- Cuddle (horse)
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Cuddle Sire Psychology (GB) Grandsire Tracery (USA) Dam Caress (NZ) Damsire Martian (NZ) Sex Mare Foaled 1929 Country New Zealand Colour Bay Record 66: 23-14-5 Earnings $24,264 Major wins 1936 All Aged Stakes
1936 Auckland Cup
1936 Doncaster Handicap
1936 St George Stakes
1935 Auckland Cup
1935 New Zealand CupHonours Cuddle Stakes named after her. Horse (Equus ferus caballus) Last updated on 17 November 2010 - for the EP, see: Cuddle (EP)
Cuddle was an outstanding New Zealand Thoroughbred racemare that won a large number of major races including the 1935 and 1936 Auckland Cups in race record time. She went to Australia in 1936, where she won a number of races including the Doncaster Handicap.[1]
Cuddle was a filly foaled in 1929 by the good racehorse and sire, Psychology (GB) out of the place-getter, Caress (NZ) by the leading sire, Martian.[2]
Principal race wins
- 1935 Auckland Cup
- 1935 ARC King's Plate
- 1935 New Zealand Cup
- 1935 WRC Summer Handicap
- 1936 All Aged Stakes
- 1936 Doncaster Handicap (carrying 58 kg, a record for a mare until Sunline achieved it, and only two horses have carried more weight since, Super Impose (59) and Gunsynd with 60.5).
- 1936 Auckland Cup
- 1936, 1937 ARC Clifford Plate
- 1936 ARC King's Plate
- 1936 St George Stakes
- 1937 CJC Canterbury Cup[3]
Cuddle was the dam eight foals, seven raced, with six winners, including the Principal Race winners:
- Beau Cheval (won Adelaide Cup etc),
- Gamble (Timaru Cup)
She has a race named after her for fillies and mares called the "Cuddle Stakes" run at Trentham Racecourse.[4]
See also
- Horse racing in New Zealand
- Thoroughbred racing in Australia
Reference list
- ^ Success in Australia
- ^ Pring, Peter; Analysis of Champion Racehorses, The Thoroughbred Press, Sydney, 1977, ISBN 0-908133-00-6
- ^ ASB: Cuddle (NZ) Retrieved 2010-11-17
- ^ Cuddle Stakes
Categories:- 1929 racehorse births
- Auckland Cup winners
- Individual mares
- New Zealand racehorses
- New Zealand Cup winners
- Thoroughbred racehorses
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