Awesome Australians! | Best Racehorses From Down Under | From Phar Lap To Black Caviar & Winx

We asked our online community to come up with the TOP 5 Australian racehorses to have graced the racetrack to celebrate Australia Day.
Here's how they voted...
Did our audience get the list of Australia's best thoroughbreds right?
5 | Makybe Diva:
2005 Melbourne Cup
2004 Melbourne Cup
2003 Melbourne Cup
2004 Sydney Cup
2005 Australian Cup
2005 The BMW
2005 Memsie Stakes
2005 Turnbull Stakes
2005 Cox Plate
4 | Kingston Town:
1982, 1981 & 1980 Cox Plate
1982 & 1981 George Main Stakes
1982 & 1981 Caulfield Stakes
1980 Queensland Derby
1980 Sydney Cup
1980 Rosehill Guineas
1980 Tancred Staks
1980 Australian Derby
1979 Spring Champion Stakes
3 | Phar Lap:
1932 Agua Caliente Handicap
1931 Memsie Stakes
1931 Underwood Stakes
1931 Futurity Stakes
1931 & 1930 Mackinnon Stakes
1930 Melbourne Cup
1930 Queen Elizabeth Stakes
1930 Chipping Norton Stakes
1929 Victoria Derby
1929 Australian Derby
1929 Rosehill Guinas
2 | Black Caviar:
2013, 2012 & 2011 Lightning Stakes
2013 & 2011 William Reid Stakes
2013 & 2011 TJ Smith Stakes
2012 Diamond Jubilee Stakes
2012 C F Orr Stakes
2011 & 2010 Moir Stakes
2011 & 2010
2011 & 2010 VRC Sprint Classic
2011 BTC Cup
1 | Winx:
2018, 2017, 2016 & 2015 Cox Plate
2019, 2018, 2017 & 2016 Chipping Norton Stakes
2019, 2018, 2017 & 2016 George Ryder Stakes
2019, 2018, 2017 Queen Elizabeth Stakes
2018, 2017 & 2016 Winx Stakes
2018, 2017 & 2016 George Main Stakes
2016 Doncaster Handicap
2016 Caulfield Stakes
2015 Epsom Handicap
2015 Queensland Oaks
2015 Sunshine Coast Guineas
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[@lxmxly_0665]

1.Phar Lap 2.Makybe Diva 3.Kinston Town 4.Winx 5.Black Caviar

[@MichaelSmith-py3cf]

Can’t include Makybe Diva, yes 3 Melbourne Cups. But to be the greatest you have to win more than 15 races @ 41% ratio. I would replace her with Sunline. She won 13 group 1 races including the Japan Cup. Her race record would have been a lot better except for her having to race against Northerly & Lohnro in their prime. Both are probably rated in the top 10 Aust horses of all time. She stood out in a very strong era in Australian racing.

[@axeyman1]

@@MichaelSmith-py3cfSunline never won the Japan Cup. She never even competed in that particular race.

[@ciprianoderore4792]

PHAR LAP IS A NUMBER ONE,,BLACK CAVIAR IS A SECOND AND WINX IS A THIRD...FROM PANAMA CONGRATULATIONS AUSTRALIA FOR THIS GREATS HORSES

[@rayfarrugia8601]

Black Caviar shouldn’t even be in the top 20. She only won crappie 1200 metre races

[@glenn8272]

I know So you think was born in NZ but no other Australian trained and owned (before moving to Ballydoyle) has won 5 Group 1's in Australia and 5 group 1's in Europe and raced against and beat the best in the world. A true star!

[@bgardiner3354]

In the modern era I would challenge anyone to propose a horse that had a stiffer preparation than SYT in his final 2 preparations. After towelling Workforce in the Eclipse and beating Snow Fairy in the Irish Champion Stakes he ran a massive 4th in the fastest Arc is history, backed up on a heavy in the BCS and was beaten Cirrus des Aigles. Had another two weeks off and went to the Breeders Cup Classic (when he should have been in the BC Turf) at Churchill Downs, one of the most difficult dirt tracks in the US for his first ever start on dirt. Then went first up in March to the World Cup for his first race on the Tapeta surface when he could have gone to the Sheema Classic fresh in a rematch with CDA, or the Duty Free where he would have beaten Cityscape running backwards. It's like Balleydoyle was trying to get him beaten. Like I said.... I'd challenge anyone to find a stiffer program given to any horse.

[@timhutch6980]

The good ones in aus would easily win in Europe, they don't take them there as there isn't enough money.

[@marknorris1381]

Phar Lap is the greatest horse to race in Australia. Between 25/10/30 & 08/11/30 he won the Cox Plate, MacKinnon Stakes and Melbourne Cup, along with two other group races. Something well beyond the horses above him on this list.

[@WorldHorseRacing]

He gave a nation hope during a tough period. A Racing Icon of the Australian turf.

[@m.l.b.2908]

There are horses with better winning records than Phar Lap, but given his historical context and his premature death, which meant nobody will ever know just how much more he could have accomplished, he will always be the most iconic.

[@marknorris1381]

@@m.l.b.2908 Correct if you look at his overall record, but he won 36 of his last 42 starts once he hit his straps as a 3yo (a late bloomer) and was only unplaced once in that run carrying an all time record high weight in the Melbourne Cup. Yes, never saw all that he could do. My thoughts on the horse are that he was without limits, not limited by distance, frequency of racing nor handicap weights until it got ridiculous. Most of the horses on this list were limited in some way that Phar Lap wasn't.

[@m.l.b.2908]

@@marknorris1381 I have him at number one of these. He faced far greater challenges and his trainer was lucky to find him. Definite case of the horse making the man as far as I'm concerned.

[@marknorris1381]

@@m.l.b.2908 For sure. Good call.

[@graemealexander8804]

Phar Lap at 3 lol. Ran all races to 3200 metres, 27 Group 1 wins, equal 1st with Tulloch. Several of these Group 1's, have been adjusted to shorter distances than he originally ran. Put them all into a stayers race & he'd win easily. 3rd what great odds for punters lol.

[@stevejames5298]

Phar Lap definitely #1. Vain is the best sprinter / miler I have seen.

[@brumbyrider54]

And tulloch? he beat pharlaps ajc derby time by 2 seconds yes 2 seconds thats 12 lengths

[@bgardiner3354]

@@brumbyrider54 Tulloch is really the only horse that bears comparison to Phar Lap. Without the illness he suffered as a 4yo who knows what might have been. As it stands though Phar Lap's record is far superior. Time is only important when you're in jail

[@brumbyrider54]

@@bgardiner3354 tulloch lost 23months with that illness no other horse in history has been sick for so long and still come back and win group one races.

[@abidsultan2764]

Love the way Australians treat Horse Racing.

[@glenn8272]

@@underscore2824 the corporates are the ones who ruined betting

[@russe19642]

When i grew up it was the 2nd biggest industry in Australia,2nd biggest what country has a sport as theyre 2nd biggest iindustry?I guess probably because in other countries its mainly for the rich and elite from them only having wealth to own property where as in Australia you can own a bush property and call yourself a trainer.Apparently also i heard we have more horses than uk france and the usa,just something i heard

[@russe19642]

@Smart Arrs no i mean in australia the horse industry is the 2nd biggest,not whether its the biggest in the world.Other countries have manufacturing or mining as its 2nd biggest industry,we have horse racing,how insane is that

[@Kimmy-pw8tm]

Not only was Pharlap a brilliant race horse, that horse helped ease the depression in many households.

[@leedelaney70]

Tulloch was a superstar and in the argument, with Phar Lap, as Australia's greatest

[@woodywilson7596]

Tulloch...like Roy Hobbs, "the best there ever was"

[@bgardiner3354]

they are absolutely 1 and 2 in my books. Even if you fail to allow for Tulloch missing two years due to illness...

[@timhutch6980]

Black caviar is 2 because shes probably the best sprinter ever racing against strong fields and never lost. Phar lap was a freak and won 2 of the biggest races in the world, thousands of miles apart from each other, which no other horse has done

[@lxmxly_0665]

Yes Winx is best ❤💪

[@mikesuahtla9826]

Great vid but Pharlap is the greatest of all time. Even many foreign horse experts recognise this fact

[@bgardiner3354]

If we had footage of Phar Lap's victory in the AJC Plate in 1930, which in those days was run over 18F (this is the modern-day Queen Elizabeth Stakes), there would be no doubt in anyone's mind who the GOAT was. At one stage Phar Lap was an estimated 100L in front... and was slowed to a canter for the last 2F. Worthy of note is that the horse that ran 2nd was a Melbourne Cup winner.

[@brumbyrider54]

@@bgardiner3354 limerick won it twice , tullock won the qe2. 3 times, tulloch beat pharlaps ajc derby time by 2 seconds about 12 lengths . Pharlap would not beat the likes of might and power, tulloch, makybe diva etc. People need to chill and look at the facts.

[@bgardiner3354]

@@brumbyrider54 Facts ey? yours is a fairly common misinterpretation of time data by people who really don’t understand racing. Do you know what the track record is for 2400 at Royal Randwick? It’s 1:26.36, set by a Queensland stayer named Spechenka in 2010. Spechenka was a good horse. He won 12 races including a couple of G3’s, including the Summer Cup where he established the Randwick 2400m track record that stands today. Allowing for the conversion from furlongs to meters it equates to a difference of nearly 2 seconds, the same difference between the times ran by Phar Lap and Tulloch. Not sure where you get 12L from… it’s ~7L… using the average speed for Spechenka (59.03kph) and the conversion of meters to Lengths (2.4m). So, by your logic, Tulloch would have beaten Phar Lap by 7L, and the great Queensland G3 winner Spechenka would have beaten Tulloch by 7L. Not diminishing Tulloch’s performance… a comparable performance today would have been rated alongside Frankel’s Queen Anne or Flightline’s Breeder’s Cup. But, using total times as a comparison is fraught with danger even if you compare them on the same course on the same day, because race tempo, track bias, handicap, barrier draw, speed maps and a hundred other factors can impact the total time. This is especially true for middle distance and staying races. Your assertion also does not consider the 30 years of improvement in track curating, animal husbandry, nutrition, training techniques etc. between the careers of Phar Lap and Tulloch. Spechenka ran the Randwick track record immediately after the resurfacing and realignment project that was completed in 2008-09. Imagine what time Phar Lap might have run with modern nutrition, training and horse-care on a modern track? Imagine what time Tulloch might have run? In terms of legacy, the advantage that Phar Lap had, his ridiculous 1930 Melbourne Cup carnival performances aside (4 G1’s in 7 days from 8 to 16F), was that, after dominating Australian racing (32 wins from last 35 races vs Tulloch’s 15 of last 24) he could have been labelled a big fish in a small pond. But, he travelled to the US, took on an elite group of G1 horses in the US (albeit missing probably the best 3 US horses racing at the time), on an unfamiliar surface, half fit and set a track record. I’m afraid your argument holds very little water.

[@brumbyrider54]

@@bgardiner3354 wins Rosehill Guineas (1929) AJC Derby (1929) Craven Plate (1929, 1930, 1931) Victoria Derby (1929) AJC St Leger (1930) VRC St Leger (1930) Chipping Norton Stakes (1930) AJC Plate (1930) Chelmsford Stakes (1930) Hill Stakes (1930, 1931) W. S. Cox Plate (1930, 1931) Melbourne Stakes (1930, 1931) Melbourne Cup (1930) Linlithgow Stakes (1930) C.B. Fisher Plate (1930) St George Stakes (1931) Futurity Stakes (1931) Underwood Stakes (1931) Memsie Stakes (1931) Agua Caliente Handicap (1932) Honours #22 - Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century 1983 Motion Picture - Phar Lap: Heart of a Nation Australian Racing Hall of Fame New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame Phar Lap Stakes run at Rosehill Racecourse Last updated on 29 April 2009[2]

[@brumbyrider54]

Major wins VRC St Leger (1958) AJC St Leger (1958) P.J. O'Shea Stakes (1960, 1961) Queen Elizabeth Stakes (1958, 1960, 1961) C B Fisher Plate (1957, 1960) Chipping Norton Stakes (1958, 1960) Brisbane Cup (1961) W S Cox Plate (1960) Mackinnon Stakes (1960) Chelmsford Stakes (1960) Craven Plate (1960) All Aged Stakes (1958) Rawson Stakes (1958) Caulfield Cup (1957) Caulfield Guineas (1957) Warwick Stakes (1957) VRC Derby (1957) AJC Derby (1957) QTC Derby (1957) Rosehill Guineas (1957) AJC Sires Produce Stakes (1957) VRC Sires Produce Stakes (1957) QTC Sires Produce Stakes (1957) Honours Australian Racing Hall of Fame New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame[1] Tulloch Stakes. Taking in mind tulloch lost 23 months due to illness take 23 months racing away from any 3 and 4 year old is when they win most of their group ones if not a lot of them. And dont forget he won ajc,vrc and qtc sires produce beating the mighty todman as a 2 year old.

[@Sisterfifi]

Makybe Diva deserves a higher rank than fifth. She won most of the major races including a Cox Plate, and still has the Australian record time over 2000 meters. She was a more versatile horse than Winx or Black Caviar that raced over a short range of distances. Though I love Winx, I would have the Diva first then Winx, Blackcaviar, phar lap

[@marknorris1381]

It's probably her winning ratio - only thing where she drags the chain a little. She seemed to be a big race specialist - nothing wrong with that but it was 15 wins from 36 starts.

[@elgransenor1472]

So the best three horses ever to race in Australia ran in the last 15 years? Yep, sure. Rose coloured glasses

[@syoncav]

Pharlap was better than her

[@leedelaney70]

As good as Makybe Diva was it should be noted that she was beaten 21 times. Black Caviar was NEVER beaten and Winx was only beaten 6 times despite having more starts than Makybe Diva. Winx and Black Caviar were both far superior to their opposition

[@bgardiner3354]

@@leedelaney70 the winning strike rates of our best horses (Black Caviar and Winx aside) go to show you, as you say, that they need to be substantially better than their opposition. So many variables are present in a race; any one of these could result in them being beaten. Then there are factors involving the horse... they aren't machines, and they can't tell you if they don't quite feel up to it on any given day. Horses rarely deliver their peak performance.... so winning sequences only exist where they are a lot better than their opponents.

[@brettwilkinson9529]

Tulloch should be there.

[@leedelaney70]

Without doubt Tulloch is in the top 5 horses to ever race in Australia. Probably even top 2

[@johnmiceter]

Imagine being that jockey on Black Caviar almost costing him his perfect winning record from easing him up near the end.

[@glenn8272]

he is a her

[@Genesiscassidy]

Luke nolen the hoop, he reckons he misjudged the finish line.. whatever.

[@davidmoore5276]

Imagine commenting and not knowing Black Caviar is a mare.

[@johnmiceter]

@@davidmoore5276 why would I need to know if the horse is a boy or a girl to see that the jockey almost cost him/her ? Imagine trying to belittle others because you know something they dont ?

[@johnmiceter]

@@Genesiscassidy so lucky hey. I also heard the horse got injured during the race, so they say.

[@hannibalbarca3086]

Phar lap is best

[@smpsmp6974]

5 who aren’t there :Tulloch, Octaganol,from the old days-Wakeful, Carbine ,Bernborough to name a few gloaming was a NZ horse as well

[@smpsmp6974]

That’s true he was bred in Victoria. But NZ owned trained and ridden for the most part. He’s our phar lap in that way. However the big red was bred in nz trained by a kiwi , US owned and ridden by an Aussie

[@smpsmp6974]

Gloaming met Desert Gold 5x and won 4 and was the 1st horse to beat her and yes he won his 1st start as a 3yo in Sydney @ Wfa in the Chelmsford Stakes (FREAK).as for the great Kindergarten he is a true enigma ww2 prohibited Aus seeing the best of him but he started once in Sydney @wfa ran 3rd but was returned to NZ as he never settled in to the conditions. Any 3yo who wins over 2 miles is special. He won the Wellington cup. And carried 64 kg in a very high class field to win the Auckland cup by 5 lengths @ 4yo . The VRC handicappers knew there was a beast across the ditch and allocated him top weight 3 x he got given more weight than Phar Lap .he never took part due to injury and the travel risks during the war a true shame . I never forget my Grandad telling me just how good he was and he saw some of our greatest go around in the flesh and he said none compared to Kindergarten and I believe him

[@smpsmp6974]

No worries. I’m a tragic for history let alone racing. And yeah that era early 20’s was full of champions you mention Poitrel there was also Kennaquhair Trafalgar etc of course our great mare and many more. I hate to detract from Winx these days but imo she wasn’t beating great ones I think champions are defined by there rivals as much as there achievements in another example there wouldn’t be Ali as we know him without Frazier or Foreman . And any horse that won 50 races plus well what more can be said Gloaming ran and was winning right through to 9 yo you think about all those trips across the Tasman back then on a ship etc I saw an interview with tommy woodcock explaining how rough it was when the bought Phar Lap back home to spell before his voyage to the states basically saying those 4 days were by far the scariest and roughest of the journey.so gives credibility to Gloamings toughness longevity and durability. People often overlook the travel aspect of what it took for us to bring our horses across to Oz back then

[@harrycallahan9069]

You know what Tulloch and Vain would've done to Winx and Black Caviar.... completely embarrassed them

[@brettwilkinson9529]

Add Carbine too.

[@m.l.b.2908]

Carbine didn't race under Australian ownership until he was 4. He was owned and trained by a New Zealander before that. I'm assuming that's why he isn't on this list. If he'd exclusively been owned, trained, and raced in Australia he would be on top for me.

[@kevinbalsdon4705]

Carbine should of never been of the list. He is the No.1 by a long way.

[@wilkiegoodman9980]

How is makybe diva 5 she should be 1 no horse will ever be able to win 3 Melbourne cups in a row

[@michaelcolgrave4184]

I didn't get to see phar lap and he must have been a great horse, Tulloch is the best racehorse I've seen in my lifetime, his record speaks for itself , unplaced once in his career when he was asked to carry over ten stone in a Melbourne cup, and let's remember he missed two years racing due to a twisted bowel, a condition which ultimately took his life, my opinion, a champion with no equal, cheers from Tasmania

[@marknorris1381]

My list of the greatest five Australian racehorses: 1. Phar Lap 2.Winx 3.Carbine 4.Tulloch 5.Black Caviar Seriously considered/knocking on the door Kingston Town Makybe Diva Gunsynd Bernborough Tobin Bronze Manikato Plus a number of other great horses.

[@russe19642]

Northerley9 So you think Delicacy

[@marknorris1381]

@@russe19642 I don't know If I'd have them in the first five but definitely in the serious contender list under. Northerly was one of my favourites, he had a huge will to win when challenged.

[@russe19642]

@@marknorris1381 difference is the other list is mares,most stallions go straight to stud so they aint really tested

[@fatboy5926]

Bernborough is 1 horse I would have loved to see

[@alexmitchell1814]

@@russe19642 So you think the best ive ever seen.

[@FORESTDONS]

There is Phar Lap who is the benchmark and then the mighty Kingston Town.They are the first and second,followed by the rest.People who have never seen the King should know he won everything from wfa to handicap,he was the real deal.Winx might come from behind but when the King makes his move,it gives you goosebumps

[@bgardiner3354]

Winx and Kingston Town effectively had the same Timeform rating. You can't compare their racing careers. Geldings, especially historically will race until their ears fall off. Especially when trained in the 80's by Tommy Smith. He had more opportunities than Winx was ever going to get. He was a genuine stayer who could sprint, whereas Winx was a genuine sprinter-miler... who knows what Winx might have done had they disregarded her well-being

[@edwindavis4078]

and Winx beat nothing of note

[@SuperflySamurai88]

As i said two months ago, and still stand by, Crisp! Tom McGinley on Crisp would have won the Grand National! Crisp for me is one of the greatest horses in history!

[@npg68]

Yes - I agree. And he was really only a 2 miler and almost won the National. Crisp was a freak and his National jockey admits he only lost because he produced the whip. Crisp has to be the most over looked Australian racehorse.

[@williamallan7915]

@@npg68 the weight beat him

[@mohairsam9705]

Phar lap was N.Z.

[@lachlanmartin5573]

Black Caviar should be number 1. Her owner took her to England to prove she was the best sprinter in the world and won, winx on the other hand should have gone overseas to prove she was as good as she is. Would have done well in a Hong Kong Cup

[@marknorris1381]

Being a sprinter and limited by distance I don't believe she is the best Australian. Just my personal opinion, others would see different. Still rates very highly however.

[@marknorris1381]

@@underscore2824 haha. I don't know man - Black Caviar was pretty good. You can't argue with unbeaten in 25 starts - she does sit second all time with that anywhere. Yes I know Vain was an outstanding champion juvenile but my argument (no disrespect intended) is similar in regards to all the UK hype re Frankel. Those horses aren't what I'd call true race horses. Their connections know how good they are before they've raced them, they've put the clock on them in trackwork etc, then they put them in cotton wool with intention they are primarily going to be stud horses, give them very limited racing over a couple of seasons to give them credibility as stud horses, and then put them out to stud after their very limited racing careers. One reason why I like Kingston Town for example, a gelding yes, but a true race horse. I wouldn't put Vain in my top five Australian race horses list on that basis, although if it was a 'racing ability' list, yes he probably is there, hard to argue with how he won his races. My personal opinion, you're entitled to yours.

[@marknorris1381]

@@underscore2824 A lot of what you've said makes sense. Can't argue with much of it

[@chookfeather]

Quite honestly why do we have to risk our horses to go overseas to prove them? If they want to prove her bring the horses to her. Virtually disease free it would be safer to bring them here than take her there. I would have rioted if they'd taken her overseas. Black Cavier was injured while in the UK, and yes I know that can happen anywhere, it still happened over there. What happened to Phar Lap left a bad taste in the mouth. OH and Chautauqua should have been on the list purely because he retired by his own decision. LOL

[@lachlanmartin5573]

@@underscore2824 think you're on to something here

[@paulcommerford1802]

The comments bring up most of the obvious candidates from the past. A few other seriously good horses come to my mind such as: Rain Lover (two Melbourne Cups), Galilee, Vo Rogue & Vain

[@woodywilson7596]

....Paul " the best there ever was" Tulloch

[@paulcommerford8636]

@@woodywilson7596 yes, and Tulloch! My Dad also used to rave about Bernborough and Flight! You can almost tell the age of the person making the comment by the names they mention!

[@khalfani414]

good lord the field in the first race was enormous

[@flamingfrancis]

Melbourne Cup had a full field plus emergencies on standby every year.

[@ChadSimplicio]

Melbourne Cup fields generally have 24 horses going the 3200m (2 miles)

[@hanajinks1044]

5 - Kingston Town 4 - Black Caviar 3 - Tulloch 2 - Winx 1 - Phar Lap Black Cav was restricted to glorified Barrier Trials and was also good enough to win three Cox Plates.

[@alanmcdonald4423]

What about the Goondiwindi grey? I do not know enough to say he should be in the top 5, but he cannot be far off. He was spectacular over a mile, but did well over other disances too.

[@WorldHorseRacing]

Everyone loves a grey, especially one from Goondiwindi. How could we forget Gunsynd!

[@alanmcdonald4423]

@@WorldHorseRacing I never saw him (in australia 1979-92) but I did see Kingston town (on TV) and always thought it would have been nice for KT to have been the star in this ad made kzbin.info/www/bejne/kIqwhq1qq7KoqLs Do you know the name of the featured horse?

[@marknorris1381]

Gunsynd gets huge respect for his run in the Melbourne Cup. Close third carrying 60.5kg and not at all a two mile horse showed what an outstanding champion he was.

[@vinorob]

I love a grey. Won a lot money at Caulfield with Ming Dynasty. Gunsynd was a great horse. We are spoilt in Australia as we have bred so many great champions

[@alanmcdonald4423]

@@vinorob I trust you are aware that Gunsynd and Ming Dynasty shared the same paternal grandsire Star Kingdom (Ireland) which traces back along the top line to Newminster - out of the most impressive mare ever to race, Beeswing. Look her up, well worth a couple of minutes of your time. I am originally from the same area as Beeswing and her magnifient two sons.

[@nancygilbert8719]

Phalap was the best

[@officialphootytv]

Kingston town & pharlap are kiwi horses! Winx Black caviar Makybe diva Tulloch Haylist

[@npg68]

Wasn't the Diva bred in England and no one wanted her?

[@55daz]

Tulloch is NZ bred too.

[@kevinwaters5872]

Have you heard of a horse called Tulloch ? Just asking. There is another called Vain.

[@wayneryan7631]

Pharlap is number 1

[@wayneo1269]

To be honest Tulloch belonged in there he was a great horse.

[@WorldHorseRacing]

He certainly went very close. What's your favourite memory of Tulloch?

[@marknorris1381]

Definitely an all time top five Australian horse.

[@npg68]

@@WorldHorseRacing Bernborough as well.

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[@wayneo1269]

@@WorldHorseRacing The comeback race and the Brisbane cup which was his swan song hard to split those two moments

[@gordonpkm7560]

The best Australian horse's were all Bred in N.Z. Phar Lap, Carbine, Night March, Red Craze, Mainbrace, Tulloch, Daryl's Joy ... That's only a handful ... Daryl's Joy won in 3countrys, an was at stud in U.S. .. Then shipped back to Australia. Winx's dam was N.Z. Vegas Showgirl, raced by Graham Rodgerson ..

[@nomiss7641]

Again a very good list. Tulloch maybe in there somewhere but like, who do you replace

[@55daz]

Makybe Diva or Kingston Town. Tulloch should be #2 behind Phar Lap.

[@avriltake2loveyou974]

@@55daz tulloch rising fast pharlap and an underated champ sky high. But Winx wow

[@tonylove4800]

The title should be changed to Top 5 Australian racehorses of the past five minutes (apart from the truly mighty King).

[@mickdonedee1]

Where's Rising Fast? Only horse in history to win the Melbourne Cup, Caulfield Cup and Cox Plate races in the same season (1954) - the Spring Grand Slam. Then won the Caulfield Cup again the following year. Followed by second in the Melbourne Cup. This feat is unlikely ever to be matched.

[@victorsupreme214]

Phar Lap was born and bred in NEW ZEALAND.

[@dantemadden1533]

And was owned and raced in Australia you knob jockey

[@victorsupreme214]

@@dantemadden1533 Yup would be hard to train it from NZ

[@peacebe2u480]

@@victorsupreme214 , I knew the son of the owner of Phar Lap. He told me the Melbourne Cup was locked on the safe, and every time he received an invitation to come to Melbourne, he would bring it with him. I saw a Phar Lap painting in his den, n shocked n asked how the hell he knew of Phar Lap n why he kept the painting in his den. He smiled n said his dad owned it. I was floored. Mr Davis was a very nice generous kind man. He taught me what to look at when the horses ran... that was our daily betting games watching races on TV, just to pick who would be the winner starting from 2 furlongs around the corner of the turn. A fun game.

[@KingSnowyKerr]

And branded as dogfood, pull ya head in ya muppet.

[@timhutch6980]

Saying phar lap has any relation to nz is like saying maykybe diva spent its first 6 months in the UK so a UK horse

[@philstevenson8904]

No Tulloch you’re joking

[@nukmunnit3170]

extract from ' Mecca' by John O' Brien Numbness stills a fluttering heart, all senses shrink from pain A void so great envelopes me, the 'sub's' gone down again. With ten bucks left to gas the car new reason tempts a pause One more thrust could turn the tide- I hear the bookies call. Sixteen hands of muscle bar my exit in disgrace- 7/2's a handy price for a calibre horse in a classless race. So to the ring I go once more- a minute to jump- I'm on at 4's. The starter sets the hooves to pound, cold chill of hope and fright The very earth sunk with the weight of turf kings in full flight. The whips crack loud to urge their mounts, on up the straight they plug Only my bloke felt no pain, he relished rain and mud. To the line I cheered him on, renewed by dread's release For this winner punters punt and punter's hearts do beat. No protest flag, the winners won, the siren sings all clear I plan the next in Melbourne and I quaff a winner's beer. I've pushed a board inside a curl and scored some gutsy tries Taken wickets for the side and drove the jack to fly. The Sport Of Kings draws me yet, away from workday blues The morning tips- the betting drifts- and still the good things lose. But what is money if not joy, so when I've some to spare It's to the course and in the ring- the Mecca of the dare.

[@connorduke4619]

Wonderful horses, Secretariat would have beat all of them in a gallop though.

[@malligrub]

Any Aussie list that has Phar Lap anywhere but first is completely dismissable. Winx and Black Caviar better than Phar Lap?🤣🤣🤣🤣🤦‍♂🤦‍♂

[@darren3027]

Super impose. Never understand Luke that day with world watching should rode right out show how good she really was. Her best win was at 1400m.that horse could have done a lot more. And would have under a different trainer.

[@elgransenor1472]

Darren Mate, if he'd ridden her out she might have won by half a length but no more. She may have had other excuses that day but being ridden out wasn't the problem.

[@elgransenor1472]

Agree that Moody totally stuffed up the Ascot campaign.

[@harrypeterson712]

Darren yes I semi agree, but many people neglect the fact that Black Caviar was nearly scratched that race due to a problem with her leg and she still won the race. After that race she had a spell because of the problem

[@marknorris1381]

Great horse. So versatile.

[@davidmoore5276]

@@elgransenor1472 You’re kidding aren’t you? Stuffed up exactly how? If you knew anything Peter wasn’t going to run her because she wasn’t 100% right but he decided to trust in her and run. Unless you can point to what Peter did to stuff up I’m not sure what you are talking about. Just think if she’d been at the top of her game how far she would have won by. It doesn’t matter because she won the race, they don’t pay on the margin to second.

[@SuperflySamurai88]

Crisp!

[@Andy_ATB]

I'm glad somebody mentioned him; an outstanding chaser, and a 2 mile champion; but, of course he's remembered for his near miss in the 1973 Grand National, when giving lumps of weight away. And his jockey even admitted he got it wrong....

[@svendbosanvovski4241]

Phar Lap, Carbine, Tulloch, Kingston Town, Bernborough, Makybe Diva, Winx, Might and Power, Vain, and Black Caviar are my ten. Shannon, Chatham, Wakeful, Rising Fast, Galilee and Better Loosen Up on the short list. Difficult to compare thoroughbreds from different eras, but the constant principles should be: dominance at the highest level, consistency, versatility (different going, distance range), and durability. The first five in my list had all of those. Vain and Black Caviar were specialist sprinters. Might and Power couldn't sprint, but 2400m and beyond he was unbeatable when fully fit. They all did things that left one gaping in wonder.

[@michaellolesi4496]

WINX👊👏👏👏👏🔥🔥🔥

[@bluedebates4488]

Winks didn’t win a Melbourne Cup pharlaps the greatest

[@shaunholmes4143]

Take Over Target is my champion

[@hanajinks1044]

His win in Japan was breathtaking good...

[@peace-now]

As others have staed, Gloaming should be on the list. If we include New Zealand horses that raced in New Zealand, like Phar Lap, then Nightmarch, Carbine, Sunline and Tulloch should be considered also.

[@bgardiner3354]

Nightmarch and Sunline... no... very no... as good as they were. Carbine... absolutely. Problem is that they didn't even ride in a 2-point seat in those days... there's a lot of talk about Phar Lap's racing record, especially his 4 wins on each of the 4 days of the 1930 spring carnival. But some of Carbine's performances even make those look like a part-timer.

[@luke9705]

Black Caviar is my no.1

[@secretariatgirl4249]

How big was that field in Diva's race???

[@brumbyrider54]

who the hell picked these horses tulloch should be in the top 4 at least.

[@georgemoore7186]

I'll be damned if I could Put either Black Caviar or Winx in the top 10 in Australia? really what did they do that was so great? absolutely NOTHING, they just did the same thing over and over again, I have no doubt they were Champion racehorses but they didn't really get a chance to show it, it's like right wing politics, if you just keep repeating the same thing over and over and over again, until people start thinking it must be true, I hear it all the time, that is what BC and Winx have going for them, I mean if you watched the same movie 33 times would it get better by number 33? or would you be bored and want it over? they beat the same horses under the same conditions over the same distances, once you beat them once, what does it prove beating them twice or 3 times etc?? Plus they were always advantaged, they were always receiving weight from the opposition, was that ever a fair fight? They were more akin to schoolyard bullies and school yard bullies are not what heroes are made of, Phar Lap won the Cup with 9 stone 12lbs in 1930 and then was asked to carry about a stone more in 1931, if (like Winx and Black Caviar) he had stuck exclusively to WFAS races he would still be winning them, Same with Tulloch and Bernborough, Berborough carried the Crandsatnd, literally, he was beaten when asked to carry 10 stone 10lbs in the Caulfield Cup and the trainer Harry Plant never spoke to the Jockey Athol Mulley again cos he reckoned he pulled Bernborough up, How would Winx and Black Caviar's record look if they were asked to prove just how good they really were, like champions of yesteryear By the way when looking at the weights Phar Lap and Bernborough etc carried, never forget that the bottom weight was well under 6 stone 7lb too, so the weight differential was close to 4 stone, or 56 pounds or 25kgs for comparison then look at Winx and Black Caviar receiving a couple of KGs from the opposition, then take into account that the field sizes were much larger back then, I think there were close to 30 runners in the Newmarket that Bernborough won with in excess of 10 stone on his back coming from last, could Black Caviar have done that? would you put your money on her if she was giving Hay List a stone(6 kg's) in weight instead of receiving 3 kg's, so when looking to compare, make sure you are comparing apples with apples and not apples with grapes!

[@Shluba_]

Great insight 👍 Weight stops trains

[@spaz5138]

I'm winx biggest fan no one knows her more than me!!!!!!

[@muhammadibrar9330]

Wonder Chautauqua is not in the top 5?

[@woodywilson7596]

You've forgotten THE BEST THERE EVER WAS - THE MIGHTY TULLOCH 👏👏👏 And I'll bring up a preponderance of FACTS to prove it to ya

[@darrenburchell8684]

Black caviar unbeaten. Winx beaten?Come on.Winx is 3rd

[@samsabastian5560]

A bit rich calling Phar Lap Australian. He was a Kiwi in fact. He raced here and was exceptional, that is a given, but he was not Australian.

[@williamallan7915]

we adopted him as an Aussie

[@payntpot7623]

@@williamallan7915 Would you have adopted him if he did not win?

[@williamallan7915]

@@payntpot7623 we only hear or talk about the winners

[@svendbosanvovski4241]

27% of the Australian population are first generation. Are you going to tell them they are not Aussie becuase they weren't born here? What of all those Aussie horses standing in New Zealand today? Are their progeny Kiwi or Aussie? Phar Lap might have been conceived in New Zealand, but he was developed into maturity under Australian care and ownership. We can both share the honour by calling him and Aussie Kiwi horse. How does that sound?

[@payntpot7623]

@@svendbosanvovski4241 I prefer to call it as it is, rather than changing the truth to suit anyone's agenda. He was a NZ bred horse that raced in Aust.

[@brumbyrider54]

Where the hell is TULLOCH ?

[@lakeside8069]

Tulloch ?

[@spaz5138]

No horse can beat her

[@mohairsam9705]

Carbine not much shy of Phar lap even sired a Derby winner English Derby ?.

[@peterkemp1973]

Spearmint

[@russe19642]

Northerley definitely needed to be in this list,unbeaten two consecutive spring carnivals and highest wieght carried in the Caulfield cup

[@elgransenor1472]

Finally you've said something sensible I can agree with. Northerly should be in and Winx out. Northerly beat an absolute champion in Sunline multiple times. Winx never faced a horse half as good as Sunline. She didn't carry top weight in a handicap and win. She didn't even try and match Emancipation carrying 60kg in the Coolmore Classic.

[@russe19642]

@@elgransenor1472 yeh but i think northerley would struggle against winx,would have been a classic if you'd thrown in syt and sunline

[@williamallan7915]

the best horses run 10f(2,000 mts) or more

[@cassandrakahl5458]

Wehre is ruffian?

[@AVportau]

best racehorse?... the one that wins and you've got your money on it.... the rest are???

[@seanp7871]

Black caviar to high should be number5

[@mjc071209]

Winx was the most OVER-RATED 'champion' ever to grace the turf. Sure, she won a lot of races but against who? Always the same competition- none of them could have been rated 'great'. On the other hand, Kingston Town won Group 1 races from 1200 metres to 3200 and you can include a second to Gurner's Lane which won the 1982 Melbourne Cup in the shadows of the post.

[@hanajinks1044]

You don't understand... She brained the best we had here and it wasn't her fault she never raced in Dubai, Paris or Santa Anita.

[@mjc071209]

@@hanajinks1044 Hartnell, Humidor, Criterion and Black Heart Bart were all prolific bridesmaids to Winx. At what point in time were these horses EVER considered 'the best'? Winx ran against second-rate donkeys and was NEVER challenged by a quality racehorse. I reiterate- Winx was the most OVER-RATED 'champion' ever to grace the turf!

[@hanajinks1044]

@@mjc071209 It's not her fault she wasn't raced....l dunno how much you can do than beat Hartnell by 8...let's not forget KT was winning by 3...and Criterion was no KT but a decent horse and placed in a Cup as well....Winx thrashed him too.

[@hanajinks1044]

@@mjc071209 Vadamos came with top Mile form and finished around Hartnell....you can't possibly knock her - she's the best horse to race in Australia since Tulloch...maybe even Phar Lap.

[@24B791]

Pharlap is more of an icon. Horse these days will gap him. Probably even at taree racers 🤣😭

[@NiesQue]

Makybe Diva would be lucky to be top 10 tbh

[@seanp7871]

NiesQue what 3 Melbourne cups . She won group 1s from 1400 to 3200 against good fields . All surfaces good to heavy. Takes a very good horse to win from 1400 to 3200 . She deserves her spot . No doubt about it

[@seanp7871]

NiesQue what 3 Melbourne cups ? She won group 1s from 1400 to 3200 against good company. She deserves her spot .

[@NiesQue]

Sean P not top 5 though mate

[@seanp7871]

NiesQue each to there own 👍. Held and shoulders above black cavier

[@Genesiscassidy]

You're top 3

[@ronglover3821]

This is rubbish Tulloch should be number 1

[@warrencundy]

Who were the Champions Winx Black Caviar beat? Yes u tell me opposition awfuf 1 run between them overseas what a joke if u want to b considered to b the best u have 2 beat the best go to Europe Uk Hong Kong Japan these r the best turf Thoroughbreds in the World u beat them not the crap down here Australia then u r the real deal Phar Lap did so did Sunline Hong Kong Mile her best ever win against the local Champion who was World Class not her 2 Cox Plates Phar Lap ran in USA on dirt & beat the Best they had both won Handicap Races when they were the top weight did Winx Black Caviar ever run in a Handicap I don’t think so! Makybe Diva 3 Melbourne Cups yes but won less than 50% of her races sorry u ain’t a Champion on those Stats also 1 start in Japan 2 miles her pet distance she got Murdered I know I backed her then realised how good the Japanese Horses r they would win all the top races in Australia if they sent out their best Cox Plate Melbourne Cop Caulfield Cup every year

[@elgransenor1472]

Post 1970 Kingston Town Black Caviar Dulcify Manikato Winx/Sunline Best 3yo Kingston Town Manikato Taj Rossi Red Anchor Beau Zam

[@russe19642]

Northerley,so you think and autumn sun

[@russe19642]

Northerley So you think Delicacy

[@elgransenor1472]

Stop Go Grew up in Australia champ.

[@elgransenor1472]

Stop Go Not an authority but I follow it closely and have an opinion. I'm trying to help you guys make it better.

[@elgransenor1472]

Stop Go Given your foolish comments splashed all over KZbin I'd be confident my knowledge of Australian racing is better than your knowledge of European racing.

[@KingSnowyKerr]

Black Caviar shouldn't be #2 in my opinion.

[@rayfarrugia8601]

Black Caviar is the most over rated horse that ever raced.l know it was unbeaten but she never beat anything special

[@osvnisaneek8254]

she beat far better horses than Winx ever did.

[@davidwong6682]

She beat Moonlight Cloud in G1 Diamond Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot, abeit by narrow margin, and Moonlight Cloud went on to win 5 G1 races in France since then. So you can't say she never beats anything special. The horses she also beat, Hay List and Buffering, are no slouches either. Buffering won G1 Alquoz Sprint over 1200m in Dubai so he is a high quality horse.

[@tsg2009]

Tulloch is no.1

[@purplecreamband]

My wife and I love Black Caviar and Winx and we share a special and rare bond with them. Black Caviar was born on my birthday and Winx was born on my wifes birthday Amen

[@kmc3851]

Australia has had a bounty of exceptional horses.

[@dennispicone6801]

Colin Hayes always considered the I'll fated Dulcify as his best, in front of Better Loosen Up who was a Japan Cup winner. David along with his father both had great horses, and should have some idea.

[@boilinwater69]

Kingston town was a rare horse on any continent,he won group races at ever distance from 3/4 mile to 2 mile , INCREDIBLE.Always no 1 in my book.

[@lilj3773]

Yeah definitely

[@syoncav]

Pharlap was the same

[@GG-kc6ie]

You raise the perfect point, mix of different distances against group horses at those distances. 👏👏👏

[@darrenmiles-morland8038]

Saintly won both the Melbourne Cup and the Cox Plate in the same year in 1996, Kingston Town got beaten in the 1982 Melbourne Cup by Gurner's Lane after winning the Cox Plate that year. Kingston Town never ended up winning the Melbourne Cup.

[@boilinwater69]

@@darrenmiles-morland8038 What is your point ? lots of great horses never won the melbourne cup . Saintly was great ,but not as versatile as Kingston Town which was the point i was making.If your point is pound 4 pound Saintly was a greater horse than Kingston Town you are wrong there records aren't comparable.Saintly was great though!

[@waynesuch3966]

IMHO Gloaming should be up there with the best. 69 starts, 59 wins, 9 seconds and did not take part in the other. Won 19 straight.

[@smpsmp6974]

Kiwi Horse mate

[@sunspotdropout]

@@smpsmp6974 Bred in Victoria, Australia

[@jamesgorham8170]

How can Phar Lap not be number 1?

[@leedelaney70]

He's in the argument no doubt but Tulloch was just as good.

[@flamingfrancis]

Poor judgement and inability to assess factual data.

[@glenabsolum778]

there are lots of good horses that are not on this list ..Dulsify , Tolloch might and power to name a few...not saying they should be in the top 5 , but they were great horses

[@russneedham1701]

we live in a world where everything current and more relevant to people now gets rated the best, but if you judge horses on who they beat and the weights they carried instead of winning sequences the top 5 would be Phar Lap, Tulloch, Kingston Town, Carbine and Manikato, the media talk up modern day champions because a lot of younger fans never saw any of these horses race so they don't rate in their opinions, they think wow Winx won 33 and BC 25 in a row how can you beat that

[@markfarrell6103]

So You Think was a Superstar

[@markmckiernan2904]

And butchered overseas by the so called best trainer

[@timhutch6980]

Phar lap was the best but the diva was easily the most unrepeatable record. Phar lap the only really big horse that was a champion

[@thomashoughton55]

No footage of Kingston town winning his 3rd cox plate?

[@williamallan7915]

Kingston Town cant win, oh yea

[@evanjackson8607]

How many Australian horses other than So You Think have won 5 group 1 races in the UK?

[@michaelcolton4593]

Just have a look at Manikato his record of 5 William Reid stakes etc etc not forgetting 4 Futurity stakes and many more.👌👌👌

[@cazkellie]

Pharlap number 3 uiuy gotta be joking

[@lesliewoodley2384]

So many top horse's not here! Octangal , Saintly, Might and Power, Nothing Leika Dane.

[@lisakane6708]

Phar lap is a new zealand bred gelding

[@gillbutcher957]

Pharmaceutical Lap was bred in New Zealand

[@deborahrhoades7544]

Was that supposed to be his full name??? Yes, he was bred in New Zealand; also, the passage to Austalia was supposedly very bad. He lost weight and looked it.

[@williamallan7915]

@@deborahrhoades7544 his passage to America was worse but he won the worlds richest race

[@malligrub]

@@deborahrhoades7544 Think it's meant to be an attempt at a clever insult about drugs, however the pharmaceuticals used to cheat in hore racing including anabolic steroids weren't even discovered til a few years after his untimely death. His full name was Phar Lap, means lightning in certain Thai and Chinese dialects, literally translates to "sky flash".

[@gillbutcher957]

Blimming predictive text. Meant to read Phar Lap

[@WorldHorseRacing]

Yes, this is very true. However, he purely raced in Australia. Surely Australia can claim him, too! 😜

[@elgransenor1472]

You can go back and edit.

[@billdee4149]

World Horse Racing that's what Aussies normally do from all kind of sports there very fast to claim his one of them. For example A sports person that's born overseas but has an Australian citizen and plays any sport in Australia the Aussie media will claim him as one Of there own. But if his going downhill in his sport the media won't claim him as one of there own.

[@mjames4709]

Did Winx ever beat a decent field??? Nah, just typical Sydney hype.

[@jenniferturton1269]

How’s black caviar not number 1 and how’s thé gréât phar lap not number 2

[@jenniferturton1269]

Black caviar is undefeated in all 25 starts

[@hanajinks1044]

@@jenniferturton1269 She only ever ran in glorified Barrier Trials.

[@gtsgroup8509]

Phar Lap is NZ born horse lol aussie always think it's an Australian horse.

[@williamallan7915]

N-Z is a suburb of Australia, there are more Kiwis living at Bondi

[@williamallan7915]

@Smart Arrs i hope you are a Kiwi smartie

[@williamallan7915]

@Smart Arrs i am 21 years Scots but happy to be 54 years Aussie, but certain of my heritage

[@williamallan7915]

@Smart Arrs i dont think so, i dont use slang terms either, i can pick up others whether they are Irish or Scots, where Aussies cant

[@atethr8327]

So, basically phar lap is a kiwi however trained and did everything in Australia am I right?

[@philipwhite1804]

yup...its why we claim her

[@atethr8327]

Philip White and Winx is a Aussie but trained by a kiwi yet aussies claim her as well? Either Winx or phar lap is a kiwi you decide?

[@mohairsam9705]

Winx is N Z. her Dam Vegas Show girl is N.Z. horse ..

[@aaamarsters]

I thought Winx was a New Zealand horse. What? Aystraluan? How funny is that?

[@jimmatty]

What are you on about? Australian bred by Irish sire, out of NZ mare.. how funny is that? www.racingandsports.com/thoroughbred/horse/winx/864785

[@davidwong6682]

Winx's sire is Street Cry, who was a stallion from Darley, own by Godolphin. Winx's dam is Vegas Showgirl, who is a New Zealand mare. Winx was born in Australia.