Rainbird | |
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Sire | The Buzzard (GB) |
Grandsire | Spion Kop (IRE) |
Dam | Sequoia (AUS) |
Damsire | Heroic (AUS) |
Sex | Mare |
Foaled | 1941 |
Country | Australia |
Colour | Chestnut |
Owner | Clifford Reid |
Trainer | Sam Evans |
Record | 47:8 wins, 7 seconds, 6 thirds |
Earnings | £A 19,418 or AUD 34,836 |
Major wins | |
Wakeful Stakes (1944) Melbourne Cup (1945) | |
Last updated on 30 December 2012 |
Rainbird was an Australian Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1945 Melbourne Cup.
Ridden by Billy Cook she carried just 7 st 7 lb (48 kg) to victory in the Cup, winning by a margin of 2+1⁄2 lengths. [1]
Australian rail operator CFCL Australia named locomotive CF4407 after the horse. [2]