Talk:West Australian (horse)
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Racing edit
The article is fine on pedigree and breeding, but I am going to develop the section on his racing career. Tigerboy1966 23:29, 10 February 2012 (UTC)
A joke [1]
possible factual errors edit
Below is the racing record of West Australian (GB) 1850. There are some small differences between the information below and the narrative published on the wikipedia page. The page's author may wish to consider whether some adjusment to the narrative is necessary. The racing record is compiled from race records published by the The Times (London, England).
TWO YEARS: 1852 Starts 2: 1-1-0-0 2nd-7 25/10/1852. Newmarket, UK Criterion Stakes Speed-the-Plough 8.7 1st 1st-4 28/10/1852. Newmarket, UK Glasgow Stakes Filbert 8.7 2nd
THREE YEARS: 1853 Starts 5: 5-0-0-0 1st-7 26/04/1853. Newmarket, UK 2000 Guineas Stakes (G1) Sittingbourne 8.7 2nd 1st-28 25/05/1853. Epsom, UK Derby Stakes (G1) Sittingbourne 8.7 8/1 2nd 1st-10 14/09/1853. Doncaster, UK St. Leger Stakes (G1) The Reiver 8.7 8/1 2nd 1st-1 16/09/1853. Doncaster, UK Sweepstakes 1st-1 27/09/1853. Newmarket, UK Grand Duke Michael Stakes Cobnut 8.7 weighed out but did not go to the starting post
FOUR YEARS: 1854 Starts 3: 3-0-0-0 1st-3 14/06/1854. Ascot, UK Third Year of the Fourth Ascot Triennial Stakes. Vanderdecken 8.7 2nd 1st-7 15/06/1854. Ascot, UK Gold Cup (G1) Kingston 9.0 6/1 2nd 1st-3 25/07/1860. Goodwood, UK Sweepstakes Cobnut 8.7 2nd Tom (USA) Rolfe (talk) 06:43, 4 October 2023 (UTC)