the great horse

OUR NAMESAKE

CARBINE carried 10.st. 51bs (65.5kgs) in winning the 1890 Melbourne Cup by 21/2 lengths from Highborn and Correze in a field of 38, his 11th consecutive victory that season. "Old Jack" to adoring Australasian race goers, Carbine raced and won over distances from seven furlongs to three miles. When he retired after five years on the racetrack he had a record of 33 wins, six seconds and three thirds in 43 starts, unplaced only once. This was despite a cracked heel requiring constant treatment. A sleek, bay stallion with fine features and a classic appearance, Carbine stood around 16 hands. He had a thin white blaze down his nose and a single white foot. Foaled in New Zealand in 1885 out of Mersey by Musket, he was shipped to Australia in 1887. He stood at stud first in Victoria at Lerderderg, and then at Welbeck Abbey in England, having been farewelled from Melbourne by 2000 tearful fans on Good Friday, 1895. His most famous progeny were Wallace and 1906 English Derby winner Spearmint.

Carbine and Handler