Booker (foaled 26 August 2014) is a Group 1 winning Australian thoroughbred racehorse.
| Booker | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Written Tycoon (AUS) |
| Grandsire | Iglesia (AUS) |
| Dam | Noondie (AUS) |
| Damsire | Flying Spur (AUS) |
| Sex | Mare |
| Foaled | 2014 |
| Country | Australia |
| Colour | Bay or Brown |
| Breeder | AG Freebairn |
| Owner | BM & MM Griffiths, NS & GC Psaltis, WH & AM Rigg, AG & EL Freebairn |
| Trainer | Matthew Ellerton & Simon Zahra (2017-2019) Gerald Ryan (2020) |
| Record | 22: 4–4–1 |
| Earnings | A$ 856,150[1] |
| Major wins | |
| Thousand Guineas Prelude (2017) Kevin Hayes Stakes (2018) Oakleigh Plate (2019) | |
Background edit
Booker was sold for A$230,000 at the 2016 Inglis Australian Premier Yearling Sale.[2]
Racing career edit
In 2019, Booker won the Group 1 Oakleigh Plate at Caulfield Racecourse at odds of 18/1.[3]
Breeding career edit
After retiring from racing in 2020, Booker was sold to Coolmore Stud as a broodmare for A$1,600,000.[4]
Booker gave birth to her first foal in 2021, a colt by stallion I Am Invincible.[5] The colt was named Railway Man and had his first start when unplaced at Randwick on the 31 January 2024.
Pedigree edit
| Sire Written Tycoon (AUS) 2002 |
Iglesia (AUS) 1995 |
Last Tycoon | Try My Best |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mill Princess | |||
| Yodells | Marscay | ||
| Yodelling Lady | |||
| Party Miss (AUS) 1991 |
Kenmare | Kalamoun | |
| Belle Of Ireland | |||
| Miss Entertainer | Vain | ||
| Viveza | |||
| Dam Noondie (AUS) 2008 |
Flying Spur (AUS) 1992 |
Danehill | Danzig |
| Razyana | |||
| Rolls | Mr. Prospector | ||
| Grand Luxe | |||
| Creatrix (AUS) 1999 |
Umatilla | Miswaki | |
| Dancing Show | |||
| Rehearsed | Century | ||
| Gaelic Dancer |
References edit
- ^ "Booker Horse Profile". racingaustralia.horse. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- ^ "Booker Racenet Horse Profile". racenet.com.au. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- ^ "Booker cleans up Oakleigh Plate". racing.com. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- ^ "News Inglis Chairman's results". racing.com. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
- ^ "First time mothers in 2021". breednet.com.au. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
- ^ "Booker Horse Profile". pedigreequery.com. Retrieved 22 September 2022.