The Galaxy (horse race)
Encyclopedia
The Galaxy is an Australian Jockey Club
Group One
Thoroughbred
open handicap horse race, run over a distance of 1100 metres at Randwick Racecourse
in Sydney
, Australia
in April. Total prizemoney for the race is A$350,000.
Australian Jockey Club
The Australian Jockey Club was founded in January 1842. It morphed from the former Australian Racing Committee set up in May 1840 to set the standards for racing in the colony...
Group One
Group One
Group One or Group 1 is the term used for the highest level of Thoroughbred and Standardbred stakes races in many countries. Group One races may be run under handicap conditions in Australia but in Europe weight-for-age conditions always apply. Races may be also restricted to age groups or a...
Thoroughbred
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...
open handicap horse race, run over a distance of 1100 metres at Randwick Racecourse
Randwick Racecourse
Royal Randwick Racecourse is a racecourse for horseracing in the Eastern Suburbs in Sydney, New South Wales. Randwick Racecourse, is operated by the Australian Jockey Club and known to many Sydney racegoers as headquarters...
in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
in April. Total prizemoney for the race is A$350,000.
The winners
- 2011 - Atomic Force
- 2010 - Shellscrape
- 2009 - Nicconi
- 2008 - Typhoon Zed
- 2007 - Magnus
- 2006 - Proprietor
- 2005 - Charge Forward
- 2004 - Spark Of Life
- 2003 - Snowland
- 2002 - Mistegic
- 2001 - Padstow
- 2000 - Black Bean
- 1999 - Masked Party
- 1998 - La Baraka
- 1997 - Accomplice
- 1996 - Gold Ace
- 1995 - Magic Of Money
- 1994 - Jetball
- 1993 - Sublimate
- 1992 - SchillaciSchillaci (horse)Schillaci was an Australian Thoroughbred racehorse who was an eight-time Group One winner. He was by Salieri out of Biscarina . A huge grey gelding, Schillaci was a $70,000 purchase at the 1990 yearling sales, and was named after Salvatore Schillaci, who was the leading goal scorer at the 1990...
- 1991 - Mr TizMr TizMr Tiz was a champion New Zealand thoroughbred racehorse. He is best known for his three consecutive wins in the Railway Stakes at Ellerslie, the country's premier sprint race for thoroughbreds. Mr Tiz remains the only horse has achieved this feat...
- 1990 - Potrero
- 1989 - Targlish
- 1988 - Snippets
- 1987 - Princely Heart
- 1986 - Rich Fields Lad
- 1985 - Manuan
- 1984 - Mr Illusion
- 1983 - Bronze Spirit
- 1982 - Grey Receiver
- 1981 - Grey Receiver
- 1980 - Hit It Benny
- 1979 - Mistress Anne
- 1978 - Luskin Star
- 1977 - Salaam
- 1976 - Wayne's Bid
- 1975 - BletchinglyBletchinglyBletchingly was an Australian Thoroughbred racehorse and stallion. A brilliant sprinter, he was by the successful speed stallion Biscay out of Coogee . Bletchingly was bred by Stanley Wootton on the Baramul Stud in the Widden Valley, and was a three-quarter brother to another high-class...
- 1974 - Starglow
- 1973 - Kista
- 1972 - Playbill