Eurythmic (horse)

His first start was in the WATC Initial Stakes, but he was unplaced to the two-year-old Eragoon, to whom he finished third at his next start. At their next meeting in the WATC Nursery Handicap Eurythmic was in receipt of two stone in weight and defeated his former victor by five lengths. This pair met again in the Karrakatta Plate over five furlongs, at equal weights, and Eurythmic won by 1½ lengths. Eurythmic was then unplaced in the Claremont Handicap and concluded his first season of racing by winning the WATC Sires Produce Stakes by 3½ lengths.[4]

Eurythmic won seven of his eight starts as a three-year-old, including the WATC Grove Handicap from a big field, the WATC Derby, and three days later dead-heated with the outsider Rivose (conceding her 10 pounds) in the Perth Cup. The pair covered the distance in 3:25 which was then a record for the 2 miles (3,200 metres). He then won the weight for age (wfa) C B Cox Stakes, WATC Osborne Stakes (the latter in course record time) and then finished the season with a win in the WATC St Leger. He had finished his three-year-old season as the undisputed champion of Western Australia.[5]

He was taken east at the beginning of his four-year-old career to be trained by Jack Holt in Melbourne. Eurythmic won the VATC Memsie Stakes, starting at 20 to 1, and was then installed as favourite for the VRC October Stakes, in which he beat Ethiopian (GB) by 1¼ lengths. During October he won the Caulfield Stakes, the Caulfield Cup (defeating a big field and giving each of the place-getters a stone in weight), and the Melbourne Stakes which was his eleventh consecutive victory. The following week he suffered his only defeat for the season, running fourth to Poitrel in the Melbourne Cup. Eurythmic won his next eight races: the CB Fisher Plate (defeating Poitrel), Essendon Stakes, VRC Governor's Plate and King's Plate, AJC Autumn Stakes, Sydney Cup (carrying 9 stone 8 pounds (61 kg)) and the Cumberland Stakes. He finished the season with a tally of 12 wins from 13 starts.[4]

Eurythmic won his first five-year-old race, the Memsie Stakes, a race which he would win for three consecutive years. In the October Stakes Tangalooma defeated Eurythmic by a short half-head. Next Eurythmic won the Caulfield Stakes (in race record time), Herbert Power Stakes and the VRC Melbourne Stakes. In the Melbourne Cup he suffered interference and was pulled up. In the VATC St George Stakes he conceded the second place-getter, Harvest King, more than 2 stone, and was penalised 20-pounds for his win when the weights were issued for the VATC Futurity Stakes, which he duly won carrying 10 stone 7 pounds (67 kg). Eurythmic's prize money for this race led to him overtaking Carbine as the greatest Australian stake winner to that time.[6] He was unplaced in the Newmarket Handicap field, won the C. M. Lloyd Stakes at (wfa), and ran third in the (wfa) AJC Autumn Stakes (to Beauford and Sister Olive) and in the (wfa) Cumberland Stakes, (to David and Furious).[7]

In his last season of racing Eurythmic won both the Memsie Stakes and Caulfield Stakes for the third year in succession, ran second in the Herbert Power Stakes, and third in the Melbourne Stakes. In his final four starts he finished second in the VATC St George Stakes, VATC Futurity Stakes (carrying 10 st 7 lb (67 kg)), VRC Essendon Stakes, and C. M. Lloyd Stakes. By the time he had finished racing as a six-year-old he was the greatest stake-winner in Australia, with winnings of more than £36,000.[5]