How much did black caviar cost?
Black Caviar was purchased for $210,000 at the Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale. She was purchased by a team of eight and given to Peter Moody to train. She was a relatively cheap purchase given that dam Helsinge was a daughter of Desert Sun, which had given birth to champion mare Sunline.
Has Winx ever been beaten?
She started 9/5 favourite for the Australian Oaks over 2400 metres at Randwick on 11 April but was beaten by the 16/1 outsider Gust of Wind, the last race before her winning streak began.
What distance does Winx run?
Winx (foaled 14 September 2011) is a retired champion Australian Thoroughbred racehorse. Between May 2015 and her retirement in April 2019, she won 33 consecutive races including 28 Group 1s (a world record), at distances ranging from 1300 metres (roughly 61⁄2 furlongs) to 2200 metres (roughly 11 furlongs).
What is the LKS Mackinnon Stakes?
The LKS Mackinnon Stakes, raced as the Paramount+ Mackinnon Stakes, is a Victoria Racing Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race run under Weight for Age conditions over a distance of 2000 metres at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia on the last day of the Melbourne Cup Carnival, the Saturday after the Melbourne Cup.
What is the Seppelt Mackinnon Stakes?
The Seppelt Mackinnon Stakes, registered as the LKS Mackinnon Stakes, is a Victoria Racing Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race run under Weight for Age conditions over a distance of 2000 metres at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia on the last day of the Melbourne Cup Carnival, the Saturday after the Melbourne Cup.
What horse won the Melbourne Stakes in the same year?
Delta ,1951 winner. In 1937 the VRC moved the Melbourne Stakes to earlier in the spring, running it in September, over a shorter distance of 1 mile (1.6 km). The race was the predecessor to the Turnbull Stakes. The following thoroughbreds have won the LKS MacKinnon Stakes – Melbourne Cup in the same year. Ajax, 1938 winner.
What year did Beau Vite win the Melbourne Stakes?
Beau Vite, 1940 & 1941 winner. For Melbourne Stakes winners between 1937 and 1947, see Turnbull Stakes. * The 1932 race was a dead-heat and has joint winners. Front cover of the 1946 L.K.S. MacKinnon Stakes racebook.