Heroic (horse)
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| Heroic | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Valais |
| Grandsire | Cicero |
| Dam | Chersonese |
| Damsire | Cylgad |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1921 |
| Country | Australia |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Arrowfield Stud |
| Trainer | Jack Holt |
| Record | 51: 21-11-4 |
| Earnings | AUD$76,124 [1] |
| Major Racing Wins, Awards and Honours | |
| Major Racing Wins | |
| Maribyrnong Plate (1923) AJC Breeders' Plate (1923) Australian Derby (1924) Caulfield Guineas (1924) Champagne Stakes (1924) Chelmsford Stakes (1924) Ascot Vale Stakes (1924) Caufield Stakes (1925) Memsie Stakes (1925, 1926) Cox Plate (1926) Newmarket Handicap (1926) Underwood Stakes (1926) William Reid Stakes (1927) C F Orr Stakes (1927) St George Stakes (1927) |
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| Racing Awards | |
| Australian champion sire (1933 -1939) | |
| Honours | |
| Australian Racing Hall of Fame (2003) Heroic Championship at Randwick Racecourse |
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| Infobox last updated on: 12:01, Friday June 13, 2008 (UTC). | |
Heroic (1921-1939) was an Australian Thoroughbred racehorse and a Champion sire. Out of the mare Chersonese, he was sired by Valais who was a son of the 1905 Epsom Derby winner, Cicero.
Trained by Jack Holt who posthumously would become part of the 2001 inaugural class inducted in the Australian Racing Hall of Fame.
Heroic died in 1929 at age seventeen and was buried at Growee Gulf Station. [1]
[edit] References
- ^ Pring, Peter (1977). Analysis of Champion Racehorses. The Thoroughbred Press. ISBN 0-908133-00-6.
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