Ajax
racehorse Cox Plate winner
Ajax
was foaled in 1934 and was by Heroic
out of the mare Medmenham (by Prince Galahad)
Trained
by Frank Musgrove, he had 46 starts for 36 wins, 7 seconds and 2
thirds and won £40275 in prize money.
His
main wins were in the 1938
Newmarket Handicap, Futurity Stakes (three times), Caulfield
Guineas, W.S. Cox
Plate, Underwood
Stakes (three times), and AJC All-Aged
Stakes (three times).
Most people remember him for his most infamous defeat when he ran
2nd at 40/1 on when he was trying to equal the Australasian record
of 19 wins in succession in the Rawson
Stakes.
On
retirement Ajax stood at stud in Australia and the United states.
His son, Magnificent, won the AJC and Victorian Derbies.
He
sold as a 14 year old horse and exported to the United States before
being sold to Bing Crosby
Ajax
was inducted in to the Australian Racing Hall Of Fame in 2004.
Breeder : Alfred W. Thompson,
E.L. Balllieu; Widden Stud, Denman, NSW
Owner : 1. E.L. Balllieu, A.W. Thompson and "Mr Constable"
2. Mr W.J. Smith 3. Bing Crosby & Lin Howard
Trainer : F. Musgrave
Jockey (wins) : Harold Badger (30) M. McCarten (5) E Bartle (1)
Race
Winning Record For Ajax
WON
16-Jan-37 Caulfield
Holiday Stakes
5-1/2 f
WON 13-Feb-37 Caulfield
Federal Stakes
5 f
WON 27-Mar-37 Randwick
Sires' Produce
7 f
WON 31-Mar-37 Randwick
Champagne Stakes
6 f
WON 14-Aug-37 Caulfield
Chatsworth Plate
8 f
WON 18-Sep-37 Rosehill
Rosehill
Guineas 9 f
WON l9-Oct-37 Caulfield
Caulfield Guineas 8
f
WON 4-Nov-37 Flemington
Linlithgow
Stakes 8 f
WON 19-Feb-37 Caulfield
Futurity
Stakes 7 f
WON 26-Feb-37 Flemington
Newmarket Handicap
6 f
WON 5-Mar-38 Flemington
C M Lloyd Stakes 8 f
WON 20-Apr-08 Randwick
All-Aged
Stakes 8 f
WON 23-Apr-38 Randwick
Cropper Plate
6 f
WON 27-Aug-38 Williamstown
Underwood
Stakes 8 f
WON 3-Sep-38 Caulfield
Memsie Stakes 9 f
WON 1-Oct-38 Flemington
Melbourne
Stakes 8 f
WON 12-Oct-38 Caulfield
Caulfield Stakes 9 f
WON 22-Oct-38 Moonee Valley
W S Cox
Plate 9-1/2 f
WON 29-Oct-38 Flemington
Mackinnon Stakes
10 f
WON 3-Nov-38 Flemington
Linlithgow
Stakes 8 f
WON 5-Nov-38 Flemington
C
B Fisher Plate 12 f
WON 18-Feb-39 Caulfield
St
George Stakes 9 f
WON 25-Feb-39 Caulfield
Futurity Stakes 7
f
WON 9-Mar-39 Flemington
King's Plate 12
f
WON 11-Mar-39 Flemington
C M Lloyd Stakes 8 f
WON 12-Apr-39 Randwick
All-Aged
Stakes 8 f
WON 15-Apr-39 Randwick
Cropper Plate
7 f
WON 26-Aug-39 Williamstown
Underwood
Stakes 8 f
WON 2-Sep-39 Caulfield
Memsie Stakes
9 f
WON 24-Feb-40 Caulfield
Futurity
Stakes 7 f
WON 7-Mar-40 Flemington
King's Plate 12
f
WON 27-Mar-40 Randwick
All-Aged Stakes
8 f
WON 30-Mar-40 Randwick
Cropper Plate
7 f
WON 24-Aug-40 Moonee Valley
Underwood
Stakes 8 f
WON 9-Sep-40 Flemington
Memsie
Stakes 9 f
WON 5-Oct-40 Flemington
October Stakes
8 f
| HEROIC
(1921) |
VALAIS (1913) |
CICERO (1902) |
CYLLENE (1895) |
| GAS (1892) |
| LILY OF THE VALLEY (1899) |
MARTAGON (1887) |
| HAMPTONIA (1886) |
| CHERSONESE (1915) |
CYLGAD (1909) |
CYLLENE (1895) |
| GADFLY (1896) |
| CHELANDRY (1894) |
GOLDFINCH (1889) |
| ILLUMINATA (1877) |
| MEDMENHAM (1924) |
PRINCE GALAHAD (1917) |
PRINCE PALATINE (1908) |
PERSIMMON (1893) |
| LADY LIGHTFOOT (1900) |
| DECAGONE (1911) |
MARTAGON (1887) |
| DESCA (1904) |
| MEADOW GRASS (1914) |
LEMBERG (1907) |
CYLLENE (1895) |
| GALICIA (1898) |
| BUNCH GRASS (1907) |
SAINFOIN (1887) |
| CHARM (1888) |
