Delta (horse)

Delta
Sire Midstream (GB)
Grandsire Blandford (IRE)
Dam Gazza (AUS)
Damsire Magpie (GB)
Sex Stallion
Foaled 1946
Country Australia
Colour Bay
Owner Adolph Basser
Trainer Maurice McCarten
Major wins
1949 Canterbury Guineas
1949 VRC Derby
1949 Cox Plate
1950 Chelmsford Stakes
1950 Colin Stephen Stakes
1951 Mackinnon Stakes
1951 Melbourne Cup
1951 Chelmsford Stakes
1951 Colin Stephen Stakes
1951 Metropolitan Handicap
1952 Chelmsford Stakes
Last updated on 30 December 2012

Delta (1946−1960) was a champion Australian thoroughbred racehorse who won a number of top level races including the 1949 VRC Derby, 1949 Cox Plate and the 1951 Melbourne Cup.

Purchased by owner Adolph Basser for £2,665 at the 1948 Sydney yearling sales he was trained by former jockey and successful trainer Maurice McCarten.

He died at Widden Stud in 1960.[1]

See also

References

  1. Pollard, J. (1988). Australian Horse Racing. Angus & Robertson Publishers ISBN 0-207-15467-8, p. 186-7
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