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{{Short description|Australian-bred Thoroughbred racehorse}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Use Australian English|date=November 2011}}
{{Infobox racehorse
| horsename = Strawberry Road
| image =
| caption =
| sire = [[Whiskey Road (horse)|Whiskey Road]]
| dam = Giftisa
| damsire = Rich Gift
| sex = [[Stallion (horse)|Stallion]]
| foaled = 28 September 1979
| country = [[Australia]]
| colour = [[Bay (horse)|Bay]]
| breeder = J. Pantos & G. Georgopoulos
| owner = J. Pantos & A. Pantos, G. Georgopoulos, M. Menegazzo, Ray Stehr and [[John Singleton (Australian entrepreneur)|John Singleton]] (Australia) [[Daniel Wildenstein]] (France) [[Allen E. Paulson]] & [[Bruce McNall]] (United States)
| trainer = Doug Bougoure (Australia) John Nicholls (Australia & Germany) [[Patrick Biancone]] (France) [[Charles E. Whittingham|Charlie Whittingham]] (United States)
| record = 45: 17-7-7
| earnings = [[United States dollar|US$]]1,713,958
| race = [[Rosehill Guineas]] (1983) [[Australian Derby|AJC Derby]] (1983) [[Queensland Derby]] (1983) [[Manikato Stakes|Freeway Stakes]] (1983) [[W S Cox Plate]] (1983) [[Grosser Preis von Baden]] (1984) [[Prix d'Harcourt]] (1985) [[Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud]] (1985) [[Frank E. Kilroe Mile Handicap|Arcadia Handicap]] (1986)
| awards= [[Australian Champion Racehorse of the Year]] (1983) German Champion Older Horse (1984) [[Australian Racing Hall of Fame]] (2009)
| honours = Royal Agricultural Society of Queensland: Equine Hall of Fame
| updated= 23 October 2009
|grandsire=[[Nijinsky (horse)|Nijinsky II]]}}

'''Strawberry Road''' (28 September 1979 – 1 June 1995) was a [[Australian Champion Racehorse of the Year|champion]] [[Australia]]n [[Thoroughbred]] [[Horse racing|racehorse]] who went on to race in [[Germany]], [[France]], the [[United States]], and [[Japan]]. Bred in [[New South Wales]], he was by the 'superbly-bred'<ref>[http://www.thoroughbredinternet.com/newsmore.html?Id=16459 The long and winding Roads]</ref> Whiskey Road ([[Nijinsky (horse)|Nijinsky]]-[[Bowl of Flowers]]) out of Giftisa (by Rich Gift - a grandson of [[Nasrullah (horse)|Nasrullah]] and [[Abernant (horse)|Abernant]]).

==Racing career==

===In Australia===
Trained by Doug Bougoure, Strawberry Road had two starts late in his two-year-old season before making a winning start to the new season on 11 August 1982, in the Queensland Maiden Handicap at [[Eagle Farm Racecourse|Eagle Farm]]. Following a spell, he progressed from an Improvers to a Graduation with four wins in a row. Taken to Sydney, and stepped up to [[Group races|stakes company]], he finished second to [[Marscay]] (the previous year's [[Golden Slipper]] winner) in the [[Hobartville Stakes]], and, after two further lead-up runs, recorded his first [[Group One]] wins in the [[Rosehill Guineas]] and the [[Australian Derby|AJC Derby]]. Back in Queensland, following a brief let-up, Strawberry Road won three of his four starts, including the [[Queensland Derby]]. After recording 10 wins for the season, including three in [[Group One]] races, Strawberry Road was named [[Australian Champion Racehorse of the Year|Australia's champion]] racehorse for the 1982–1983 season.

In the spring, Strawberry Road campaigned in Melbourne, and, interspersed with defeats at Caulfield, won the [[Manikato Stakes|Freeway Stakes]], the [[Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes|Centennial Stakes]], and the [[Cox Plate]]. In the autumn, Strawberry Road failed to find his best form, and, after 26 starts in Australia, which produced 13 wins, three seconds, and three-thirds,<ref>[http://www.racingvictoria.net.au/Racing/horse.aspx?horse_code=124980 Strawberry Road's racing career (in Australia only)]</ref> a controlling interest was sold to Ray Stehr and [[John Singleton (Australian entrepreneur)|John Singleton]], who exported him to France.<ref>[http://www.studbook.org.au/horse.aspx?hid=227450&pagetype=PEDIGREE ASB Strawberry Road] Retrieved on 6 June 2009 (Note: Date of export to France is not correct and did not occur until 1984)</ref>

===International Campaigns===
Trained by John Nicholls, Strawberry Road won the [[Grosser Preis von Baden]] in Germany in 1984. He then finished fifth in the [[Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe]] in France, third and fourth, respectively, in the [[Washington, D.C. International Stakes]] and the [[Breeders' Cup Turf]] in the United States, and closed the year with a seventh in the [[Japan Cup]], ridden by the great English jockey [[Lester Piggott]].

Strawberry Road returned to France in 1985, and, under new trainer [[Patrick Biancone]], won the [[Prix d'Harcourt]]. He was then sold to prominent French horseman [[Daniel Wildenstein]], for whom he won the [[Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud]]. Wildenstein then sent Strawberry Road to the United States, where he ran second to the champion [[Pebbles (horse)|Pebbles]], by a neck, in the [[Breeders' Cup Turf]]. Sold to [[Allen E. Paulson|Allen Paulson]] and [[Bruce McNall]], Strawberry Road remained in the United States, and was trained by [[National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] trainer [[Charles E. Whittingham|Charlie Whittingham]].

Now seven, Strawberry Road recorded the last feature win of his career in the [[Frank E. Kilroe Mile Handicap|Arcadia Handicap]] at [[California|California's]] [[Santa Anita Park]] in 1986.

==At Stud==
Retired to stud by Paulson (now his sole owner), at his Brookside Farm in [[Versailles, Kentucky]], Strawberry Road was a highly successful [[Stallion (horse)|sire]]. His 368 progeny included 233 winners, and among the most successful were:

* Dinard (b. 1988) - Won 1991 [[Santa Anita Derby]], [[San Rafael Stakes]]
* Fraise (b. 1988) - Won the 1992 [[Breeders' Cup Turf]]
* [[Escena]] (b. 1993) - Won 1998 [[Breeders' Cup Distaff]]
* [[Ajina]] (b. 1994) - Won 1997 [[Breeders' Cup Distaff]]

Strawberry Road is also the damsire of:

* [[Vindication (horse)|Vindication]] (b. 2000) - The 2002 [[American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt]] and winner of the [[Breeders' Cup Juvenile]]
* [[Affluent (horse)|Affluent]] (b. 1998) - Winner of four American Grade One races and prize money of more than US$1.4 million

In 1995, Strawberry Road contracted a bacterial infection that led to [[peritonitis]] and [[pneumonia]]. In a weakened condition, he fell in his stall, fracturing the [[femur]] in his right hindleg, and had to be [[Animal euthanasia|euthanised]].

== Pedigree ==
{{Pedigree|name=Strawberry Road, bay stallion, foaled 28 September 1979|f=Whiskey Road b. 1972|m=Giftisa b. 1974|ff=[[Nijinsky (horse)|Nijinsky II]] b. 1967|fm=[[Bowl of Flowers]] ch. 1958|mf=Rich Gift gr. 1959|mm=Wahkeena b. 1963|fff=[[Northern Dancer]] b. 1961|ffm=[[Flaming Page]] b. 1959|fmf=[[Sailor II]] ch. 1952|fmm=[[Flower Bowl (horse)|Flower Bowl]] b. 1952|mff=[[Princely Gift]] b. 1951|mfm=Riccal gr. 1953|mmf=Red Jester br. 1948|mmm=Royal Souci b. 1952|ffff=[[Nearctic (horse)|Nearctic]]|fffm=[[Natalma]]|ffmf=[[Bull Page]]|ffmm=Flaring Top|fmff=[[Eight Thirty]]|fmfm=Flota|fmmf=[[Alibhai (horse)|Alibhai]]|fmmm=Flower Bed|mfff=[[Nasrullah (horse)|Nasrullah]]|mffm=Blue Gem|mfmf=[[Abernant (horse)|Abernant]]|mfmm=Congo|mmff=Red Mars|mmfm=Climax|mmmf=Regal Diamond|mmmm=Carefree (Family 18)}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/strawberry+road Strawberry Road's pedigree and racing stats]
* [http://www.rasq.com.au/Main%20pages/Equine%20Hall%20of%20Fame/Strawberry%20Road.htm Strawberry Road profile at the Royal Agricultural Society of Queensland website]
* [http://www.barnesphotography.net.au/strawberryroad/index.htm Complete profile and statistics on Strawberry Road by equine photographer Jenny Barnes]

[[Category:1979 racehorse births]]
[[Category:1995 racehorse deaths]]
[[Category:Racehorses bred in Australia]]
[[Category:Racehorses trained in Australia]]
[[Category:Cox Plate winners]]
[[Category:Australian Champion Racehorse of the Year]]
[[Category:Australian Racing Hall of Fame horses]]
[[Category:Thoroughbred family 18]]

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