Australian Champion Three Year Old
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The Australian Champion Three Year Old is awarded annually to the three year old Thoroughbred
horse whose performances in Australia
are deemed to be the most impressive throughout the racing season.
There are two categories, Champion Three Year Old Filly and Champion Three Year Old Colt/Gelding.
Prior to 2005 the award was contested by both sexes.
Australian Champion Two Year Old
Australian Champion Sprinter
Australian Champion Middle Distance Racehorse
Australian Champion Stayer
Australian Champion Filly or Mare
Australian Champion International Performer
Australian Champion Jumper
Australian Champion Trainer
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...
horse whose performances in Australia
Australia
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are deemed to be the most impressive throughout the racing season.
There are two categories, Champion Three Year Old Filly and Champion Three Year Old Colt/Gelding.
Prior to 2005 the award was contested by both sexes.
| Year / Season | Horse | Sex | Breeding |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-2009 | Samantha Miss Samantha Miss Samantha Miss was an Australian Thoroughbred racemare that won three Group One races for earnings of A$1,750,760 and was later sold as broodmare for a record $3.85 million.... |
Filly | Redoute's Choice Redoute's Choice Redoute's Choice was a multiple Group One-winning Australian Thoroughbred racehorse and is now a champion sire. He is by the phenomenal international sire Danehill out of the lightly raced mare Shantha's Choice... - Milliyet |
| 2007-2008 | Heavenly Glow | Filly | Spinning World Spinning World Spinning World is a French thoroughbred racehorse who was one of the top European milers during the 1990s.After winning the 1996 Irish 2,000 Guineas at The Curragh in Ireland, and the Prix Jacques Le Marois at Deauville Racecourse in France, Spinning World finished second to Da Hoss in the... - Starsphere |
| 2006-2007 | Miss Finland Miss Finland (horse) Miss Finland is a champion Australian Thoroughbred racehorse, trained by top South Australian trainer David Hayes. At two years old, she won the AAMI Golden Slipper, the world's richest juvenile race, which is run over 1,200 metres, and ran second in the Blue Diamond Stakes... |
Filly | Redoute's Choice - Forest Pearl |
| 2005-2006 | Serenade Rose | Filly | Stravinsky - Rose of Tralee |
| 2004-2005 | Alinghi Alinghi (horse) Alinghi is an Australian Thoroughbred racemare who won four Group One races, including the Newmarket Handicap and A$4,161,740 in prizemoney. She was by the leading sire, Encosta De Lago from Oceanfast by Monde Bleu... |
Filly | Encosta De Lago Encosta De Lago Encosta De Lago is an Australian bred Thoroughbred racehorse that won three group races from eight starts including the Group One , Vic Health Cup against older horses. He was the Leading sire in Australia during 2008 and 2009.... - Oceanfast |
| Year / Season | Horse | Sex | Breeding |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-2009 | Whobegotyou Whobegotyou Whobegotyou is a good Australian-bred Thoroughbred racehorse that has now won nine races, including the Group One Caulfield Guineas and Yalumba Stakes for $3,115,450 in prize money.... |
Gelding | Street Cry Street Cry Street Cry is a Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the 2002 Dubai World Cup, the 2002 Stephen Foster Handicap and runner up in the 2002 Whitney Handicap... - Temple Of Peace |
| 2007-2008 | Weekend Hussler Weekend Hussler Weekend Hussler is a retired Australian Thoroughbred racehorse. He is a bay gelding by Hussonet out of Weekend Beauty . He is currently a six-year-old. Hussonet had been a very successful sire in Chile for Haras de Pirque where he stood for the largest fee of any stallion in the history of... |
Gelding | Hussonet - Weekend Beauty |
| 2006-2007 | Haradasun Haradasun Haradasun is a notable brown Australian Thoroughbred racehorse by Fusaichi Pegasus from Circles of Gold by Marscay. His sire is a Kentucky Derby winner by champion sire Mr Prospector.... |
Colt | Fusaichi Pegasus Fusaichi Pegasus Fusaichi Pegasus was purchased as a yearling for $4 million by Fusao Sekiguchi. His name is a combination of his owner's name, "Fusao," and the Japanese word for one, "ichi," to mean #1 or the best. The second half is the winged horse of Greek mythology. Fusaichi Pegasus won the Kentucky Derby... - Circles Of Gold |
| 2005-2006 | Racing to Win | Colt | Encosta De Lago Encosta De Lago Encosta De Lago is an Australian bred Thoroughbred racehorse that won three group races from eight starts including the Group One , Vic Health Cup against older horses. He was the Leading sire in Australia during 2008 and 2009.... - Surealist |
| 2004-2005 | Fastnet Rock Fastnet Rock (horse) Fastnet Rock is an Australian Thoroughbred racehorse stallion.Sired by Danehill to dam Piccadilly Circus, he started his racing career in 2004. Though he did not win any races as a two-year-old, he ran third in the Group One AJC Sires Produce Stakes. He found great success after turning three years... |
Colt | Danehill Danehill (horse) Danehill was a Thoroughbred racehorse who was bred in the United States. During his phenomenal stud career Danehill became a champion sire on both sides of the Equator... -Piccadilly Circus |
| Year / Season | Horse | Sex | Breeding |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-2004 | Starcraft Starcraft (horse) Starcraft is an Australian-owned Thoroughbred racehorse who came to international attention when he won the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Newmarket in England in September 2005... |
Colt | Soviet Star - Flying Floozie |
| 2002-2003 | Helenus | Colt | Helissio Helissio Helissio is a Thoroughbred racehorse sired by Fairy King and a grandson of Northern Dancer. Owned by the Spanish businessman Enrique Sarasola, he was voted the European Horse of the Year for 1996... - Worldwide Elsie |
| 2001-2002 | Lonhro Lonhro Lonhro was a champion Australian racehorse who is now standing at stud. Nicknamed "The Black Flash", Lonhro was from the first crop of the champion Octagonal out of the Group One-placed Shadea , who also produced the Group One winner Niello... |
Colt | Octagonal Octagonal Octagonal is a retired champion New Zealand-bred, Australian raced Thoroughbred racehorse, also known as 'The Big O' or 'Occy'. He was by the champion sire Zabeel, out of the champion broodmare Eight Carat, who also produced Group One winners Mouawad, Kaapstad, Diamond Lover and Marquise.Trained... - Shadea |
| 2000-2001 | Universal Prince | Colt | Scenic - Biscay Bird |
| 1999-2000 | Fairway Fairway (horse) Fairway was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. Fairway was the best horse of his generation in Britain at two, three and four years old, winning the St Leger Stakes, the Champion Stakes and the Eclipse Stakes... |
Gelding | Danzero - Our Canny |
| 1998-1999 | Grand Archway | Filly | Archway - Mean Eyes |
| 1997-1998 | Gold Guru | Gelding | Geiger Counter - Proud Halo |
| 1996-1997 | Mouawad | Colt | Zabeel Zabeel Zabeel was a New Zealand-bred Australian racehorse who has retired to stud and become a champion sire. He is a bay son of Sir Tristram from the Nureyev mare Lady Giselle... - Eight Carat Eight Carat Eight Carat Pieces of Eight - Klairessa, by Klairon) was a Thoroughbred broodmare in Australasia. She is without doubt the best broodmare to have ever been in Australasia being the dam of five individual Group One winners, including Octagonal, Mouawad, Kaapstad, Diamond Lover and Marquise who... |
| 1995-1996 | Octagonal Octagonal Octagonal is a retired champion New Zealand-bred, Australian raced Thoroughbred racehorse, also known as 'The Big O' or 'Occy'. He was by the champion sire Zabeel, out of the champion broodmare Eight Carat, who also produced Group One winners Mouawad, Kaapstad, Diamond Lover and Marquise.Trained... |
Colt | Zabeel Zabeel Zabeel was a New Zealand-bred Australian racehorse who has retired to stud and become a champion sire. He is a bay son of Sir Tristram from the Nureyev mare Lady Giselle... - Eight Carat Eight Carat Eight Carat Pieces of Eight - Klairessa, by Klairon) was a Thoroughbred broodmare in Australasia. She is without doubt the best broodmare to have ever been in Australasia being the dam of five individual Group One winners, including Octagonal, Mouawad, Kaapstad, Diamond Lover and Marquise who... |
| 1994-1995 | Danewin | Colt | Danehill Danehill (horse) Danehill was a Thoroughbred racehorse who was bred in the United States. During his phenomenal stud career Danehill became a champion sire on both sides of the Equator... - Cotehele House |
| 1993-1994 | Mahogany Mahogany (horse) Mahogany was an Australian thoroughbred who raced in the mid-1990s. He was aimed at the three-year-old staying events, where he won the Victoria Derby and the Australian Derby. But as an older horse he usually was restricted to sprint races.The notable exception was the 1995 W.S. Cox Plate where... |
Gelding | Last Tycoon Last Tycoon Last Tycoon was an Irish bred Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the Breeders' Cup Mile and as a leading sire in Australia.-Background:Bred in Ireland by Kilfrush Stud Ltd., he was purchased by Richard C... - Alshandegha |
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Australian Champion Two Year Old
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Australian Champion Sprinter
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Australian Champion Middle Distance Racehorse
Australian Champion Middle Distance Racehorse
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Australian Champion Stayer
Australian Champion Stayer
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Australian Champion Filly or Mare
Australian Champion Filly or Mare
The Australian Champion Filly or Mare is awarded to the Thoroughbred filly or mare who is voted to be the superior female racehorse within an Australian racing season....
Australian Champion International Performer
Australian Champion Jumper
Australian Champion Trainer