Tulloch (horse)
| Tulloch | |
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| Sire | Khorassan |
| Grandsire | Big Game |
| Dam | Florida |
| Damsire | Salmagundi |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1954 |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Colour | Bay or brown |
| Breeder | Trelawney Stud |
| Owner | E.A. Haley |
| Trainer | Tommy J. Smith |
| Record | 53:36-12-4 |
| Earnings | £110,121 |
| Major wins | |
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VRC St Leger Stakes (1958) Queen Elizabeth Stakes (1958,1960,1961) Chipping Norton Stakes (1958,1960) Brisbane Cup (1961) Cox Plate (1960) Mackinnon Stakes (1960) All Aged Stakes (1958) Rawson Stakes (1958) Caulfield Cup (1957) Caulfield Guineas (1957) VRC Derby (1957) AJC Derby (1957) Queensland Derby (1957) Rosehill Guineas (1957) AJC Sires Produce Stakes (1957) VRC Sires Produce Stakes (1957) QTC Sires Produce Stakes (1957) |
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| Honours | |
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Australian Racing Hall of Fame New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame |
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| Last updated on 11 May 2009 | |
Tulloch (foaled in New Zealand) (1954–1969) was a Thoroughbred racehorse, who is regarded as one of the three finest racehorses in Australian racing history. He won at distances from 5 furlongs (1,000 metres) to 2 miles (3,200 m), established Australian records at 10 furlongs (1960 Cox Plate) and 12 furlongs (1957 Caulfield Cup), and took 2 seconds off Phar Lap's 28-year-old record for the AJC Derby. As a three-year-old Tulloch won 14 of his 16 starts before he was struck down by a virus which kept him off the racing scene for almost two years. He returned to racing as an autumn five-year-old and won 15 of his last 24 races.
Tulloch was one of the five inaugural horse inductees into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame, alongside the other turf immortals Carbine, Phar Lap, Bernborough and Kingston Town. Tulloch is also an inductee in the New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame.
Tulloch was a bay or brown colt foaled in 1954 at Trelawney Stud, Cambridge, New Zealand. He was by the good racehorse and sire, Khorassan out of the race winner, Florida by Salmagundi (GB). Khorassan (IRE) was the sire of 18 stakeswinners with 65 stakeswins, mostly in New Zealand. Florida was also the dam of Tallahassee Lassie (unraced) and Tulloch's Sister (a multiple metropolitan race winner), before she was exported to the US.
Trainer Tommy J. Smith bought Tulloch as a yearling for 750 guineas in 1956 at the Trentham Yearling Sales. He offered the colt to E.A. Haley who was impressed by the horse's breeding, intelligence and presence despite having what was referred to as a "swampy" back. Haley named him Tulloch after the Scottish town where his mother was born.
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