Booker (horse)

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Booker
SireWritten Tycoon (AUS)
GrandsireIglesia (AUS)
DamNoondie (AUS)
DamsireFlying Spur (AUS)
SexMare
Foaled2014
CountryAustralia
ColourBay or Brown
BreederAG Freebairn
OwnerBM & MM Griffiths, NS & GC Psaltis, WH & AM Rigg, AG & EL Freebairn
TrainerMatthew Ellerton & Simon Zahra (2017-2019)
Gerald Ryan (2020)
Record22: 4–4–1
EarningsA$ 856,150[1]
Major wins
Thousand Guineas Prelude (2017)
Kevin Hayes Stakes (2018)
Oakleigh Plate (2019)

Booker (foaled 26 August 2014) is a Group 1 winning Australian thoroughbred racehorse.

Background[]

Booker was sold for A$230,000 at the 2016 Inglis Australian Premier Yearling Sale.[2]

Racing career[]

In 2019, Booker won the Group 1 Oakleigh Plate at Caulfield Racecourse at odds of 18/1.[3]

Stud career[]

After retiring from racing in 2020, Booker was sold to Coolmore Stud as a broodmare for A$1,600,000. In her first year she will be served by American Triple Crown winner Justify.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "Booker Horse Profile". racingaustralia.horse. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Booker Racenet Horse Profile". racenet.com.au. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Booker cleans up Oakleigh Plate". racing.com. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  4. ^ "News Inglis Chairman's results". racing.com. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
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