- Rubiton
Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename= Rubiton
caption=
sire= Century
grandsire =Better Boy
dam= Ruby
damsire= Seventh Hussar
sex= Stallion
foaled= 1983
country=Australia
colour= Brown
breeder= Ray Orloff (Oamaru Stud)
owner= David & Ron Bayliss
trainer= Pat Barnes
record= 16: 10-1-4
earnings= A$1,360,330
race =Cox Plate (1987)
Futurity Stakes (1987)Underwood Stakes (1987)
Mackinnon Stakes (1987)
awards=
honours =
updated= July 23, 2007Rubiton (18 October 1983 - 25 November 2005) was a champion Australian racehorse of the mid-
1980 's.Bred in Victoria, his name was a combination of "Ruby" and "ton", a colloquial term for a century in cricket.
Rubiton started off solely as a sprinter winning the 1400 metre weight for age Futurity Stakes and coming third in the
Newmarket Handicap andOakleigh Plate to sprintersPlacid Ark and Special.But in his four-year-old season he came into his own. He won his first four starts of the season dominating at weight for age in the Manikato, Memsie, Feehan and
Underwood Stakes .He was then defeated by Drought and Fair Sir in the
Caulfield Stakes after ruining his chances by overexerting himself in trackwork.Rubiton atoned for the defeat at his next start winning the
1987 Cox Plate in track record time of 2.02.9, beating (Our) Poetic Prince, Fair Sir andVo Rogue .He won a week later in the
Mackinnon Stakes at Flemington.Having then gone out for a spell, tragically, he never returned due to a tendon injury. He was retired to stud with earnings of $1,360,330.
An outstanding sire at stud, he (along with Heroic) is the only stallion to both win and sire the winner of the weight-for-age championship of Australia, the prestigious
Cox Plate .Besides Fields of Omagh, he of the legendary Cox Plate (2003 & 2006) triumphs, Rubiton is the sire of brilliant sprinter
Rubitano , (Newmarket Hcp), millionaires Adam (Stradbroke Hcp), Flavour (Victoria Racing Club Stks), Patezza (Doncaster Hcp), Dilly Dally (T.J. Smith Stks) and Monopolize (Hong Kong International Bowl, twice).Rubiton is also the sire of Lucky Secret, a listed race winner in Melbourne.
Melbourne Racing Club have honoured the great horse with his own race, the Group 3
Rubiton Stakes .Pedigree
Pedigree
name = Rubiton
f = Century (Aus) 1969
m = Ruby (Aus) 1977
ff =Better Boy (Ire) 1951
fm = Royal Suite (Aus) 1960
mf = Seventh Hussar (Fr) 1966
mm = Briar's Toddy (Aus) 1971
fff =My Babu (Fr)
ffm = Better So (GB)
fmf = Rego (Ire)
fmm = Baraganda (Aus)
mff = Queen's Hussar (GB)
mfm = Ann Boleyn (GB)
mmf =Todman (Aus)
mmm = St. Auriga (Aus)
ffff =Djebel (Fr)
fffm = Perfume II (GB)
ffmf = Mieuxce (Fr)
ffmm = Soga (GB)
fmff =Nasrullah (Ire)
fmfm = Missy Suntan (GB)
fmmf = Baroda (NZ)
fmmm = Propaganda (Aus)
mfff = March Past (GB)
mffm = Jojo (GB)
mfmf =Tudor Minstrel (Ire)
mfmm = Game of Chance (GB)
mmff =Star Kingdom (Ire)
mmfm = Oceana (Ire)
mmmf = Landau (Ire)
mmmm = Joeletta (Aus) (Family: 4L)|ee also
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Millionaire Racehorses in Australia References
* [http://www.barnesphotography.com.au/rubiton/index.htm Rubiton - Profile of a Champion]
* [http://www.stallions.com.au/newsV2/viewBr.asp?ID=5191&CID=1 Rubiton Remembered]
* [http://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricDams/EngFoundationMares/Family4/Family4.html Thoroughbred Heritage: Family 4 - Layton Barb Mare]
* [http://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Families/Family4.htm Bloodlines.net: Family 4 - Layton Violet Barb Mare]
* [http://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Families/Family4l.htm Bloodlines.net: Family 4L - Golden Grove]
* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/rubiton Rubiton's pedigree and partial racing stats]
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