Weekend Hussler


Weekend Hussler is a retired Australian Thoroughbred racehorse. He is a bay gelding by Hussonet out of Weekend Beauty. He was foaled in 2004. Hussonet had been a very successful sire in Chile for Haras de Pirque where he stood for the largest fee of any stallion in the history of Chilean Thoroughbred breeding.
Weekend Hussler won 9 of his 11 starts at three, including Group One wins in the Caulfield Guineas, Ascot Vale Stakes, Oakleigh Plate, Newmarket Handicap, Randwick Guineas and George Ryder Stakes. In winning six Group One wins he equalled Kingston Town's Australian record for most in a single season. Weekend Hussler was named the 2007/2008 Australian Horse of the Year.
His first start as a four-year-old resulted in a second placing to the unbeaten Group One winner Light Fantastic in the J J Liston Stakes. Two weeks later he backed it up with his first win in the 2008-09 season by winning the Memsie Stakes at Caulfield Racecourse, defeating Maldivian and Pompeii Ruler. A week later in the Makybe Diva Stakes he won again, by 2½ lengths over Zarita and Littorio. In that event Light Fantastic suffered his first defeat to run fourth. Two weeks later, Weekend Hussler won his seventh Group One when victorious in the Underwood Stakes at Caulfield over 1,800 metres, his first race past 1,600 metres. Two weeks later, he finished eighth in the Turnbull Stakes at Flemington Racecourse in his first attempt at 2,000 metres. Weekend Hussler then finished twelfth behind the British racehorse All The Good in the Caulfield Cup. His first run as an autumn four-year-old resulted in a fourth in the Lightning Stakes, his second run resulted in a fifth in the Australia Stakes. Injury concerns curtailed his four-year-old campaign and kept him out of racing during the spring as a five-year-old.
He returned to racing in February 2010 in the Oakleigh Plate, where he finished back in the field under the top-weight. Another injury was found after that race, and he was to miss the rest of the autumn. He returned to racing in October 2010 with a 10th placing in the Gilgai Stakes at Flemington; however, his retirement was announced shortly after.

Race record

ResultDateRaceVenueGroupDistanceWeight TimeJockeyWinner/2nd
2nd16 Aug 2008J J Liston StakesCaulfieldG21400m58.51:24.83B.Rawiller1st - Light Fantastic
Won30 Aug 2008Memsie StakesCaulfieldG21400m58.51:23.27B. Rawiller2nd - Maldivian
Won6 Sep 2008Craiglee StakesFlemingtonG21600m58.51:38.60B.Rawiller2nd - Zarita
Won20 Sep 2008Underwood StakesCaulfieldG11800m58.01:49.68B.Rawiller2nd - Pompeii Ruler
8th4 Oct 2008Turnbull StakesFlemingtonG12000m57.52:02.44B.Rawiller1st - Littorio
12th18 Oct 2008Caulfield CupCaulfieldG12400m57.02:27.45B.Rawiller1st - All The Good
4th31 Jan 2009Lightning StakesFlemingtonG11000m58.50:56.94B.Rawiller1st - Scenic Blast
5th14 Feb 2009Australia StakesMoonee ValleyG11200m58.51:09.60B.Rawiller1st - Apache Cat

ResultDateRaceVenueGroupDistanceWeight TimeJockeyWinner/2nd
11th20 Feb 2010Oakleigh PlateCaulfieldG11100m58.51:03.16B.Rawiller1st - Starspangledbanner

ResultDateRaceVenueGroupDistanceWeight TimeJockeyWinner/2nd
10th3 Oct 2010Gilgai StakesFlemingtonG21200m58.01:08.20G.Boss1st - Hay List

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