GUNSYND: FROM $1300 BUY TO AUSTRALIAN HORSE RACING HALL OF FAME!

Affectionately known as 'The Goondiwindi Grey', equine hero Gunsynd is a much-loved figure of Australian horse racing.

He began his racing career in Queensland, Australia with trainer Bill Wehlow before shifting to Tommy Smith's (Gai Waterhouse's father) yard at Randwick Racecourse in Sydney.

With his owners hailing from Goondiwindi, this loveable grey racehorse was dubbed 'The Goondiwindi Grey'.

One of the great milers of his time, Gunsynd conquered Australia's four greatest mile races in the one season, winning The Doncaster, The Epsom, The George Adams and the Toorak Handicap.

Gai Waterhouse described Gunsynd as 'a real show off'. He had a way with the crowd and would often pose for photos and bow to his audience in return for admiration.

Gunsynd ran in three Cox Plates, ultimately winning the 1972 edition, while he carried 60.5kg in the 1972 Melbourne Cup, where he finished an admirable third behind Piping Lane.

Gunsynd's regular jockey Roy Higgins remembers his equine friend:
"I've always said Light Fingers was my favourite horse but Gunsynd was the most fun."

Gundsynd's major career wins:
Trainers: Bill Wehlow / Tommy Smith
Jockey: Roy Higgins
Racing record:
Hopeful Stakes (1969)
Chelmsford Stakes (1970)
Rawson Stakes (1971, 1973)
Epsom Handicap (1971)
Toorak Handicap (1971)
Sandown Cup (1971)
George Adams Handicap (1971)
Futurity Stakes (1972)
Frederick Clissold Handicap (1972)
Hill Stakes (1972)
VRC Queens Plate (1972)
Doncaster Handicap (1972)
Colin Stephen Stakes (1972)
Caulfield Stakes (1972)
W S Cox Plate (1972)
VRC Queen Elizabeth Stakes (1972, 1973)
Blamey Stakes (1973)
AJC Autumn Stakes (1973)
3rd in 1972 Melbourne Cup at Flemington Racecourse behind Piping Lane

Cox Plate winners at Moonee Valley Racecourse (1990-2019):
2019 Lys Gracieux
2018 Winx
2017 Winx
2016 Winx
2015 Winx
2014 Adelaide
2013 Shamus Award
2012 Ocean Park
2011 Pinker Pinker
2010 So You Think
2009 So You Think
2008 Maldivian
2007 El Segundo
2006 Fields Of Omagh
2005 Makybe Diva
2004 Savabeel
2003 Fields Of Omagh
2002 Northerly
2001 Northerly
2000 Sunline
1999 Sunline
1998 Might and Power
1997 Dane Ripper
1996 Saintly
1995 Octagonal
1994 Solvit
1993 The Phantom Chance
1992 Super Impose
1991 Surfers Paradise
1990 Better Loosen Up

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