MAHOGANY The brilliant Spartacus had Mahogany’s measure first-up in the Australia Stakes at Moonee Valley before Mahogany turned the tables in dominant style at Flemington to win his second Group 1 Lightning Stakes. It was around that time that Freedman flirted with the idea of taking Mahogany to the UK for an unlikely tilt at the feature sprint race at Royal Ascot, the Cork and Orrery Stakes, now known as the Diamond Jubilee Stakes. Unfortunately for Freedman, the plan was never realised, and Packer and Williams preferred to chase local targets. On his retirement, Mahogany had won 19 of his 43 races and was placed 12 times. He also won eight Group 1 races and eight Group or Listed races and amassed over $3.6 million in prizemoney, an enviable haul for his era. Mahogany passed away in November 2021 at the Packer family’s farm, Ellerston, in the Hunter Valley, at the incredible age of 31. MAHOGANY’S INCREDIBLE CAREER Bay Gelding Foaled: 1st October 1990 Died: 20th November 2021 (Aged 31) Sire: Last Tycoon (IRE) Dam: Alshandegha (USA) (Alydar (USA)) Trainer: Lee Freedman Owners: Mr & Mrs L J Williams & Mr & Mrs K F B Packer CAREER Career: 43 starts, 19 wins, 7 seconds, 5 thirds Prizemoney: $3,670,978 8 x Group 1 wins WINS AT FLEMINGTON 1993 G1 Victoria Derby (2500m) 1994 L Vanuatu Stakes (1400m) 1994 G1 Australian Guineas (1600m) 1994 G2 Craiglee Stakes (1600m) 1995 G1 Lightning Stakes (1000m) 1996 G2 Linlithgow Stakes (1200m) 1997 G1 Lightning Stakes (1000m) RIGHT: Greg Hall aboard Mahogany as he is led back to scale after winning the Victoria Derby in 1993. (Image: Symonetta Kouzmin)
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