Shamus Award (horse)

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Shamus Award
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Racing silks of Shamus Award
Sire Snitzel (Aus)
Grandsire Redoute's Choice (Aus)
DamSunset Express (Aus)
Damsire Success Express (USA)
Sex Colt
Foaled2010
Country Australia
ColourBay
BreederVinery Stud
Owner Sean Buckley & G & C Pastoral Co Pty Ltd (Mgr: V C Oldfield)
TrainerDanny O'Brien
Record14:2-3-5 [1]
Earnings A$2.4 million [1]
Major wins
W S Cox Plate (2013)
Australian Guineas (2014)

Shamus Award (foaled 2010) is an Australian thoroughbred racehorse, and winner of the 2013 Cox Plate. [2] He is notable for being the only horse in the history of the race to win it as a maiden. [3] Shamus Award was sired by Snitzel out of Sunset Express [4] and was trained by Danny O'Brien.

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Early career

Shamus Award made his racing debut at Moonee Valley Racecourse on the same day as the 2012 Cox Plate running 3rd in a two year old's race. [5] He placed 3rd [6] [7] in his next two races before entering his first Group One race, the 2013 Blue Diamond Stakes where as a 100/1 shot he ran an eye catching 5th. [8] During the 2013 Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival Shamus Award ran 2nd first up before putting in a poor seventh. In the Group 2 Bill Sutt Stakes he was beaten by a nose and had a protest overturned before running 3rd in the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas putting in a huge late run to make up ground on the eventual winner Long John after early troubles. [9]

2013 Cox Plate

Trainer Danny O'Brien elected to pay up for the Cox Plate as a last-minute decision, citing that despite his status as a maiden his rating of 109 was higher than that of the last three-year-old winner of the Cox Plate So You Think in 2010. [9] Due to his status as a maiden Shamus Award was only included as an emergency but with the last minute withdrawal and subsequent retirement of race favourite Atlantic Jewel Shamus Award was moved into the main field. There was a feeling inside the racing community that Shamus Award had not deserved his place in such a prestigious race due to his status as a maiden. [10] As the race began, Shamus Award showed early speed and as a result apprentice jockey Chad Schofield elected to take the lead and dictate the pace. Shamus Award led the race from start to finish shaking off fancied stayer Fiorente at the final turn, before withstanding a late charge by Turnbull Stakes winner Happy Trails, [11] to become the first maiden to win the Cox Plate, giving jockey Chad Schofield his first Group 1 victory and making him the first apprentice to win the race since 1975.

Retirement

Shamus Award was retired from racing in May 2014 and initially stood at Widden Stud in the Hunter Valley for a fee of A$27,500. [12]

Stud career

Notable progeny

Shamus Award Group 1 winners:

c = colt, f = filly , g = gelding

FoaledNameSexMajor Wins
2015 Mr Quickie g Queensland Derby, Toorak Handicap
2016 Incentivise g Makybe Diva Stakes, Turnbull Stakes, Caulfield Cup
2017Duaisf Queensland Oaks, Australian Cup, Tancred Stakes
2017Media Awardf Australasian Oaks
2018El Patronessf Australian Oaks
2020Quintessaf Levin Classic

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References

  1. 1 2 "Shamus Award's racing record". Racenet.com.au. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  2. ↑ "Shamus Award breaks maiden status to win Cox Plate for apprentice jockey Chad Schofield - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". Abc.net.au. 12 May 2011. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  3. ↑ "Shamus Award and apprentice Chad Schofield claim Cox Plate in sensational circumstances | Herald Sun". www.heraldsun.com.au. Archived from the original on 6 December 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  4. ↑ "Shamus Award Horse Pedigree". Pedigreequery.com. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  5. ↑ "MOONEE VALLEY Race Results 2012-10-27". Breednet. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  6. ↑ "Breeding News". Breednet. 10 November 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  7. ↑ "Breeding News". Breednet. 2 February 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  8. ↑ "Breeding News". Breednet. 23 February 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  9. 1 2 "Shamus Award has a higher rating than So You Think at the same stage". Theaustralian.com.au. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  10. ↑ Thomas, Ray (26 October 2013). "Maiden heaven as Schofield and Shamus Award do the impossible". The Sunday Telegraph. Archived from the original on 28 October 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2019– via Herald Sun.
  11. ↑ "Racing Victoria : Saturday 5 October 2013 : Flemington". Racingvictoria.net.au. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  12. ↑ "Shamus Award will retire and stand at Widden Stud".
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