Kensei racehorse Melbourne Cup winner

Racehorse Kensei was foaled in 1982 and was by Blarney Kiss out of the mare Kitty's Dream (by Naupilus)

Trained by Les Bridge, from 61 starts he had 9 wins, 6 seconds and 7 thirds and Won $1,139,330.

Firm: 12:2-0-1 Good: 36:7-4-4 Soft: 11:0-1-2 Heavy: 2:0-1-0

Winning distances: 1800 / 3200

His main wins were in the 1987 Melbourne Cup ridden by Larry Olsen and 1987 Grafton Cup.

He died of heart problems in 2001.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blarney Kiss	Irish Lancer	Royal Charger
		Tige O'Myheart
	Log House	Cosmic Bomb
		Ariel Beauty
Kitty's Dream	Naupilus	Messmate
		Quorn Vale
	Kitty's Wish	Red Jester
		Punihau

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Career Highlights

	AT 2
13-Mar-85	3rd	14 ran	16-1	P Cook	54.5	Canterbury	1200m	Leichardt WBC	On Leave	1:12.8	Good
	AT 3
10-Sep-85	2nd	20 ran	15-1	P Cook	52	Warwick Farm	1200m	Tudor Hill Hcp	Periscope	1:11.4	Good
2-Oct-85	3rd	16 ran	9-2	M Johnston	54	Randwick	1400m	Jockey Club Hcp	Rocket Lad	1:23.3	Good
16-Oct-85	Won	10 ran	5-4 f	P Cook	55.5	Canterbury	1900m	Penrith Welter	Resign	2:01.3	Slow
9-Nov-85	2nd	9 ran	13-2	P Cook	55	Randwick	1600m	Esso Hcp	Periscope	1:36.9	Dead
20-Nov-85	Won	13 ran	9-10 f	P Cook	55.5	Randwick	2000m	ATN Channel 7	Salishan	2:04.6	Good
	AT 4
20-Sep-86	Won	16 ran	11-2	R Quinton	50.5	Rosehill	2000m	Ajax Hcp	Belle Lurette	2:02.5	Good
25-Oct-86	3rd	14 ran	9-1	A Marney	52.5	Rosehill	2000m	Parramatta Park	Kahana Bay	2:02.9	Fast
8-Nov-86	Won	11 ran	11-1	G Duffy	55	Randwick	2000m	Valparaiso Welter	Leica Topic	2:05.8	Good
29-Nov-86	Won	14 ran	6-1	C Carmody	53.5	Rosehill	2000m	NSW Soc. Welter	Commercial Balance	2:04.7	Good
13-Dec-86	4th	11 ran	5-2 ef	G Duffy	54.5	Rosehill	2400m	Christmas Cup	Commercial Balance	2:28.1	Fast
26-Dec-86	3rd	18 ran	15-1	C Carmody	54.5	Randwick	2400m	Summer Cup	Limitless	2:29.1	Fast
1-Jan-87	3rd	11 ran	12-1	R Hardwicke	50.5	Randwick	2000m	Tattersall's Club	Limitless	2:02.9	Dead
23-May-87	4th	14 ran	3-1 f	R Quinton	56.5	Rosehill	1900m	Tooheys Hunter	Petrus	1:57.7	Good
08-Jun-87	2nd	8 ran	13-4 f	C Carmody	51	Randwick	2000m	Winter Stakes	Sasha Bijou	2:09.0	Heavy
27-Jun-87	Won	17 ran	14-1	C Carmody	50.5	Eagle Farm	2236m	Castlemaine Gold	Tristram's Edition	2:17.8	Good
4-Jul-87	4th	15 ran	9-1	L Olsen	53.5	Doomben	2020m	Chairman's Hcp	Greatness	2:03.8	Good
16-Jul-87	Won	16 ran	5-2 f	L Olsen	56.5	Grafton	2200m	Grafton Cup	One Guinea	2:14.0	Fast
	AT 5
15-Aug-87	2nd	13 ran	12-1	L Olsen	56	Rosehill	1900m	Angus & Coote	Son Of Bijou	2:01.0	Dead
5-Sep-87	Won	14 ran	12-1	L Olsen	61.5	Randwick	1800m	Palsonic Welter	Reaction	1:51.8	Good
16-Sep-87	2nd	17 ran	8-1	L Olsen	56	Newcastle	2300m	Newcastle Cup	The Brotherhood	2:23.5	Good
5-Oct-87	2nd	20 ran	11-2	L Olsen	54.5	Randwick	2600m	The Metropolitan	Balciano	2:40.8	Good
3-Nov-87	Won	21 ran	12-1	L Olsen	51.5	Flemington	3200m	Melbourne Cup	Empire Rose	3:22.0	Fast
25-Jun-88	4th	13 ran	3-1 f	L Olsen	56	Eagle Farm	2232m	Tattersall's Cup	Plume D'Or Veille	2:17.3	Fast
	AT 6
3-Sep-88	3rd	10 ran	100-1	M De Montfort	58.5	Randwick	1600m	Chelmsford Stakes	Sky Chase	1:37.7	Good
1-Oct-88	4th	14 ran	25-1	L Olsen	57.5	Flemington	2000m	Turnbull Stakes	Vo Rogue	2:01.9	Fast
11-Mar-89	3rd	8 ran	250-1	R Thompson	57.5	Rosehill	1500m	George Ryder Stakes	Wong	1:31.1	Slow
	AT 7
11-Apr-90	4th	14 ran	14-1	M Heagney	60.5	Cranbourne	1600m	Latrobe Valley	Stuart's Event	1:37.3	Good

 

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