Bernborough

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Bernborough
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Sire:	Emborough
Grandsire:	Gainsborough
Dam:	Bern Maid
Damsire:	Bernard
Sex:	Stallion
Foaled:	1939
Country:	Australia
Colour:	Bay
Breeder:	Estate of Harry J. Winten
Owner:	John R. Bach Azzalin O. Romano (at age 6)
Trainer:	Harry Plant
Record:	37: 26-2-1
Earnings:	Not found
Major Racing Wins & Honours & Awards
Major Racing Wins
Villiers Stakes (1945) All Aged Stakes (1946) Hill Stakes (1946) Warwick Stakes (1946) Rawson Stakes (1946) Caulfield Stakes (1946) Chipping Norton Stakes (1946) Futurity Stakes (1946) Doomben 10,000 (1946) Newmarket Handicap (1946) Doomben Cup (1946)
Honours
Australian Racing Hall of Fame
Infobox last updated on: December 27, 2006.

Bernborough (1939-1960) was an Australian Hall of Fame thoroughbred racehorse who competed from 1941 to 1946. The bay colt by Emborough from Bern Maid was the grandson of Gainsborough, winner of the English Triple Crown in 1918.

Bernborough started 37 times for 26 wins, 2 seconds and 1 third. He only raced at Toowoomba in Queensland until he was six years old. He was then sold and began racing in Sydney where he commenced a winning steak of 15 consecutive races. His wins included the Newmarket Handicap at Flemington carrying 9 st 13 lb (63 kg) and the Doomben Cup under 10 st 11 lb (68 kg).

On November 2 1946 Bernborough had his last race in the LKS MacKinnon Stakes. Just after entering the home straight, as he was challenging for the lead, Bernborough suffered torn sesamoid ligaments and had to be pulled up.

After recovering from his injuries, Bernborough was sold to movie producer Louis B. Mayer for stud duties in the USA where he went on to moderate success as a stallion at Spendthrift Farm in Lexington, Kentucky.

Bernborough was inducted, as one of the five inaugural horse inductees into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame, alongside the other turf immortals Carbine, Phar Lap, Kingston Town and Tulloch.