Belmura
Lad - Australian race horse
Belmura
Lad was foaled in 1974 and was by Belmura from the NZ
mare Fairaleana.
As
a three year old he won the AJC
Derby in 1977 and Randwick Guineas trained by Bart
Cummings.
In
his career he won races like the Doncaster in 1979, the
1979 QTC P J O'Shea Stakes, the Mackinnon Stakes in 1980
and 1981, the 1981 ATC
Metropolitan, and ran second to Kingston Town in the
1981 Warwick Stakes and Chelmsford.
He
also won an All Aged Stakes in 1979.
He
ran 7th in the 1982 Melbourne Cup after bashing his head
on the starting gate and was regarded as most unlucky
in that race.
