13 CHAMPIONS STAKES 2010 SO YOU THINK 15 YEARS AGO One of the greatest racehorses trained by the late Bart Cummings, So You Think’s win in the 2010 VRC Champion (Mackinnon) Stakes was dominant to say the least. In wet conditions, the win was emphatic, with So You Think winning by a convincing 3.75 lengths. The win was on the back of a second Cox Plate victory the week before and was the final lead-up run to the 150th Melbourne Cup. Having already won 12 Melbourne Cups, Cummings knew the horse was facing a tough challenge as it hadn’t raced beyond 2000 metres during the entire preparation. A fact not lost on Cummings, who was reflective when his star entire finished third in the two-miler the following Tuesday. The Cup run would be his last race start for Cummings, as the horse transferred ownership from Dato Tan Chin Nam to Coolmore Stud for a reported AUD$40 million plus. Champion Irish trainer Aidan O’Brien took over the training of the entire, adding another five Group 1 victories to his impressive career. So You Think passed away on October 22, 2025, at Scone Equine Hospital after a brief illness, aged 19. The champion stallion was laid to rest at Coolmore Australia’s stud farm in the Hunter Valley, in New South Wales, where he had stood at stud since retiring from racing in 2012, shuttling back and forth to Ireland for breeding duties. So You Think sired 66 stakes winners, including 12 individual Group 1 winners, cementing his legacy as one of Coolmore’s most successful and admired sires. (Mark Dadswell/Getty Images)
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