Hyperno racehorse Melbourne Cup Winner

Racehorse Hyperno was bred in New Zealand in 1973 and was by the sire Rangong from Mikcarla.

In his career, Hyperno started 76 times for 20 wins, 14 seconds and 13 thirds for a prize money total of $722,145.

He raced just once as a two year old but won six of his fifteen starts as a three year old.

His main claim to fame was beating Salamander by a nose in the 1979 Melbourne Cup when trained by Bart Cummings. Controversially, he collided mid race with champion Dulcify who had to be put down following the incident.

Media magnate Rupert Murdoch must have fond memories of Hyperno.

'According to Ray Lake, a part-owner, the media owner gave him $15,000 in cash to put on Hyperno,'' Cummings recalled in his memoirs, Bart: My Life. ''But he didn't know where to put it safely so he put in in the freezer. He thawed it out on Cup morning, took it down to the track, and placed it on Hyperno at about 7-1.''

Hyperno had been trained until 1978 by Caulfield trainer Geoff Murphy.

He ran in the big one again in 1980 and finished seventh and ran 6th in the following year. Hyperno also won races like the C F Orr Stakes at weight for age at Sandown and the 1980 Australian Cup.

Hyperno was named Australian Horse Of the Year in 1981 and later enjoyed his retirement at Harry White's country property before passing away in 2002.

 

 

Rangong	Right Royal	Owen Tudor
		Bastia
	Crepina	Pinza
		Crepuscule
Mikarla	Persian Garden	Alcide
		Persian Lilac
	Min Flicka	Final Court
		Angelet

 

 

 

 

 

Career Highlights:

	At 2
22-Nov-75	10th	16 ran	54	Werribee	1000m	Maiden	Gold Peg	1:00.5
	At 3
4-Oct-76	2nd	15 ran	51	Bendigo	1600m	Maiden	Exemplary	1:40.8
11-Nov-76	Won	14 ran	50.5	Bendigo	1600m	Maiden	Volonel	1:35.4
20-Nov-76	Won	10 ran	51	Caulfield	1400m	Pelham Hcp	Sky Limit	1:25.3
11-Dec-76	Won	9 ran	54	Flemington	2000m	Whitty Hcp	Greensborough	2:03.4
27-Dec-76	Won	9 ran	56	Caulfield	1984m	Tooronga Hcp	Heineken	2:02.1
19-Feb-77	3rd	14 ran	54	Flemington	1400m	Paddock Hcp	Mandana	1:23.9
14-Mar-77	Won	11 ran	55.5	Flemington	2000m	Elms Hcp	Bronson	2:04.1
2-Apr-77	Won	12 ran	59	Sandown	1600m	Lonsdale Hcp	Super Scope	1:38.9
9-Apr-77	2nd	12 ran	53	Caulfield	2000m	Easter Cup	Princess Veronica	2:03.0
25-Apr-77	3rd	12 ran	55.5	Flemington	2800m	St Leger	Vacuum	2:58.3
	At 4
13-Aug-77	2nd	14 ran	54.5	Caulfield	1200m	St. Aubin Handicap	Quiet Snort	1:11.1
27-Aug-77	2nd	17 ran	56.5	Sandown	1600m	Grange Handicap	Sir Flight	1:37.4
14-Sep-77	Won	12 ran	54	Newcastle	2250m	Newcastle Cup	Argyle Morgan	2:19.3
1-Oct-77	2nd	7 ran	57	Randwick	2000m	Craven Plate	Denise's Joy	2:02.5
26-Oct-77	2nd	15 ran	54	Werribee	2100m	Werribee Cup	Inceptor	2:07.7
1-Nov-77	3rd	24 ran	52	Flemington	3200m	Melbourne Cup	Gold And Black	3:18.4
12-Nov-77	2nd	16 ran	52	Sandown	2400m	Sandown Cup	Tom's Mate	2:35.2
30-Jan-78	3rd	7 ran	57	Moonee Valley	1200m	William Reid	Family Of Man	1:14.6
11-Feb-78	Won	9 ran	57	Sandown	1400m	Orr Stakes	Opposition	1:25.6
25-Feb-78	3rd	9 ran	57	Caulfield	1800m	St George Stakes	Unaware	1:51.6
4-Mar-78	Won	8 ran	56.5	Caulfield	2000m	Carlyon Stakes	Ready O'Ready	2:02.5
11-Mar-78	Won	6 ran	57	Rosehill	2400m	Tancred Stakes	Lazy Pat	2:32.5
25-Mar-78	2nd	15 ran	57	Randwick	2000m	Autumn Stakes	Ming Dynasty	2:09.1
29-Apr-78	2nd	15 ran	58	Moonee Valley	2600m	Moonee Valley Cup	Clear Day	2:42.9
15-May-78	Won	13 ran		Morphettville	3200m	Adelaide Cup	Muros	3:32.7
	At 5
26-Aug-78	2nd	11 ran	58.5	Sandown	1400m	Liston Stakes	So Called	1:33.4
14-Oct-78	3rd	14 ran	57	Caulfield	1600m	Toorak Handicap	Salamander	1:36.5
	At 6
3-Nov-79	4th	10 ran		Flemington	2000m	LKS Mackinnon Stakes	Dulcify	2:00.9
6-Nov-79	Won	22 ran	56	Flemington	3200m	Melbourne Cup	Salamander	3:21.8
10-Nov-79	Won	16 ran	59	Flemington	2500m	Queen Elizabeth	Magistrate	2:36.0
9-Feb-80	2nd	13 ran	57.5	Sandown	1400m	Orr Stakes	Manikato	1:23.5
16-Feb-80	Won	10 ran	57.5	Flemington	1600m	Blamey Stakes	Minuetto	1:36.3
23-Feb-80	3rd	11 ran	58	Caulfield	1800m	St George Stakes	Minuetto	1:50.4
10-Mar-80	4th	12 ran		Flemington	2000m	Australian Cup	Ming Dynasty	2:02.1
	At 7
25-Sep-80	3rd	13 ran	59	Caulfield	2000m	Underwood Stakes	Waitangirua / My Brown Jug	2:02.2
11-Oct-80	Won	9 ran	59	Caulfield	2000m	Caulfield Stakes	Kingston Town	2:02.3
18-Oct-80	2nd	18 ran	59	Caulfield	2400m	Caulfield Cup	Ming Dynasty	2:28.7
8-Nov-80	Won	9 ran	59.5	Flemington	2500m	Queen Elizabeth	Yashmak	2:37.7
26-Jan-81	3rd	9 ran	57.5	Moonee Valley	1200m	William Reid	Manikato	1:10.3
14-Feb-81	Won	5 ran	58	Caulfield	1800m	St George Stakes	My Brown Jug	1:50.1
28-Feb-81	Won	9 ran	58.5	Flemington	1600m	Blamey Stakes	My Brown Jug	1:36.4
7-Mar-81	Won	10 ran	58	Flemington	2000m	Australian Cup	Turf Ruler	2:04.3
6-Apr-81	Won	5 ran	58	Rosehill	2000m	Rawson Stakes	Red Nose	2:11.6
11-Apr-81	4th	10 ran		Rosehill	2400m	Tancred Stakes	My Blue Denim	2:36.3
20-Apr-81	2nd	6 ran	58	Randwick	2000m	Queen Elizabeth	My Blue Denim	2:01.7
	At 8
26-Aug-82	2nd	20 ran	61	Flemington	1100m	Aurie's Star Handicap	Demus	1:04.7
24-Sep-82	3rd	5 ran	59	Caulfield	2000m	Underwood Stakes	Sovereign Red	2:02.3
10-Oct-82	3rd	6 ran	59	Caulfield	2000m	Caulfield Stakes	Kingston Town	2:02.9
31-Oct-81	4th	9 ran		Flemington	2000m	LKS Mackinnon Stakes	Belmura Lad	2:02.0
6-Feb-82	3rd	6 ran	57.5	Sandown	1400m	Orr Stakes	Lawman	1:24.8
	At 9
10-Sep-83	3rd	13 ran	58.5	Flemington	1600m	Craiglee Stakes	Pleach	1:43.3

 

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