Shogun Lodge (25 September 1996 – 8 November 2003) was an Australian Thoroughbred racehorse by American sire Grand Lodge.
Shogun Lodge won three Group One races, and remarkably ran 2nd in a further 12 Group 1 races.
On 8 November 2003, Shogun Lodge collapsed and died while competing in the Emirates Stakes. It was later revealed he died of a heart attack after suffering a lung haemorrhage during the race.
Racing career Shogun Lodge made a winning debut in the Listed Canonbury Stakes at Randwick on 3 October 1998, and won three of his four starts prior to the Golden Slipper, in which he started favourite and finished a close third.ASB - Shogun Lodge Retrieved on 6 June 2009 At three and four, Shogun Lodge won his Group One races, the Epsom Handicap, the Queen Elizabeth Stakes, and the George Main Stakes, in which he defeated the champion mare Sunline. Shogun Lodge won stakes races at two, three, four, five, and seven, and prize money of $4,640,315. In addition, Shogun Lodge was runner-up in 12 Group One races, including the Doncaster Handicap (twice) and the Victoria and AJC Derbies, and, since the introduction of the Group system in the late-1970s, few if any horses have been runner-up in more. These 12 races included defeats by the champions Northerly, Sunline, and Lonhro, and he lost three races by a short-half-head. In one of his greatest performances, Shogun Lodge was beaten by Sunline in head-bobbing finish to the 2002 Doncaster Handicap, in which both horses carried topweight of 58 kilos, and gave 6.5 kilos to Defier, who went on to win three Group One races at weight-for-age. At his next start, in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes, Shogun Lodge ran one of his worst races, finishing second-last, and, in an 'ominous' sign, was found to have had an 'irregular heart reading'. (includes photographs)
Death After his first and only winless season at six, Shogun Lodge won the City Tatt's Lightning Handicap first-up as a seven-year-old (coincidentally, over the same course as his debut win, five years earlier), and was sent to Flemington for two further races. In the early stages of the second of these races, the Emirates Stakes, Shogun Lodge suffered a fatal heart attack. One big heart fails, others break His upset trainer, Bob Thomsen, said 'Oh God... I've probably handled the best horse this country's ever had. The best horse ever to put his head through a bridle was Tulloch and I handled him... his heart weighed 14-and-a-half (pounds)... I'll tell you what, Shogun wasn't far behind him...'The Age - Shogun shock mars big race Retrieved on 6 June 2009
Race record + 1998–99 season as a two-year-oldResultDateRaceVenueGroupDistanceWeight (kg)JockeyWinner/2ndWon3 Oct 1998Canonbury StakesRandwickLR1000 m53J. Marshall2nd - Passmore4th13 Feb 1999Silver Slipper StakesRosehillG21100 m55.5J. Marshall1st - PassmoreWon6 Mar 1999Skyline StakesRosehillG31200 m55.5S. Dye2nd - High RollingWon20 Mar 1999Pago Pago StakesRosehillG21200 m55.5J. Marshall2nd - High Rolling3rd27 Mar 1999Golden SlipperRosehillG11200 m55.5J. Marshall1st - Catbird5th5 Apr 1999Sires Produce StakesRandwickG11400 m55.5S. Dye1st - Align3rd17 Apr 1999Champagne StakesRandwickG11600 m55.5S. Dye1st - Quick Star
+ 1999–2000 season as a three-year-oldResultDateRaceVenueGroupDistanceWeight (kg)JockeyWinner/2nd4th7 Aug 1999San Domenico StakesRandwickG21000 m55S. Dye1st - Testa Rossa4th21 Aug 1999Up and Coming StakesWarwick FarmG21200 m54S. Dye1st - Testa Rossa3rd4 Sep 1999Ming Dynasty QualityRandwickLR1400 m58.5S. Dye1st - HireWon16 Sep 1999Spring StakesNewcastleG31600 m54S. Dye2nd - Perfect ParadiseWon25 Sep 1999George Main StakesRandwickG11600 m49.5S. Dye2nd - Sunline2nd2 Oct 1999Spring Champion StakesRandwickG12000 m55.5S. Dye1st - Fairway4th16 Oct 1999Norman Robinson StakesCaulfieldG32000 m57.5S. Dye1st - Blackfriars2nd30 Oct 1999Victoria DerbyFlemingtonG12500 m55.5S. Dye1st - Blackfriars5th26 Feb 2000Royal Sovereign StakesRandwickG21200 m57.5S. Dye1st - Hire4th11 Mar 2000Hobartville StakesWarwick FarmG21400 m55.5S. Dye1st - Fairway6th25 Mar 2000Canterbury GuineasCanterburyG11900 m55.5S. Dye1st - FairwayWon15 Apr 2000Tulloch StakesRosehillG22000 m55.5S. Dye2nd - Now Voyager2nd22 Apr 2000Australian DerbyRandwickG12400 m55.5S. Dye1st - Fairway5th6 May 2000Queen Elizabeth StakesRandwickG12000 m55.5S. Dye1st - Georgie BoyWon17 May 2000A D Hollindale StakesGold CoastG21800 m55.5S. Dye2nd - Integrate
+ 2000–01 season as a four-year-oldResultDateRaceVenueGroupDistanceWeight (kg)JockeyWinner/2nd3rd9 Sep 2000Theo Marks StakesRosehillG21300 m55.5D. Beasley1st - Hire5th23 Sep 2000George Main StakesRandwickG11600 m57.5D. Oliver1st - AdamWon2 Oct 2000Epsom HandicapRandwickG11600 m56G. Boss2nd - Landsighting2nd14 Oct 2000Yalumba StakesCaulfieldG12000 m57D. Oliver1st - Sky Heights11th28 Oct 2000Cox PlateMoonee ValleyG12040 m56.5D. Oliver1st - Sunline5th2 Dec 2000Festival StakesRosehillLR1300 m59G. Boss1st - Adam8th17 Dec 2000Hong Kong CupSha TinG12000 m57S. Dye1st - Fantastic LightWon17 Mar 2001Canterbury StakesCanterburyG21200 m57.5G. Boss2nd - Assertive Lad2nd31 Mar 2001George Ryder StakesRosehillWon1500 m58G. Boss1st - Landsighting2nd14 Apr 2001Doncaster HandicapRandwickWon1600 m58G. Boss1st - Assertive LadWon28 Apr 2001Queen Elizabeth StakesRandwickWon2000 m58G. Boss2nd - Go Flash GoWon16 May 2001A D Hollindale StakesGold CoastG21800 m58G. Boss2nd - Camarena2nd26 May 2001Doomben CupDoombenWon2020 m58G. Boss1st - King Keitel
+ 2001–02 season as a five-year-oldResultDateRaceVenueGroupDistanceWeight (kg)JockeyWinner/2nd3rd18 Aug 2001Warwick StakesWarwick FarmG21300 m58G. Boss1st - LonhroWon8 Sep 2001Theo Marks StakesRosehillG21300 m60G. Boss2nd - Fouardee2nd22 Sep 2001George Main StakesWarwick FarmG11600 m58G. Boss1st - Viscount2nd13 Oct 2001Yalumba StakesCaulfieldG12000 m58G. Boss1st - Northerly7th1 Dec 2001Festival StakesRosehillLR1400 m60D. Beadman1st - Nanny Maroon5th16 Dec 2001Hong Kong MileSha TinG11600 m57S. Dye1st - Eishin Preston3rd2 Mar 2002Canterbury StakesCanterburyG21200 m57.5G. Boss1st - Empire2nd16 Mar 2002George Ryder StakesRosehillG11500 m58G. Boss1st - Lord Essex2nd30 Mar 2002Doncaster HandicapRandwickG11600 m58G. Boss1st - Sunline12th13 Apr 2002Queen Elizabeth StakesRandwickG12000 m58G. Boss1st - Defier
+ 2002–03 season as a six-year-oldResultDateRaceVenueGroupDistanceWeight (kg)JockeyWinner/2nd3rd17 Aug 2002Premiere StakesRosehillG21200 m57.5P. Payne1st - Century Kid4th7 Sep 2002Chelmsford StakesRandwickG21600 m58C. Brown1st - Lonhro5th28 Sep 2002George Main StakesRandwickG11600 m58C. Brown1st - Defier9th5 Oct 2002Epsom HandicapRandwickG11600 m58G. Boss1st - Excellerator4th1 Mar 2003Frederick Clissold StakesRosehillG31200 m60H. Bowman1st - Gordo2nd15 Mar 2003Chipping Norton StakesWarwick FarmG11600 m58H. Bowman1st - Lonhro6th5 Apr 2003George Ryder StakesRosehillG11500 m58H. Bowman1st - Lonhro7th26 Apr 2003All Aged StakesRandwickG11600 m58P. Payne1st - Arlington Road6th10 May 2003A D Hollindale StakesGold CoastG21800 m58S. Seamer1st - Bush Padre7th24 May 2003Doomben CupDoombenG12200 m58S. Seamer1st - Bush Padre
+ 2003–04 season as a seven-year-oldResultDateRaceVenueGroupDistanceWeight (kg)JockeyWinner/2ndWon18 Oct 2003City Tattersalls Lightning HcpRandwickLR1000 m61R. Quinn2nd - Marchioness3rd1 Nov 2003Yallambee Stud StakesFlemingtonG31400 m58.5G. Boss1st - Scenic PeakDied8 Nov 2003Emirates StakesFlemingtonG11600 m56.5G. Boss1st - Titanic Jack
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