| Takeover Target | |
|---|---|
 Takeover Target in exhibition gallop at Queanbeyan Racecourse | |
| Sire | Celtic Swing (GB) |
| Grandsire | Damister (USA) |
| Dam | Shady Stream (AUS) |
| Damsire | Archregent (CAN) |
| Sex | Gelding |
| Foaled | 27 September 1999 |
| Died | 20 June 2015 (aged 15) |
| Country | Australia |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Meringo Stud, New South Wales |
| Owner | Joe Janiak, Ben Janiak |
| Trainer | Joe Janiak |
| Record | 41:21-6-4 |
| Earnings | A$6,028,311[1] |
| Major wins | |
| Salinger Stakes (G1) (2004) Lightning Stakes (G1) (2006) Newmarket Handicap (G1) (2006) King's Stand Stakes (G2) (2006) Sprinters Stakes (G1) (2006) Doomben 10,000 (G1) (2007) KrisFlyer International Sprint (G1) (2008) T J Smith Stakes (G1) (2009)) The Goodwood (G1) (2009) | |
| Awards | |
| Australian Champion Sprinter (2006) World's Highest Rated Turf Sprinter (2006) IFHA rating: 121 Global Sprint Challenge Champion (2006) Australian Champion International Performer (2006, 2007, 2008) | |
| Honours | |
| Australian Racing Hall of Fame inductee (2012) | |
| Last updated on 16 April 2012 | |
Takeover Target (27 September 1999 – 20 June 2015) was a much-travelled Australian Thoroughbred racehorse who won top sprinting races in each of the five major cities in Australia as well as in the United Kingdom, Japan, and Singapore.
He was owned and trained by Joe Janiak, a former Queanbeyan, New South Wales, taxi driver, and was ridden by Sydney-based jockey Jay Ford in all but two race starts. He was purchased for A$1,250 plus $125 GST in July 2003[2] and earned $6,028,311 in prize money.
- ^ ASB - Takeover Target Retrieved on 2009-7-13
- ^ Inglis 2003 Winter Thoroughbred Sale, 18 July 2003