Weekend Hussler

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Weekend Hussler is a champion Australian Thoroughbred racehorse. He is a bay gelding by Hussonet from the Helissio mare Weekend Beauty.^[2]

Currently a five year old, he won 9 of his 11 starts at three, including Group One wins in the Caulfield Guineas, Ascot Vale Stakes, Oakleigh Plate, Newmarket Handicap, Randwick Guineas and George Ryder Stakes. Those six Group One wins equal Kingston Town’s Australian record for most in a single season, and saw him crowned Australian Horse of the Year. His first start as a four-year-old resulted in a second placing to unbeaten Group One winner Light Fantastic in the J J Liston Stakes. Two weeks later he backed it up with his first win in the 2008-09 season by winning the Memsie Stakes at Caulfield Racecourse, defeating the likes of Maldivian and Pompeii Ruler. A week later in the Makybe Diva Stakes (formerly the Craiglee Stakes) he emphatically defeated the field, winning by 2½ lengths to Zarita and Littorio. His arch-rival Light Fantastic, who was previously undefeated came fourth. Two weeks later, he won his seventh Group One when winning the Underwood Stakes at Caulfield over 1,800 metres, his first race past 1,600 metres. Two weeks later, he finished eighth in the Turnbull Stakes at Flemington Racecourse in his first race at 2,000 metres, after being three-wide for most of the race. Weekend Hussler then failed to stay the 2,400 metres when he finished twelfth behind the British racehorse All The Good in the Caulfield Cup. His first run as an autumn four-year-old resulted in an encouraging fourth in the Lightning Stakes, but his second run resulted in a disappointing fifth in the Australia Stakes. Injury concerns curtailed his four-year-old campaign and kept him out of racing during the spring as a five year old.

Race record

Pedigree

Pedigree of Weekend Hussler

References

• Victory in Newmarket Handicap
• Horse of the Year Award
• Weekend Hussler's pedigree and racing statistics

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