Auraria_(horse)

Auraria (horse)

Auraria (horse)

Australian-bred Thoroughbred racehorse

Auraria (foaled 1892)[1] was an Australian racehorse that won the 1895 Melbourne Cup.

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Racing career

Auraria was bred at St Albans stud in Victoria and bought for 280 guineas by David James of Kapunda.[2][3][4]

She raced 10 times as a two-year-old for six wins, three seconds and a fourth.[1]

As a three-year-old she had only seven starts, winning the Melbourne Cup, South Australian Derby, VRC Oaks and the Fisher Plate (dead heat with Wallace).[5] Her other results were third in the Victoria Derby to Wallace and Osculator just three days before her Melbourne Cup win[2] and two fourths. Her final race was the 1897 Fisher Plate when she finished last in the field of four.[1]

Stud career

Auraria was bred to Pistol and produced several leading broodmares, including Princess Aura and Little Joan.[6][7]

References

  1. [1]
    "Auraria racehorse Melbourne Cup winner 1895". RaceRate. Archived from the original on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Auraria's Day". The Mail (Adelaide). Vol. 9, no. 442. South Australia. 30 October 1920. p. 5. Retrieved 24 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. [3]
    "Flights and Darts". Kapunda Herald. Vol. XXXI, no. 2, 793. South Australia. 8 November 1895. p. 3. Retrieved 24 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
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    "Auaria". Adelaide Observer. Vol. LII, no. 2, 823. South Australia. 9 November 1895. p. 1 (Supplement to the Adelaide Observer). Retrieved 24 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. [5]
    "Mr David James, owner of Auraria". The Australasian. Vol. LIX, no. 1546. Victoria, Australia. 16 November 1895. p. 22. Retrieved 24 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. [6]
    "Primavera Traces To Auraria". The Mail (Adelaide). Vol. 30, no. 1, 538. South Australia. 15 November 1941. p. 13. Retrieved 24 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. [7]
    "Thoroughbreds — Auraria and Her Descendants". Sporting Globe. No. 638. Victoria, Australia. 5 September 1928. p. 5 (2nd Edition). Retrieved 24 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
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