Better Loosen Up
| Better Loosen Up | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Loosen Up (USA) |
| Grandsire | Never Bend |
| Dam | Better Fantasy |
| Damsire | Better Boy (IRE) |
| Sex | Gelding |
| Foaled | 29 August 1985 |
| Country | Australia |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Howard Martin |
| Owner | L. & G. Theodore, Mrs L. Koumi, L. Fink, G.+ J.+ I. Farrah |
| Trainer |
Les Theodore (at 2) Bart Cummings (at 3) Colin Hayes (at 4) David Hayes (from 5 to 7) |
| Record | 45: 17–9–3 |
| Earnings | A$4,773,970 |
| Major wins | |
|
Honda Stakes (1989) Japan Cup (1990) |
|
| Awards | |
| Australian Horse of the Year (1991) | |
| Honours | |
| Australian Racing Hall of Fame (2004) | |
| Last updated on 13 June 2011 | |
Honda Stakes (1989)
Railway Stakes (1989)
Winfield Stakes (1989)
Cox Plate (1990)
Segenhoe Stakes (1990)
LKS MacKinnon Stakes (1990)
J F Feehan Stakes (1990)
Blamey Stakes (1990, 1991)
Turnbull Stakes (1990)
Australian Cup (1991)
Better Loosen Up (foaled 29 August 1985 – died 15 March 2016) was an Australian Thoroughbred racehorse that won the Japan Cup in 1990 and was named Australia's champion racehorse in 1991. He campaigned from two to seven years of age, and won 17 of his 45 starts, including eight Group One races. In 2004, he was inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame.
Better Loosen Up was a small bay gelding, by Loosen Up (USA) out of Better Fantasy by Better Boy (IRE). He was bred by Howard Martin and foaled in Berrigan, New South Wales. Loosen Up won the French Prix de l' Avre and was the sire of six stakes-winners in Australia with Better Loosen Up being the best one. Better Fantasy was the dam of 13 named foals, but Better Loosen Up was her only stakes-winner.
Under the care of Les Theodore, won one of his four starts as two-year-old, a maiden at Bendigo on 28 April 1988. At three, he was transferred to the Sydney stables of Bart Cummings, where he won four races and was runner-up in the Canterbury Guineas. At season's end, his record stood at a relatively unprepossessing five wins from 16 starts, although Les Theodore claims to have told the staff at Lindsay Park that the horse was a 'champion'.
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