Baghdad Note racehorse Melbourne Cup winner

Baghdad Note was foaled in 1965 and was by Kurdistan out of the mare Fair Note (by Fairs Fair)

64 starts - 13 wins ranging from 1200m through to 3200m

He Won the Melbourne Cup in 1970 at long odds from Vansittart and Clear Prince carrying 54kgs. He was ridden by Midge Didham and trained by R Heasley

Other significant wins were in the Sandown Cup.

Kurdistan	Tehran	Bois Roussel
		Stafaralla
	Rustom Mahal	Rustom Pasha
		Mumtaz Mahal
Fair Note	Fairs Fair	Fair Trial
		Fairy Godmother
	Lyndall	Mans Pal
		Half Note

 

 

 

 

 

 

	At age 2
20-Sep-67	5th	12 ran	Dunedin	4 f	McLean Stakes
23-Mar-68	2nd	14 ran	Riverton	6 f	Novice	Tranquil Flight	1:14.6
10-Jul-68	Won	17 ran	Canterbury	6 f	Maiden Hcp	Society	1:14.1
27-Jul-68	2nd	16 ran	Warwick Farm	6 f	Juvenile Hcp	Copperfield	1:13.1
	At age 3
21-Aug-68	7th	12 ran	Geelong	7-1/4 f	Novice Hcp	What's Yours	1:33.2
31-Aug-68	7th	15 ran	Moonee Valley	6 f	Morang Hcp	Hoylake	1:14.2
15-Mar-69	2nd	18 ran	Wairio	6 f	Nightcaps Hcp	Shoe Tree	1:14.6
7-Apr-69	7th	19 ran	Canterbury	7 f	Papanui Hcp
12-Apr-69	2nd	15 ran	Canterbury	7 f	Gimcrack Hcp	Bargain Hunter	1:23.8
3-May-69	2nd	19 ran	Wellington	8 f	Miramar Hcp
7-May-69	3rd (d/h)	17 ran	Wellington	8 f	Improvers	Master Spy	1:44.5
31-May-69	4th	18 ran	Dunedin	7 f	Improvers
2-Jun-69	2nd	9 ran	Dunedin	7 f	Momona Hcp
14-Jun-69	2nd	18 ran	Oamaru	6 f	Elderslie	Red Scarf	1:12.2
5-Jul-69	Won	17 ran	Wellington	8 f	Te Oro	Brygan	1:45.2
9-Jul-69	Won	15 ran	Wellington	8 f	Petone Hcp	Kimberley Boy	1:47.5
	At age 4
28-Feb-70	2nd	9 ran	Dunedin	6 f	Provincial Hcp	Shewetta	1:12.6
14-Mar-70	3rd	15 ran	Wellington	8 f	Adventure Mile	Tomray	1:38.7
30-Mar-70	2nd	11 ran	Canterbury	12 f	Adams Hcp	Pretentious	2:30.8
4-Apr-70	Won	12 ran	Canterbury	12 f	Great Autumn	Pretentious	2:39.6
6-May-70	3rd	13 ran	Wellington	12 f	Gloaming Stakes	Whiti Te Ra	2:29.5
9-May-70	3rd	11 ran	Wellington	11 f	Waterloo Stakes	Proud Chief	2:20.7
20-Jun-70	Won	18 ran	Hawkes Bay	7 f	Mahora Stakes	Star Quest	1:27.2
4-Jul-70	Won	24 ran	Wellington	8 f	Whyte Stakes	Cambridge Fair	1:48.5
8-Jul-70	2nd	19 ran	Wellington	11 f	Parliamentary	Lord Mac	2:36.5
	At age 5
24-Sep-70	8th	14 ran	Caulfield	8 f	Desborough Welter	Namteir	1:38.6
3-Oct-70	Won	10 ran	Flemington	12 f	Navy Day Hcp	Naples	2:33.0
10-Oct-70	2nd	7 ran	Caulfield	12 f	Herbert Power Hcp	Beer Street	2:33.1
17-Oct-70	3rd (dh)	16 ran	Caulfield	12 f	Caulfield Cup	Beer Street	2:31.2
31-Oct-70	5th	7 ran	Flemington	10 f	Mackinnon Stakes	Voleur	2:02.7
3-Noov-70	Won	23 ran	Flemington	16 f	Melbourne Cup	Vansittart	3:18.7
	At age 6
14-Aug-71	11th	17 ran	Sandown	6 f	St. Aubin Hcp	Maritana	1:14.0
28-Aug-71	5th	12 ran	Sandown	7 f	Liston Stakes	Tauto	1:30.0
4-Sep-71	5th	9 ran	Caulfield	8 f	Memsie Stakes	Cyron	1:38.7
23-Sep-71	3rd	8 ran	Caulfield	10 f	Underwood Stakes	Gay Icarus	2:03.7
9-Oct-71	4th	9 ran	Caulfield	10 f	Caulfield Stakes	Gay Icarus	2:03.5
16-Oct-71	12th	18 ran	Caulfield	12 f	Caulfield Cup	Gay Icarus	2:28.0
4-Dec-71	14th	15 ran	Sandown	6 f	Croydon Hcp	Seaman	1:12.2
3-Jun-72	5th	10 ran	Dunedin	6 f	Miss NZ Hcp
17-Jun-72	5th	20 ran	Oamaru	8 f	Winter Cup
	At age 7
26-Aug-72	8th	8 ran	Warwick Farm	1400m	Warwick Stakes	Nippon	1:23.5
9-Sep-72	5th	16 ran	Randwick	2000m	Barnes Plate	Gold Skin	2:04.9
23-Sep-72	5th	14 ran	Rosehill	2400m	STC Cup	With A Will	2:332
2-Oct-72	9th	22 ran	Randwick	2600m	Metropolitan Hcp	Altai Khan	2:46.3
28-Oct-72	10th	15 ran	Moonee Valley	2600m	Moonee Valley Cup	Double Irish	2:43.0
4-Nov-72	6th	10 ran	Flemington	2000m	Mackinnon Stakes	Stormy Seas	2:03.9
7-Nov-72	13th	22 ran	Flemington	3200m	Melbourne Cup	Piping Lane	3:19.3
11-Nov-72	7th	8 ran	Flemington	2500m	Fisher Plate	Scotch And Dry	2:36.3
7-Mar-73	10th	14 ran	Bendigo	1100m	Flying Hcp	Darrington	1:04.6
22-Mar-73	Won	10 ran	Seymour	1600m	Seymour Hcp	Salonika	1:37.3
4-Apr-73	4th	15 ran	Geelong	1700m	Hcp	Salonika	1:44.6
21-Apr-73	10th	14 ran	Caulfield	2000m	Easter Cup	Adrian	2:03.4
28-Apr-73	Won	13 ran	Sandown	2400m	Shannon Hcp	High Style	2:33.7
3-May-73	2nd	13 ran	Morphettville	2450m	Fisher Hcp	Dark Suit	2:39.5
21-May-73	2nd	11 ran	Morphettville	3200m	Adelaide Cup	Tavel	3:28.2
3-Jun-73	Won	11 ran	Eagle Farm	2200m	O'Shea Stakes	Runyon	2:14.8
11-Jun-73	3rd	12 ran	Eagle Farm	3200m	Brisbane Cup	Irish Whip
	At age 8
8-Oct-73	7th	14 ran	Benalla	1100m	Flying Hcp	Any Day	1:03.8
20-Oct-73	2nd	14 ran	Caulfield	1400m	Moonga Hcp	Mowgli	1:28.5
31-Oct-73	2nd	15 ran	Werribee	2100m	Werribee Cup	Altai Khan	2:10.4
10-Nov-73	11th	12 ran	Flemington	2500m	Fisher Plate	Director	2:35.8
17-Nov-73	Won	12 ran	Sandown	2400m	Sandown Cup	The Bite	2:39.5
8-Dec-73	Won	9 ran	Ascot	2200m	December Hcp	Man-O-Blue	2:18.9
1-Jan-74	6th	13 ran	Ascot	3200m	Perth Cup	Allegation	3:20.8