Rubiton
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| Rubiton | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Century |
| Grandsire | Better Boy |
| Dam | Ruby |
| Damsire | Seventh Hussar |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1983 |
| Country | Australia |
| Colour | Brown |
| Breeder | Ray Orloff (Oamaru Stud) |
| Owner | David & Ron Bayliss |
| Trainer | Pat Barnes |
| Record | 16: 10-1-4 |
| Earnings | A$1,360,330 |
| Major Racing Wins, Awards and Honours | |
| Major Racing Wins | |
| Cox Plate (1987) Futurity Stakes (1987) Underwood Stakes (1987) Mackinnon Stakes (1987) |
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| Infobox last updated on: July 23, 2007. | |
Rubiton (18 October 1983 - 25 November 2005) was a champion Australian racehorse of the mid-1980's.
Bred in Victoria, his name was a combination of "Ruby" and "ton", a colloquial term for a century in cricket.
Rubiton started off solely as a sprinter winning the 1400 metre weight for age Futurity Stakes and coming third in the Newmarket Handicap and Oakleigh Plate to sprinters Placid Ark and Special.
But in his four-year-old season he came into his own. He won his first four starts of the season dominating at weight for age in the Manikato, Memsie, Feehan and Underwood Stakes.
He was then defeated by Drought and Fair Sir in the Caulfield Stakes after ruining his chances by overexerting himself in trackwork.
Rubiton atoned for the defeat at his next start winning the 1987 Cox Plate in track record time of 2.02.9, beating (Our) Poetic Prince, Fair Sir and Vo Rogue.
He won a week later in the Mackinnon Stakes at Flemington.
Having then gone out for a spell, tragically, he never returned due to a tendon injury. He was retired to stud with earnings of $1,360,330.
An outstanding sire at stud, he (along with Heroic) is the only stallion to both win and sire the winner of the weight-for-age championship of Australia, the prestigious Cox Plate.
Besides Fields of Omagh, he of the legendary Cox Plate (2003 & 2006) triumphs, Rubiton is the sire of brilliant sprinter Rubitano, (Newmarket Hcp), millionaires Adam (Stradbroke Hcp), Flavour (Victoria Racing Club Stks), Patezza (Doncaster Hcp), Dilly Dally (T.J. Smith Stks) and Monopolize (Hong Kong International Bowl, twice).
Rubiton is currently the sire of up and coming sprinting sensation Lucky Secret, a listed race winner in Melbourne of seven unbeaten starts.
Melbourne Racing Club have honoured the great horse with his own race, the Group 3 Rubiton Stakes.
[edit] Pedigree
| Sire Century (Aus) 1969 |
Better Boy (Ire) 1951 |
My Babu (Fr) | Djebel (Fr) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perfume II (GB) | |||
| Better So (GB) | Mieuxce (Fr) | ||
| Soga (GB) | |||
| Royal Suite (Aus) 1960 |
Rego (Ire) | Nasrullah (Ire) | |
| Missy Suntan (GB) | |||
| Baraganda (Aus) | Baroda (NZ) | ||
| Propaganda (Aus) | |||
| Dam Ruby (Aus) 1977 |
Seventh Hussar (Fr) 1966 |
Queen's Hussar (GB) | March Past (GB) |
| Jojo (GB) | |||
| Ann Boleyn (GB) | Tudor Minstrel (Ire) | ||
| Game of Chance (GB) | |||
| Briar's Toddy (Aus) 1971 |
Todman (Aus) | Star Kingdom (Ire) | |
| Oceana (Ire) | |||
| St. Auriga (Aus) | Landau (Ire) | ||
| Joeletta (Aus) (Family: 4L) |
