Akwazoff
- racehorse - Grafton Cup winner
Akwazoff
was foaled in 1990 and was by Zoffany out of the mare
Akwitana (by Rocky Mountain)
Trained
by Merv Corliss from Tamworth and ridden by Garry Baker,
the 7 year old gelding's main claim to fame was a record
breaking win in the 1997 Grafton
Cup.
Starting
at 7/1 and carrying 55 kgs, he won by two and a quarter
lengths in the record breaking time of 2.25.76 and took
his earnings to more than $360,000 for owners Mia and
Neil Latimer who have a cattle and sheep farm near Tamworth.
By
the time his career was over he had won 36 races from
135 starts and nearly half a million dollars in prize
money.
As
well as the Grafton
Cup he also won a Lismore Cup, two Armidale Cups,
a Gunnedah Cup and Quirindi Cup, Walcha Cup and a Country
Cup run at Randwick.
After
racing he became a mounted horse in the NSW police force
and died in January 2011 at age 22.
