- Ajax II
Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename = Ajax II
caption =
sire = Heroic
grandsire = Valais
dam = Medmenham
damsire =Prince Galahad
sex = Stallion
foaled = 1934
country =Australia
colour = Chestnut
breeder = Widden Stud
owner =
trainer =Frank Musgrave
record = 46: 36-7-2
earnings = Pds 40,275
race =Caulfield Guineas (1937)Rosehill Guineas (1937)Linlithgow Stakes (1937, 1938)Caulfield Stakes (1938)Cox Plate (1938)
Futurity Stakes (1938, 1939, 1940)CB Fisher Plate (1938)Newmarket Handicap (1938)LKS MacKinnon Stakes (1938)Memsie Stakes (1938, 1939, 1940)Underwood Stakes (1938, 1939, 1940)
awards=
honours =Australian Racing Hall of Fame (2004)
updated= March 10, 2007Ajax was a champion
Australian thoroughbred horse sired by the great Heroic out of the Prince Galahad mare Medmenham, foaled at Widden Stud in 1934.He is best remembered for winning 18 races in a row, and for losing in the 1939
Rawson Stakes , when at 40/1 on, in a three horse race he went down to Spear Chief. He won theMemsie Stakes three times and the 1938Cox Plate .At stud, he produced 9 individual stakeswinners including the good horses Achilles (1950 AJC
Epsom Handicap ), dual Derby winner Magnificent (1945 AJC and VRC Derbies).His record was 46 starts for 36 wins, 7 seconds and 2 thirds for prize money of £40,250. He is still the shortest-priced favourite ever beaten in Australia.
All this justified his inclusion in the
Australian Racing Hall of Fame .Pedigree
Pedigree
name = Ajax
f = Heroic (Aus) 1921
m = Medmenham (Ire) 1924
ff = Valais (GB) 1905
fm = Chersonese (GB) 1915
mf = Prince Galahad (GB) 1917
mm = Meadow Grass (Ire) 1914
fff = Cicero (GB)
ffm = Lily of the Valley (GB)
fmf = Cylgad (GB)
fmm = Chelandry (GB)
mff =Prince Palatine (GB)
mfm = Decagone (GB)
mmf = Lemberg (GB)
mmm = Bunch Grass (GB)
ffff = Cyllene (GB)
fffm = Gas (GB)
ffmf = Martagon (GB)
ffmm = Hamptonia (GB)
fmff = Cyllene (GB)
fmfm = Gadfly (GB)
fmmf = Goldfinch (GB)
fmmm = Illuminata (GB)
mfff = Persimmon (GB)
mffm = Lady Lightfoot (GB)
mfmf = Martagon (GB)
mfmm = Desca (GB)
mmff = Cyllene (GB)
mmfm = Galicia (GB)
mmmf = Sainfoin (GB)
mmmm = Charm (GB) (Family: 2)|ee also
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Repeat winners of horse races References
* [http://www.racingmuseum.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=35&Itemid=157 Australian Racing Hall of Fame: Ajax]
* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/ajax2 Ajax II's pedigree and racing stats]
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