Derby, Rosehill Guineas and Mercedes Classic.  As a 4yo he was a first up second to Filante in the Warwick Stakes before winning the Hill Stakes then heading to Melbourne to become the first horse since Rising Fast (1954) to win the WS Cox Plate - Melbourne Cup double.  Sent to Japan for the Japan Cup he became seriously sick a day before the race.  Saintly recovered to return with an amazing win in the CF Orr Stakes finishing hard to storm home to an easy victory.  Sadly he suffered a bowed tendon soon after and was eventually retired.  Saintly was named Australian Horse of the Year in 1996-97.   

Print of Saintly at Moonee Valley

Print of Starcraft

Starcraft turned heads as a autumn 3yo in 2004 where he won the Group 3 Debonair before running a close second to the unbeaten Reset in the Australian Guineas.  Heading to the Sydney carnival he won the WFA Gr 1 Chipping Norton Stakes and then took out the Gr 1 AJC Derby.  As a spring 4yo he went to New Zealand where he won the Mudgway Stakes and Stoney Bridge Stakes before running second in the Kelt Capital Stakes.  A week later he returned to Australia to be placed in the Caulfield Stakes before running on for third in the WS Cox Plate.  Taken overseas in 2005 he first campaigned in Europe where he won the Prix Du Moulin and Queen Elizabeth II Stakes both at Group 1 level.  Starcraft was then sent to America for the Breeders Cup where he finished midfield not appreciating the dirt surface.  He was awarded the title of World Champion Older Turf Miler for his deeds in Europe.  Starcraft commenced stud service in 2006.

Print of Sunline winning 2000 WS Cox Plate

The winner of 13 Group 1s Sunline won her first Group 1 in the Flight Stakes as a Spring 3yo.  In the autumn of 1999 she campaigned successfully in Melbourne before returning to Sydney to take out the Group 1 AJC Doncaster Hcp.  Returning in the spring she won the GR 2 Warwick Stakes then to complete her campaign she easily won the 1999 WS Cox Plate.  As an autumn 4yo she won 4 of her 5 starts including the Group 1 Coolmore Classic and Group 1 All Aged Stakes but her sole defeat running a gallant second to Over in the AJC Doncaster while conceeding 6kg won over many fans.  In the Spring of 2000 Sunline was nearly unbeatable she won the Gr 1 Manikato Stakes, Gr 2 Memsie Stakes, Gr 2 JF Feehan Stakes, then was second by a nose to Fairway in the Turnbull Stakes before outclassing the field running away with the WS Cox Plate.  Sunline then went to Hong Kong where she held out local champion Fairy King Prawn to win the Hong Kong Mile.  In 2001 She won the first of two  Gr 1 Waikato Sprints in New Zealand, Gr 2 memsie Stakes, Gr 2 Turnbull Stakes and Gr2 Apollo Stakes and was an unlucky second in the WS Cox Plate.  At the Sydney Autumn carnival in 2002 she won the Gr 1 Coolmore Classic, Gr 2 Apollo Stakes before defying the opposition to win a second AJC Doncaster Hcp carrying 58kg the highest weight for a mare since the 1930s.  A week later she won the Gr 1 AJC All Aged Stakes.  In the spring she won the Mudgway Stakes before taking part in a two horse war in the Caulfield Stakes with Lonhro.  She was retired to stud after running 4th in the WS Cox Plate.  Sunline was named Australian Horse of the Year three successive seasons in 1999/00, 2000/01 and 2001/02.

Print of Super Impose exhibition gallop at Moonee Valley after leading out the Cox Plate field

Super Impose won the 1988 Eclipse Stakes at Sandown and the AJC Summer Cup which proved preludes to forthcoming seasons.  In 1989 he won the Turnbull Stakes before going on to run second in the Melbourne Cup.  He was tried as a miler the following year which proved to be his forte.  Racing in one of Australia's classiest eras he stormed home with topweight to win the AJC Doncaster Hcp before heading to the spring where he won the AJC Warwick Stakes before taking out the AJC Epsom Hcp.  At that stage he was considered the best horse racing in Australia but bled in the Caulfield Stakes where he was placed and missed the big spring races.  In 1991 he returned to win the Gr 1 Chipping Norton Stakes, Gr 1 Ranvet Stakes and recorded yet another astounding win in the AJC Doncaster storming home down the outside.  In the spring he won another AJC Warwick Stakes then the STC Hill Stakes before recording his memorable recordbreaking win in the AJC Epsom Hcp carrying 61kg after weaving through the field close to the rails.  He went to Melbourne and was a close second in the WS Cox Plate.  In 1992 he won a second AJC Chipping Norton Stakes then carried a crushing weight in the AJC Doncaster and ran on to be just behind the pacegetters.  In the spring Super Impose repeated his Doncaster run in the Epsom before cantering home in the Canberra Cup then went to Melbourne and defeated one of the best fields ever assembled in the 1992 WS Cox Plate.  A run on a bog track in the Melbourne Cup followed and Super Impose was retired.  He died in 2007 after having a second career beig a 'nanny' on a stud farm and making various guest appearances at big race meetings.

Print of Vengence of Rain winning in Australia as Subscribe before heading to Hong Kong

Champion galloper of Hong Kong Vengence of Rain raced 6 times in 2004/05 for 5 wins including the Gr 1 Hong Kong Derby and Queen Elizabeth II Cup.  He won two of four starts in 2005/06 including the Gr 1 Hong Kong Cup.  In the 1006/07 racing season he continued to win the big races winning the Gr 1 Hog Kong Gold Cup before taking on the worlds best in Dubai and winning the UAE Sheema Classic.  He was named Hong Kong Horse of the Year for 2006/07

Print of Subzero

Subzero won the 1992 Melbourne Cup.  He also won the 1992 Adelaide Cup and SA Derby.   After he was retired from racing Subzero became a clerk of the course mount and has led winners of races such as the WS Cox Plate back to scale. 

Print of Might and Power in retirement