Comic
Court - racehorse - Melbourne Cup winner
Comic
Court was foaled in 1945 and was by Powerscourt out of
the mare Witty Maid (by Anton King)
From
54 starts he had 28 wins, 11 seconds and 3 thirds and
won £48,579.
His
main wins were in the 1948 VRC
Derby, 1948 VRC St Leger, Memsie Stakes in 1949 and
1950, 1949 Craiglee
Stakes, Turnbull
Stakes in 1949 & 1950, Mackinnon
Stakes in 1949 and 1950, St
George Stakes in 1950 and 1951, 1950 Alister
Clark Stakes, 1950 Caulfield Stakes, 1950 Melbourne
Cup, 1951 William
Reid Stakes, 1951 C
F Orr Stakes and 1951 Chipping
Norton Stakes.
He
won the 1950
Melbourne Cup carrying 59.5 kg by three lengths in
the Australasian record time of 3 minutes 19½ seconds.
Retired to stud in 1951, Comic Court had one notable offspring
(from Chiquita) in Comicquita who finished second in the
1962
Melbourne Cup.
