Cuddle (horse)

Cuddle was an outstanding New Zealand Thoroughbred racemare that won a large number of major races including the 1935 and 1936 Auckland Cups in race record time. She went to Australia in 1936, where she won a number of races including the Doncaster Handicap.[1]

Cuddle
SirePsychology (GB)
GrandsireTracery (USA)
DamCaress (NZ)
DamsireMartian (NZ)
SexMare
Foaled1929
CountryNew Zealand
ColourBay
OwnerC J Stowe, Hastings (first 16 races) then R J Murphy, Wellington
TrainerC J Stowe, Hastings (first 16 races)
Record66: 23–14–5
Earnings$24,264
Major wins
New Zealand Cup (1935)
Auckland Cup (1935,1936)
All Aged Stakes (1936)
Doncaster Handicap (1936)
St George Stakes (1936)
Honours
New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame
Cuddle Stakes
Last updated on 17 November 2010

Cuddle was a filly foaled in 1929 by the good racehorse and sire, Psychology (GB) out of the place-getter, Caress (NZ) by the leading sire, Martian.[2]

Her regular rider in New Zealand was Jim Ellis. When she went to Australia she was ridden by expatriate New Zealanders Keith Voitre and Maurice McCarten.

Principal race wins
  • 1935 Auckland Cup, ridden by Jim Ellis.
  • 1935 ARC King's Plate
  • 1935 New Zealand Cup, Jim Ellis.
  • 1935 WRC Summer Handicap
  • 1936 All Aged Stakes, Maurice McCarten
  • 1936 Doncaster Handicap (carrying 58 kg, a record for a mare until Sunline achieved it, and only two horses have carried more weight since, Super Impose (59) and Gunsynd with 60.5), Maurice McCarten.
  • 1936 Auckland Cup, Jim Ellis.
  • 1936, 1937 ARC Clifford Plate
  • 1936 ARC King's Plate
  • 1936 St George Stakes, Keith Voitre.
  • 1937 CJC Canterbury Cup[3]

Cuddle was the dam eight foals, seven raced, with six winners, including the Principal Race winners:

She has a race named after her for fillies and mares called the "Cuddle Stakes" run at Trentham Racecourse.[4]

See also

References
  1. Success in Australia
  2. Pring, Peter; Analysis of Champion Racehorses, The Thoroughbred Press, Sydney, 1977, ISBN 0-908133-00-6
  3. ASB: Cuddle (NZ) Retrieved 17 November 2010
  4. Cuddle Stakes Archived 14 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine


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