Poseidon (horse)

Poseidon
Poseidon, 1906 Melbourne Cup winner
Sire	Positano (GB)
Dam	Jacinth
Damsire	Martini-Henry (NZ)
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	(1903-08-19)19 August 1903
Died	3 February 1930(1930-02-03) (aged 26)
Country	Australia
Colour	Brown
Breeder	Richard Halifax Dangar (Neotsfield Stud)
Owner	Sir Hugh Denison
Trainer	Isaac Earnshaw
Record	33: 19-4-3
Earnings	£19,946[1]
Major wins
Melbourne Cup (1906) Caulfield Cup (1906, 1907) AJC Derby (1906) Victoria Derby (1906) VRC St Leger Stakes (1907) AJC St Leger (1907) AJC Spring Stakes (1907) Melbourne Stakes (1907) AJC Plate (1908) Rawson Stakes (1908)
Awards
Australian Racing Hall of Fame (2004 inductee)
Honours
VRC Poseidon Stakes
Last updated on 12 March 2010

Poseidon (19 August 1903 - 3 February 1930) was an Australian Thoroughbred Hall of Fame racehorse. He won 19 races over distances ranging from five furlongs to three miles. Sixteen of these wins were "Principal Races" (equivalent to today's "Black Type" races), eight of them now of Group 1 (G1) status.

As a three-year-old in 1906/07, Poseidon had 14 starts for 11 wins, including the Caulfield Cup (in race record time), Melbourne Cup, Victoria Derby and AJC Derby. In achieving this, Poseidon became the first horse to complete the Caulfield Cup-Melbourne Cup double. In winning the Caulfield Cup again the following year, he also became the first horse to win consecutive Caulfield Cups.