Weekend Hussler is a retired Australian Thoroughbred racehorse. He is a bay gelding by Hussonet out of Weekend Beauty (by Helissio).ASB - Weekend Hussler Retrieved on 2009-6-7 He was foaled in 2004. Hussonet had been a very successful sire in Chile for Haras de Pirque where he stood for the largest fee of any stallion in the history of Chilean Thoroughbred breeding.Bloodhorse.com - 6 February 2003
Weekend Hussler won 9 of his 11 starts at three, including Group One wins in the Caulfield Guineas, Ascot Vale Stakes, Oakleigh Plate, Newmarket Handicap, Randwick Guineas and George Ryder Stakes. In winning six Group One wins he equalled Kingston Town's Australian record for most in a single season. Weekend Hussler was named the 2007/2008 Australian Horse of the Year.
His first start as a four-year-old resulted in a second placing to the unbeaten Group One winner Light Fantastic in the J J Liston Stakes. Two weeks later he backed it up with his first win in the 2008–09 season by winning the Memsie Stakes at Caulfield Racecourse, defeating Maldivian and Pompeii Ruler. A week later in the Makybe Diva Stakes (formerly the Craiglee Stakes) he won again, by 2½ lengths over Zarita and Littorio. In that event Light Fantastic suffered his first defeat to run fourth. Two weeks later, Weekend Hussler won his seventh Group One when victorious in the Underwood Stakes at Caulfield over 1,800 metres, his first race past 1,600 metres. Two weeks later, he finished eighth in the Turnbull Stakes at Flemington Racecourse in his first attempt at 2,000 metres. Weekend Hussler then finished twelfth behind the British racehorse All The Good in the Caulfield Cup. His first run as an autumn four-year-old resulted in a fourth in the Lightning Stakes, his second run resulted in a fifth in the Australia Stakes. Injury concerns curtailed his four-year-old campaign and kept him out of racing during the spring as a five-year-old.
He returned to racing in February 2010 in the Oakleigh Plate, where he finished back in the field under the top-weight. Another injury (a torn off synovial pad from his off fore fetlock joint) was found after that race, and he was to miss the rest of the autumn. He returned to racing in October 2010 with a 10th placing in the Gilgai Stakes at Flemington; however, his retirement was announced shortly after.
Race record + 2007–08 season as a three-year-oldResultDateRaceVenueGroupDistanceWeight (kg)TimeJockeyWinner/2nd4th19 Aug 20073yo MaidenSaleNA1208m57.01:12.89Luke Nolen1st - Aceland StreetWon2 Sep 20073yo MaidenCranbourneNA1200m57.01:11.65C. Symons2nd - EmbracingWon19 Sep 20073yo Rst72SandownNA1300m57.01:15.94Brad Rawiller2nd - SimplestWon30 Sep 20073yo OpenSandownNA1400m57.01:24.23B. Rawiller2nd - ViatorianWon13 Oct 2007Caulfield GuineasCaulfieldG11600m55.51:36.42B. Rawiller2nd - Scenic BlastWon3 Nov 2007Ascot Vale StakesFlemingtonG11200m55.51:08.95B. Rawiller2nd - Bel Mer10th10 Nov 2007Emirates StakesFlemingtonG11600m51.51:35.98Danny Nikolic1st - Tears I CryWon2008 Oakleigh Plate result23 Feb 2008Oakleigh PlateCaulfieldG11100m53.01:03.22B. Rawiller2nd - MagnusWon2008 Newmarket Handicap result8 Mar 2008Newmarket HandicapFlemingtonG11200m56.01:08.97B. Rawiller2nd - MagnusWon29 Mar 2008Randwick GuineasRandwickG11600m56.51:36.30B. Rawiller2nd - Triple HonourWon19 Apr 2008George Ryder StakesRosehillG11500m56.5 1:31.72 B. Rawiller2nd - Racing to Win
+ 2008–09 season as a four-year-oldResultDateRaceVenueGroupDistanceWeight (kg)TimeJockeyWinner/2nd2nd16 Aug 2008J J Liston StakesCaulfieldG21400m58.51:24.83B.Rawiller1st - Light FantasticWon30 Aug 2008Memsie StakesCaulfieldG21400m58.51:23.27B. Rawiller2nd - MaldivianWon6 Sep 2008Craiglee StakesFlemingtonG21600m58.51:38.60B.Rawiller2nd - ZaritaWon20 Sep 2008Underwood StakesCaulfieldG11800m58.01:49.68B.Rawiller2nd - Pompeii Ruler8th4 Oct 2008Turnbull StakesFlemingtonG12000m57.52:02.44B.Rawiller1st - Littorio12th18 Oct 2008Caulfield CupCaulfieldG12400m57.02:27.45B.Rawiller1st - All The Good4th31 Jan 2009Lightning StakesFlemingtonG11000m58.50:56.94B.Rawiller1st - Scenic Blast5th14 Feb 2009Australia StakesMoonee ValleyG11200m58.51:09.60B.Rawiller1st - Apache Cat
+ 2009–10 season as a five-year-oldResultDateRaceVenueGroupDistanceWeight (kg)TimeJockeyWinner/2nd11th20 Feb 2010Oakleigh PlateCaulfieldG11100m58.51:03.16B.Rawiller1st - Starspangledbanner
+ 2010–11 season as a six-year-oldResultDateRaceVenueGroupDistanceWeight (kg)TimeJockeyWinner/2nd10th3 Oct 2010Gilgai StakesFlemingtonG21200m58.01:08.20Glen Boss1st - Hay List
Pedigree
References
Victory in Newmarket Handicap Horse of the Year Award Weekend Hussler's pedigree and racing statistics