Hiraji
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Hiraji, foaled in 1943, was a grey Thoroughbred racehorse gelding by Nizami (Fr) out of Duvach by Foxbridge (GB). He was born at Trelawney Stud
, Cambridge, New Zealand
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Hiraji was owned by Mr. F.W. Hughes and trained by J.W. McCurley to win the 1947 Melbourne Cup
ridden Jack Purtell starting at the odds of 12/1.
Trelawney Stud
Trelawney Stud is New Zealand’s oldest commercial Thoroughbred horse stud farm. It was established in 1930 by Seton Otway near Cambridge, New Zealand. It has a number of top quality stallions including Carnegie ....
, Cambridge, New Zealand
Cambridge, New Zealand
Cambridge is a town in the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand. Situated 24 kilometres southeast of Hamilton, on the banks of the Waikato River, Cambridge is known as "The Town of Trees & Champions".In the 1840s Cambridge had a Maori population but in the 1850's missionaries and...
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Hiraji was owned by Mr. F.W. Hughes and trained by J.W. McCurley to win the 1947 Melbourne Cup
Melbourne Cup
The Melbourne Cup is Australia's major Thoroughbred horse race. Marketed as "the race that stops a nation", it is a 3,200 metre race for three-year-olds and over. It is the richest "two-mile" handicap in the world, and one of the richest turf races...
ridden Jack Purtell starting at the odds of 12/1.