Pride
Of Egypt - Australian race horse
Pride
Of Egypt was foaled in 1951 and was by Nilo out of the
mare Civic Pride (by Ajax)
The
interestingly named Pride Of Egypt was actually bred by
L B Israel and won the 1954 VRC
Derby and St Leger and AJC St Leger and Rosehill Guineas
and the 1954 Hobartville
Stakes.
He
is one of the longest priced horses to win a feature race,
one of the shortest priced to get beaten in a Group 1
race and one of the shortest ever to win a feature race.
He
won the Hobartville at 50/1, got beaten at 6/1 on in the
QTC
Derby when second to The Wash and won at 25/1 on ($1.04)
when he won the AJC St Leger.
He
was then sent to race in the USA and died there in 1968.
