Eurythmic (horse)
| Eurythmic | |
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| Sire | Eudoris (GB) |
| Grandsire | Forfarshire |
| Dam | Bob Cherry (1910) |
| Damsire | Bobadil |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1916 |
| Country | Australia |
| Colour | Chestnut |
| Breeder | Noel Thompson |
| Owner | Ernest Lee Steere (later Sir) |
| Trainer | 1. John Kelly 2. Jack Holt |
| Record | 47:31.6.4 |
| Earnings | £36,891 |
| Major wins | |
| 1919 WATC Derby 1919 Perth Cup (d.h.) 1920 Caulfield Cup 1920 & 1921 Melbourne Stakes 1920, 1921, 1922 Caulfield Stakes 1921 AJC Autumn Stakes 1921 Sydney Cup |
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| Honours | |
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Australian Racing Hall of Fame WATC Eurythmic Cup |
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| Last updated on 8 June 2010 | |
Eurythmic was a versatile Australian-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who had the ability to produce a brilliant finishing run in staying races and he also won important sprint races, too. At four he won 12 of his 13 starts including the Caulfield Cup and Sydney Cup. When Eurythmic finished racing he was the greatest stake-winner in Australia. He was later inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame.
He was bred by the young breeder, Noel Thompson at the Yarraman Stud, west of Scone, New South Wales. Eurythmic was by the good racehorse, Eudoris (GB), (won VATC Futurity Stakes and VRC All-Aged Stakes and sired 10 stakes-winners, which had 47 stakes-wins), his dam was the good racemare and useful broodmare, Bob Cherry by the good sire, Bobadil (won 12 stakes-races and was the sire of 39 stakeswinners with 69 stakeswins) from Ardea by Wallace (by Carbine). He was inbred to St Simon in the fourth generation of his pedigree (4m x 4f).
Eurythmic was offered at the 1918 Sydney yearling sales and sold to Mr. E. Lee Steere (later Sir Ernest Lee Steere) of Perth. He was then taken to Western Australia and trained by John Kelly for his two- and three-year-old racing in that state.
His first start was in the WATC Initial Stakes, but he was unplaced to the two-year-old Eragoon, to whom he finished third at his next start. At their next meeting in the WATC Nursery Handicap Eurythmic was in receipt of two stone in weight and defeated his former victor by five lengths. This pair met again in the Karrakatta Plate over five furlongs, at equal weights, and Eurythmic won by 1½ lengths. Eurythmic was then unplaced in the Claremont Handicap and concluded his first season of racing by winning the WATC Sires Produce Stakes by 3½ lengths.
Eurythmic won seven of his eight starts as a three-year-old, including the WATC Grove Handicap from a big field, the WATC Derby, and three days later dead-heated with the outsider Rivose (conceding her 10 pounds) in the Perth Cup. The pair covered the distance in 3:25 which was then a record for the 2 miles (3,200 metres). He then won the weight for age (wfa) C B Cox Stakes, WATC Osborne Stakes (the latter in course record time) and then finished the season with a win in the WATC St Leger. He had finished his three-year-old season as the undisputed champion of Western Australia.
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