Quick Thinker (foaled 7 September 2016) is a Group 1 winning Australian bred, New Zealand trained thoroughbred racehorse.
| Quick Thinker | |
|---|---|
 Racing Silks of Quick Thinker | |
| Sire | So You Think |
| Grandsire | High Chaparall |
| Dam | Acouplamas |
| Damsire | Al Maher |
| Sex | Colt |
| Foaled | 7 September 2016 |
| Country | Australia |
| Colour | Brown |
| Breeder | Bowcock Bloodstock |
| Owner | OTI Racing, D Honiss, JA & A Boyd, Cross Tasman, L & M Webb, D McKeown, Mr J JF & MG Gleeson, PK Goodwin, Centsless, Mrs DC & JM Gurrieri, CL Hall, R Koch, J Williams, Maverick Racing, Sibling Rivalry, JP Spence |
| Trainer | Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman |
| Record | 23: 5–3–2 |
| Earnings | A$ 1,246,728[1] |
| Major wins | |
| Ming Dynasty Quality Handicap (2019) Tulloch Stakes (2020) Australian Derby (2020) Chairman's Handicap (2021) | |
Background
editQuick Thinker was a A$100,000 Inglis Easter purchase and was bred by Bowcock Bloodstock. He is a half-brother to Group III placed The August from stakes-placed Al Maher mare Acouplamas, who comes from the family of Group I classic winners Blackfriars and Larrocha.
Racing career
edit2018/19: two-year-old season
editQuick Thinker debuted at Rotorua Racecourse on the 12 April 2019 and finished in second placing. One week later he won his first race in the Listed Champagne Stakes at Ellerslie Racecourse. Trainer Murray Baker spoke of the horse possibly travelling to Australia as a three-year-old to contest bigger races.[2]
2019/20: three-year-old season
editQuick Thinker travelled to Australia and raced in the Ming Dynasty Quality Handicap on the 31 August 2019 at Rosehill Racecourse. Ridden by Hugh Bowman and starting at odds of 10/1, he won the race by two lengths.[3]
Quick Thinker's next win wasn’t until the 20 March 2020 when winning the Group 2 Tulloch Stakes. A week later he started at the odds of 7/1 in the Australian Derby at Randwick Racecourse. This would prove to be his first Group 1 victory when winning by a short head margin.[4]
Stud career
editQuick Thinker stands as a stallion in Tasmania.[5]
References
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- ^ "Quick Thinker Horse Profile". racingaustralia.horse. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
- ^ "Stable duo quick to set NZ record". nzherald.co.nz. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
- ^ "Quick Thinker gets the wheels turning for kiwi trainer in Ming Dynasty". smh.com.au. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
- ^ "Quick Thinker gives Kiwi master another Australian Derby". racenet.com.au. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
- ^ "Gunns quick thinking starts a new chapter for Motree". www.trrausnz.com.au. Retrieved 2 April 2024.