Published 02/19/2024 5:56:32 a.m.

Kiwi Melbourne Cup winning horse Verry Elleegant dies

Summary by Ground News

The 11-time Group 1 winner, and 2021 Melbourne Cup champion, passed away due to complications giving birth to her foal. The foal also died. The Australian Turf Club renamed a historic Group 1 race in her honour. The Chipping Norton Stakes, traditionally the first Sydney Group 1race of the year and boasting prizemoney of $1m, is now called Verry Elleegant Stakes.

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NZ Herald

Kiwi Melbourne Cup winning horse Verry Elleegant dies

One of the greats of New Zealand horse racing, Verry Elleegant , has died suddenly while giving birth to her first foal in France. The Melbourne Cup winner ,...

02/19/2024 12:28:08 a.m.·Auckland, New Zealand

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ABC Australia

Melbourne Cup winning racehorse Verry Elleegant dies following complications giving birth, former trainer Chris Waller pays tribute

The racing world is in mourning after Verry Elleegant — who won two-thirds of Australian racing's big three distance races including the Melbourne Cup — dies in France from complications giving birth to a foal.

02/19/2024 12:27:32 a.m.·Australia

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2021 Melbourne Cup winner Verry Elleegant dies

The 2021 Melbourne Cup winner Verry Elleegant has died. The horse passed away due to complications giving birth to her foal. The champion mare not only took out the Cup but finished her career with 11 Group Ones to her name. Over the course of her career, she won more than $14 million in prize money. Verry Elleegant was on a farm in Ireland at the time of her passing.

02/19/2024 5:56:32 a.m.

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