Booker (horse)

Booker
Booker
Sire	Written Tycoon (AUS)
Grandsire	Iglesia (AUS)
Dam	Noondie (AUS)
Damsire	Flying Spur (AUS)
Sex	Mare
Foaled	2014
Country	Australia
Colour	Bay or Brown
Breeder	AG Freebairn
Owner	BM & MM Griffiths, NS & GC Psaltis, WH & AM Rigg, AG & EL Freebairn
Trainer	Matthew Ellerton & Simon Zahra (2017-2019); Gerald Ryan (2020)
Record	22: 4–4–1
Earnings	A$ 856,150
Major wins
	Thousand Guineas Prelude (2017); Kevin Hayes Stakes (2018); Oakleigh Plate (2019)

Last updated April 06, 2024

Booker (foaled 26 August 2014) is a Group 1 winning Australian thoroughbred racehorse.

Background

Booker was sold for A$230,000 at the 2016 Inglis Australian Premier Yearling Sale.^[2]

Racing career

In 2019, Booker won the Group 1 Oakleigh Plate at Caulfield Racecourse at odds of 18/1.^[3]

Breeding career

After retiring from racing in 2020, Booker was sold to Coolmore Stud as a broodmare for A$1,600,000.^[4]

Booker gave birth to her first foal in 2021, a colt by stallion I Am Invincible.^[5]. The colt was named Railway Man and had his first start when unplaced at Randwick on the 31 January 2024.

Pedigree

Pedigree of Booker (AUS) 2014^[6]
Sire Written Tycoon (AUS) 2002	Iglesia (AUS) 1995	Last Tycoon	Try My Best
		Last Tycoon	Mill Princess
		Yodells	Marscay
		Yodells	Yodelling Lady
	Party Miss (AUS) 1991	Kenmare	Kalamoun
		Kenmare	Belle Of Ireland
		Miss Entertainer	Vain
		Miss Entertainer	Viveza
Dam Noondie (AUS) 2008	Flying Spur (AUS) 1992	Danehill	Danzig
		Danehill	Razyana
		Rolls	Mr. Prospector
		Rolls	Grand Luxe
	Creatrix (AUS) 1999	Umatilla	Miswaki
		Umatilla	Dancing Show
		Rehearsed	Century
		Rehearsed	Gaelic Dancer

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References

↑ "Booker Horse Profile". racingaustralia.horse. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
↑ "Booker Racenet Horse Profile". racenet.com.au. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
↑ "Booker cleans up Oakleigh Plate". racing.com. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
↑ "News Inglis Chairman's results". racing.com. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
↑ "First time mothers in 2021". breednet.com.au. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
↑ "Booker Horse Profile". pedigreequery.com. Retrieved 22 September 2022.

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[1] "Booker Horse Profile". racingaustralia.horse. Retrieved 14 October 2019.

[2] "Booker Racenet Horse Profile". racenet.com.au. Retrieved 14 October 2019.

[3] "Booker cleans up Oakleigh Plate". racing.com. Retrieved 14 October 2019.

[4] "News Inglis Chairman's results". racing.com. Retrieved 28 July 2020.

[5] "First time mothers in 2021". breednet.com.au. Retrieved 25 April 2022.

[6] "Booker Horse Profile". pedigreequery.com. Retrieved 22 September 2022.

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