Rising Fast
| Rising Fast | |
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| Sire | Alonzo* |
| Grandsire | Mid-day Sun |
| Dam | Faster |
| Damsire | Mr. Standfast* |
| Sex | Gelding |
| Foaled | 1949 |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Colour | Bay or brown |
| Breeder | Frank & Bruce Robertson |
| Owner | Leicester R. Spring |
| Trainer | Ivan Tucker Fred Hoysted |
| Record | 68 starts: 24 wins, 16½ seconds, 2 thirds |
| Earnings | ₤66,765 $133,530 |
| Major wins | |
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Caulfield Stakes (1954) Caulfield Cup (1954, 1955) Cox Plate (1954) Melbourne Cup (1954) C.B.Fisher Plate (1954) John F Feehan Handicap LKS Mackinnon Stakes (1954, 1955) Turnbull Stakes (1954) VRC Queen Elizabeth Stakes (1954, 1955) Blamey Stakes (1956) C F Orr Stakes (1956) Memsie Stakes (1956) |
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| Honours | |
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New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame Australian Racing Hall of Fame (2002) |
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| Last updated on 16 October 2009 | |
Rising Fast (foaled 1949) was an outstanding New Zealand-bred Thoroughbred racehorse. In 1954 he became the only horse in history to win the Melbourne Cup, Caulfield Cup and Cox Plate races in the same season - the Spring Grand Slam - and since that time no Melbourne Cup winner has performed such a feat. He returned in 1955, again winning the Caulfield Cup but coming an unlucky second in the Melbourne Cup.
Rising Fast was bred by brothers Frank and Bruce Robertson at their Platform Lodge farm at Greytown in the Wairarapa. He was a bay or brown gelding by Alonzo (GB) and from the mare Faster, by Mr. Standfast. Alonzo was a poorly performed racehorse having only won one race on the flat and one over the hurdles in England. Faster was unplaced at her only two starts, but produced seven winners from ten foals. Rising Fast was purchased at the 1950 New Zealand National Sales for 325 guineas by first time racehorse owner, Leicester R. Spring.
The front cover of the 1954 VRC Melbourne Cup racebook.
Starters of the 1954 Melbourne Cup showing the winner,Rising Fast.
1954 VRC Melbourne Cup racebook.
1954 VRC Melbourne Cup racebook.
The back cover showing Admission Fees & Railway Fares.
Raced by his owner Leicester Spring and trained by both Ivan Tucker and Fred Hoysted, Rising Fast's blue, gold and black colours soon became familiar on New Zealand race tracks.
He was a seasoned five-year-old when he made the sea voyage to Melbourne in 1954 for the spring (Southern Hemisphere) carnival. He was already well known in racing circles when he arrived, but his accomplishment of winning the Spring Grand Slam put him on front pages of newspapers in Australia, New Zealand and internationally.
Although many people consider the Melbourne and Caulfield Cup handicaps to be the blue ribbon events of the carnival, racing aficionados generally agree the weight-for-age Cox Plate is the contest that establishes genuine champions.
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