Heroic
- racehorse - Cox Plate winner
Heroic
was foaled in 1921 and was by Valais out of the mare Chersonese
(by Cylgad)
He
had 51 starts for 21 wins, 11 seconds and 4 thirds and
won $76124 in prize money
His
main wins were in the Champagne
Stakes, ATC
Derby, VATC Caulfield
Guineas, VATC Caulfield Stakes, 1926 Cox
Plate, 1926 Newmarket
Handicap, Underwood
Stakes, Chelmsford
Stakes, VRC Ascot Vale Stakes, AJC Autumn Stakes,
Memsie Stakes (twice), William
Reid Stakes, VATC St.
George Stakes and C.F.
Orr Stakes.
At
stud he sired other great champions like Ajax and Hallmark
and was Australia's leading sire seven seasons in a row.
He
died in 1939 aged 17.
