| Ajax | |
|---|---|
 Ajax and Maurice McCarten | |
| Sire | Heroic |
| Grandsire | Valais (GB) |
| Dam | Medmenham (IRE) |
| Damsire | Prince Galahad (GB) |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1934 |
| Country | Australia |
| Colour | Chestnut |
| Breeder | Alfred W. Thompson, E.L. Balllieu |
| Owner | 1. E.L. Baillieu, A.W. Thompson and "Mr Constable" 2. Mr W.J. Smith 3. Bing Crosby & Lin Howard |
| Trainer | Frank Musgrave |
| Record | 46: 36–7–2 |
| Earnings | £40,275 |
| Major wins | |
| AJC Sires Produce Stakes (1937) Caulfield Guineas (1937) Champagne Stakes (1937) Rosehill Guineas (1937) Linlithgow Stakes (1937, 1938) All Aged Stakes (1938, 1939, 1940) Caulfield Stakes (1938) W. S. Cox Plate (1938) Futurity Stakes (1938, 1939, 1940) C.B.Fisher Plate (1938) Newmarket Handicap (1938) LKS MacKinnon Stakes (1938) Memsie Stakes (1938, 1939, 1940) Underwood Stakes (1938, 1939, 1940) VRC Queen Elizabeth Stakes (1938) St George Stakes (1939) Melbourne Stakes (1938 ,1940) | |
| Honours | |
| Australian Racing Hall of Fame (2004) STC Ajax Stakes | |
| Last updated on 16 August 2010 | |
Ajax was a champion Australian bred Thoroughbred racehorse and sire, who won 18 consecutive races before he was defeated at the odds of 40/1 on, causing a huge racing sensation. He had wins from 5 furlongs (1,000 m) to 1+1⁄2 miles (2,400 m), equalled the Australasian record for one mile (1,600 m), and created three new race records. At stud in Australia, Ajax proved to be a good sire. He was then sold as a 14-year-old horse and exported to the United States before he was later sold to Bing Crosby and Lin Howard. Ajax was inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame in 2004.