Kiwi | |
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Sire | Blarney Kiss (USA) |
Grandsire | Irish Lancer (USA) |
Dam | Malrayvis (NZ) |
Damsire | Messmate (GB) |
Sex | Gelding |
Foaled | 19 October 1977[1] |
Died | 2 February 1995[2] |
Country | New Zealand |
Colour | Chestnut |
Breeder | Brian Fischer |
Owner | Snow Lupton |
Trainer | Snow Lupton |
Record | 60:13-8-2 |
Earnings | NZ$549,839 |
Major wins | |
Wellington Cup (1983) Melbourne Cup[3] (1983) | |
Last updated on 3 April 2009 |
Kiwi (19 October 1977 – 2 February 1995) was a New Zealand Thoroughbred racehorse who won both the Wellington Cup in New Zealand and the Melbourne Cup in Australia in 1983. Kiwi is especially renowned for his last-to-first victory in the Melbourne Cup, and remains the only horse in history to have won both of these cups.[4] Kiwi raced from 1980 to 1987, and died in 2 February 1995 at the age of 17.[2]