Gay
Icarus - Australian race horse
Gay
Icarus was foaled in 1967 and was by Icarus out of the
mare Gay M'selle(by Bilbao)
The
bay gelding was Australian Horse of The Year in 1970 -
71 and, ridden by Mick Mallyon, won the Caulfield
Cup in 1971 as well as the Underwood
Stakes the same year.
He
was beaten as $2.75 favourite in the 1971
Melbourne Cup.
He won the Craiglee
Stakes (now the Makybe Diva Stakes) in 1973
He
died in 1975.
