Stylish Century was a notable Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

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Thoroughbred

The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word thoroughbred is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed...

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Horse

The horse is one of two extant subspecies of Equus ferus, or the wild horse. It is a single-hooved mammal belonging to the taxonomic family Equidae. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million years from a small multi-toed creature into the large, single-toed animal of today...

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A son of Double Century from the Forex mare Stylish he was foaled in 1986 and was trained by a number of trainers throughout his career including Bart Cummings

Bart Cummings

James Bartholomew 'Bart' Cummings, AM is one of the most successful Australian racehorse trainers. He is known as the Cups King, referring to the Melbourne Cup, as the he has won the 'race that stops a nation' a record 12 times....

 for a short time.

Known for his bold, front-running style he won quality races like the 1989 AJC

Australian Jockey Club

The Australian Jockey Club was founded in January 1842. It morphed from the former Australian Racing Committee set up in May 1840 to set the standards for racing in the colony...

 Spring Champion Stakes

Spring Champion Stakes

The Spring Champion Stakes is a Group 1 Australian Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds at set weights. First run in 1971, it is raced over a distance of 2000 metres at Randwick Racecourse, Sydney in October...

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Victoria Racing Club

The Victoria Racing Club was founded in 1864. It was formed following the disbanding of the Victoria Turf Club and the Victoria Jockey Club. A legacy passed from the Victoria Turf Club was the annual “race that stops a nation”, the Melbourne Cup, which was first contested in 1861.From its...

 Victoria Derby

Victoria Derby

The Victoria Derby is an Australian Thoroughbred horse race held annually on the first day of Melbourne's annual Spring Racing Carnival, Victorian Derby Day, held at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne. A Group One race for three-year-old horses, it is raced on a left-handed turf course at a...

 and the 1991 AJC Queen Elizabeth Stakes

AJC Queen Elizabeth Stakes

The AJC Queen Elizabeth Stakes is a Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race run at Weight for Age, over a distance of 2,000 metres in April or May at Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...

. As a 3-year old he also ran a close second to Almaarad in the 1989 MVRC

Moonee Valley Racing Club

The Moonee Valley Racing Club is located at the Moonee Valley racecourse on McPherson Street, Moonee Ponds . It is one of three racing clubs in the Melbourne metropolitan area; the others are the Victoria Racing Club and the Melbourne Racing Club...

 W.S. Cox Plate

Cox Plate

The W.S. Cox Plate is an Australian Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race held in Melbourne every October by the Moonee Valley Racing Club to honour W.S. Cox, the club's founder. For three-year-olds and over, the race is considered to be the Weight for Age championship of Australasia...

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Retired to stud, he only had moderate success with his best performer being Buster Jones winner of the 1999 VATC Sandown Stakes

Sandown Stakes

The Sandown Stakes is a Melbourne Racing Club Group 3 Australian Thoroughbred quality handicap horse race, for horses aged four years old and upwards, over a distance of 1500 metres. It is held at Sandown Racecourse in Melbourne in November...

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He died in 2003 following a spider bite.

Major wins

Stylish Century won the following major races:

• 1989 AJC Spring Champion Stakes – (2000m)
• 1989 VRC Victoria Derby – (2400m)
• 1990 VATC Caulfield Autumn Classic – (1800m)
• 1991 AJC Queen Elizabeth Stakes – (2000m)
• 1991 VATC Sandown Cup – (2400m)