Strawberry Road | |
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Sire | Whiskey Road |
Grandsire | Nijinsky II |
Dam | Giftisa |
Damsire | Rich Gift |
Sex | Stallion |
Foaled | 28 September 1979 |
Country | Australia |
Colour | Bay |
Breeder | J. Pantos & G. Georgopoulos |
Owner | J. Pantos & A. Pantos, G. Georgopoulos, M. Menegazzo, Ray Stehr and John Singleton (Australia) Daniel Wildenstein (France) Allen E. Paulson & Bruce McNall (United States) |
Trainer | Doug Bougoure (Australia) John Nicholls (Australia & Germany) Patrick Biancone (France) Charlie Whittingham (United States) |
Record | 45: 17-7-7 |
Earnings | US$1,713,958 |
Major wins | |
Rosehill Guineas (1983) AJC Derby (1983) Queensland Derby (1983) Freeway Stakes (1983) W S Cox Plate (1983) Grosser Preis von Baden (1984) Prix d'Harcourt (1985) Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud (1985) Arcadia Handicap (1986) | |
Awards | |
Australian Champion Racehorse of the Year (1983) German Champion Older Horse (1984) Australian Racing Hall of Fame (2009) | |
Honours | |
Royal Agricultural Society of Queensland: Equine Hall of Fame | |
Last updated on 23 October 2009 |
Strawberry Road (28 September 1979 – 1 June 1995) was a champion Australian Thoroughbred racehorse who went on to race in Germany, France, the United States, and Japan. Bred in New South Wales, he was by the 'superbly-bred'[1] Whiskey Road (Nijinsky-Bowl of Flowers) out of Giftisa (by Rich Gift - a grandson of Nasrullah and Abernant).