Super Impose was a New Zealand-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who was inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame.
30 Facts About Super Impose
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Foaled in New Zealand, Super Impose was a son of the multiple Group One winner Imposing, out of the unraced mare Pheroz Fancy.
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The chestnut Super Impose was selected by trainer Lee Freedman at the 1986 Trentham yearling sales in New Zealand for a small syndicate who paid $40,000.
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Super Impose entered training as a three-year-old and made a winning debut in a maiden at Seymour, on 28 December 1987.
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Super Impose was yet to win a metropolitan race, but, in coming from last at Flemington, had shown a glimpse of his 'preferred racing style'.
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At his next start, Super Impose broke a nine-race losing run and recorded his first Black Type win in the Eclipse Stakes.
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Super Impose was then taken to Sydney for the first time, where he won a welter at Rosehill and backed-up nine days later to win the AJC Summer Cup on Boxing Day.
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Back in Melbourne, in the new year, Super Impose raced at weight-for-age for the first time, finishing second to Vo Rogue in the Orr Stakes, the St George Stakes, and the Australian Cup, and won the Carlyon Cup in course-record time.
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Super Impose defeated Research and finished in front of Vo Rogue for the first time.
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Super Impose carried second-topweight of 56 kilograms in the Melbourne Cup, and, according to Lee Freedman, turned in one of his 'greatest performances'.
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Super Impose opened the new year with a string of placings and was scratched from his main mission, the Mercedes Classic, when wet weather again closed in on Sydney's autumn carnival.
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Super Impose was entered a week later in the Doncaster Handicap carrying topweight of 57 kilograms, and 'the weather held'.
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Super Impose came from the tail of the field on the home turn to defeat Shaftesbury Avenue.
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Super Impose was ridden in the Doncaster by Bruce Compton, who gained the ride only after higher-profile jockeys had taken other mounts, with doubts over whether Super Impose would take his place in the field.
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Super Impose was then runner-up to Stargazer and Shaftesbury Avenue in his next two starts before taking his place in the Epsom Handicap with topweight of 58.5 kilograms.
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Super Impose then stunned the racing community by finishing 'stone-motherless' last of six in the Mercedes Classic.
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Super Impose won the Doncaster Handicap and had his final start for the season when runner-up to Shaftesbury Avenue in the All-Aged Stakes.
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Super Impose had had the best season of his career, with four Group One wins, including the Epsom and Doncaster Handicaps, and his dam, Pheroz Fancy, was named New Zealand Broodmare of the Year in 1991.
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Now a veteran of 53 starts, Super Impose again resumed in the Warwick Stakes and defeated Livistona Lane and Royal Creation before an unplaced run in the Chelmsford Stakes and a win in the Hill Stakes.
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At his next start, with his win in the Epsom Handicap, Super Impose created history in winning the AJC's Epsom and Doncaster Handicaps two years in a row, in 1990 and 1991.
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Super Impose then finished fourth in the Melbourne Cup under topweight of 60 kilograms and gave nine kilograms to the winner, Let's Elope.
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Super Impose opened the new year with a second placing to Quick Score in the Apollo Stakes and defeated him second-up with a rails-hugging win in the Chipping Norton Stakes.
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Super Impose was then unplaced in the last four runs of his campaign, including the Doncaster Handicap, where he finished sixth under topweight of 62.5 kilograms and gave 15 kilograms to the winner, Soho Square.
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Super Impose was then placed in the Chelmsford Stakes and the Hill Stakes, and finished fourth in the Epsom Handicap, under topweight of 61.5 kilograms.
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Super Impose broke an eight-race losing run in the Canberra Cup on his way to Melbourne for the Cox Plate.
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Super Impose finished his career with a 15th placing in Subzero's Melbourne Cup, 10 days later, but fans simply displayed the reverse-side of their giant banner, which read 'Bad luck Super.
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Super Impose made guest appearances at various racetracks, including Randwick for the Epsom and Doncaster Handicap parades, and Moonee Valley for a Night of Champions in 2005 with Subzero, Doriemus, Saintly, and Brew.
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Super Impose appeared small later in life due to a sway back, common in old horses, but enjoyed running in the paddocks of Glenlogan Park Stud in Queensland as a 'nanny' to some of the farm's young horses.
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Super Impose was buried at Glenlogan Park Stud with a tribute stone and plaque erected in his memory.
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In 2007, Super Impose was posthumously inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame.