Better Loosen Up (Chinese: 請放鬆) was an Australian Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Japan Cup in 1990 and was named Australia's champion racehorse in 1991. A small bay gelding, by Loosen Up (US) out of Better Fantasy, he campaigned from two to seven years of age, and won 17 of his 45 starts, including eight Group One races. In 2004, he was inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame.
Better Loosen Up was foaled in Berrigan, New South Wales,...
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Better Loosen Up (Chinese: 請放鬆) was an Australian Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Japan Cup in 1990 and was named Australia's champion racehorse in 1991. A small bay gelding, by Loosen Up (US) out of Better Fantasy, he campaigned from two to seven years of age, and won 17 of his 45 starts, including eight Group One races. In 2004, he was inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame.
Better Loosen Up was foaled in Berrigan, New South Wales, and, under the care of Les Theodore, won one of his four starts as two-year-old - a maiden at Bendigo on 28 April 1988. At three, he was transferred to the Sydney stables of Bart Cummings, where he won four races and was runner-up in the Canterbury Guineas. At season's end, his record stood at a relatively unprepossessing five wins from 16 starts, although Les Theodore claims to have told the staff at Lindsay Park that the horse was a 'champion'.
Now trained by Colin Hayes, Better Loosen Up resumed late in the spring of 1989, on Caulfield Cup...
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