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Wakeful

Mare bred in Australia in 1896Wakeful
by Trenton (NZ) from Insomnia (AUS)

44 starts 25-12-4 $42,040

Trainer: Hugh Munro
Jockey: Frank Dunn

Wakeful was a late starter as a racehorse, not competing until she was four but she certainly made up for lost time winning 19 weight for age races during her career.

At her third start she won the Oakleigh Plate then followed up with the Newmarket Handicap and the Doncaster before running third in the Sydney Cup, a race she later won carrying 60.5 kilograms – a weight carrying record for a mare. Wakeful also ran second in the 1903 Melbourne Cup carrying 63.5 kilograms.

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Welcome to the official website of The Victorian Wakeful Club.  Our club was established in 2001 by a group of like minded women to encourage the networking and participation of women throughout all facets of the thoroughbred industry.