Carbine, a New Zealand horse, was probably the greatest 19th century thoroughbred to race in Australasia. He would rank with horses such as Phar Lap, Bernborough, and Tulloch in the 20th century. The Thoroughbred is a horse breed developed in 18th century England when English mares were bred with imported Arabian stallions to create a distance racer. ... Australasia Australasia is the area that includes Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, and the many smaller islands in the vicinity, most of which are the eastern part of Indonesia. ... Jump to: navigation, search Tommy Woodcock with Phar Lap (1930). ... Bernborough was a remarkable Australian thoroughbred racehorse who raced from 1941 to 1946. ... 202. ...

The bay colt by Musket from the Knowsley mare Mersey started 43 times for 33 wins, 6 seconds and 3 thirds. He was unbeaten in 5 starts as a 2 year old in New Zealand before crossing the Tasman to race in Australia where he won 9 of 13 starts as a 3 year old. The highlight of which was probably his win in the AJC Sydney Cup of 2 miles (3.22 km) carrying 12 lb (5.5 kg) over weight-for-age. Despite suffering interference at the half mile post and being relegated to last place Carbine stormed home to win by a head in race record time of 3 min 31 s. 202. ... The River Mersey is a river in the north west of England. ... Satellite photo of the Tasman Sea The Tasman Sea is the large body of water between Australia and New Zealand and is a south-western segment of the South Pacific Ocean. ... The Sydney Cup is an Australian horse race, held for thoroughbred horses and run over 3200 meters. ...

As a 4 and 5 year old Carbine won 17 of his last 18 races including the 1890 Melbourne Cup setting a weight carrying record of 10 st 5 lb (66 kg) in beating a field of 39 starters and setting a new race record time. On four occasions Carbine won twice on the same day. Jump to: navigation, search The Melbourne Cup is Australias major annual thoroughbred horse race. ...

At the end of his 5th season Carbine was retired to stud in England where he went on to sire the 1906 Epsom Derby winner Spearmint. He then unfortunately died on June 10, 1914. Epsom Derby, Théodore Géricault, 1821. ... Jump to: navigation, search Spearmint was an English thoroughbred racehorse, sired by the Carbine. ... Jump to: navigation, search June 10 is the 161st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (162nd in leap years), with 204 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1914 is a common year starting on Thursday. ...

Carbine was one of the five inaugural inductees into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame. Jump to: navigation, search The Australian Racing Hall of Fame is a museum for the horseracing legends of Australia. ...

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• Australian Racing Hall of Fame horses