Subzero (horse)

Subzero (nickname: Subbie) (foaled 26 September 1988 in Australia  29 August 2020)Australian Stud Book - Subzero Summary was a Thoroughbred racehorse.

Career
Subzero won the 1992 Melbourne Cup.Mighty run by Subzero  Trained by Lee Freedman and ridden by veteran jockey Greg Hall, the four-year-old revelled in the rain-affected going to defeat the favourite Veandercross and the two-miler Castletown.Subzero's racing career  The win was to be Subzero's last, but, as one of the few grey winners of the race in the post-War era, his fame was assured.

Retirement
Upon retirement from racing, the big, near-white gelding with a lovely temperament was employed as the clerk of the course's horse by Racing Victoria's long-time Clerk, Graham Salisbury, and has made numerous appearances on television, at charity functions, and at schools.Subzero School Visits  In July 2008, he was fully retired as he had developed arthritis.

Health and death
In October 2009, it was reported that Subzero might need to be put down as the medication he needed for his arthritis became unavailable in Australia. However the medication was subsequently sourced from the United States, and Subzero continued to appear in public. In his retirement he was gentle natured, very patient with children and remained with Graham Salisbury until Salisbury's death in June 2020. Quarantine decision threatens SubzeroMelbourne Cup winner Subzero faces death sentence as Customs stops import of arthritis powderGraham Salisbury sadly passes away

On 29 August 2020, he was humanely put down due to a heart condition. He was 31.

Related pages
 List of millionaire racehorses in Australia
 List of Melbourne Cup winners

References

Further reading

Other websites
 Product-maker flies the Pacific to help ailing Cup winner - Horsetalk.co.nz 1.11.09
 Subzero's pedigree and partial racing stats
Subzero visiting the Living Legends park 

Category:1988 births
Category:2020 deaths
Category:Thoroughbred racehorses
Category:Deaths by euthanasia