10 Facts About Doriemus

Doriemus was a Thoroughbred racehorse who began his career in New Zealand and rose to prominence in Australia by winning the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups in 1995.

Doriemus was the eighth of just nine horses to complete the double in the same year.

Doriemus was bred to stay, being by Norman Pentaquad out of Golden Woods by Zamazaan.

Doriemus was foaled in New Zealand and was a half-brother to the filly, Margaux by War Hawk II.

Doriemus won only twice as a four-year-old, but did enough to qualify for the following year's Caulfield Cup.

Penalised 2.5 kilograms for the 1995 Melbourne Cup, to take his weight to 54.5 kilograms, Doriemus revelled in the rain-affected going to defeat Victoria Derby winner Nothin' Leica Dane and Irish Champion and 1993 Melbourne Cup winner Vintage Crop.

Freedman and Oliver had earlier combined to win Caulfield Cups with Mannerism and Paris Lane, and Doriemus was the third of Freedman's five Melbourne Cup winners, and the first of three for Oliver.

In 1996, Doriemus won the Queen Elizabeth Stakes, in the autumn, and the Turnbull Stakes, in the spring, but was fourth and sixth, respectively, in the Cups.

Doriemus was retired to Living Legends, the International Home of Rest for Champion Horses in Woodlands Historic Park, Greenvale, Victoria.

Doriemus was euthanised in January 2015 following a paddock accident aged 24.