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Overview

Russia was a hardy Australian bred Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1946 Melbourne Cup and other staying races. Breeding He was a chestnut stallion foaled in 1940 by the unplaced, but good sire, Excitement (IRE) from the unraced Lady March by the useful broodmare sire, Bonnement (GB). Lady March also had two sets of twins that died and Brazen March, a filly that did not race. Russia was bred at Trangie, New South Wales by J. G. Leeds and trained throughout his career by Ted Hush. During Russia's racing career Leeds gave Ted Hush a half share in Russia prior to his Melbourne Cup win. Racing record A hardy competitor he competed for seven seasons over distances from 5 furlongs (1,000 metres) to 2¼ miles, starting 89 times for 22½ wins, which included victories in 19 principal races. Racing under weight for age (w.f.a.) conditions he won 12½ races and defeated Shannon and Flight when they were at the peak of their racing careers. His biggest win was the 1946 VRC Melbourne Cup which he won by five lengths in a time of 3 minutes 21.25 seconds that equalled the then race record set by Wotan ten years earlier.

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Notable quotes

“There are things in Russia which are not as they seem.”
— Georgy Zhukov, as quoted in "Mandate for Change, 1953-1956: The White House Years" - Page 518 - by Dwight David Eisenhower - 1963
“Russian Communism is the illegitimate child of Karl Marx and Catherine the Great.”
— Clement Attlee, as quoted in The Observer (1956).
“In a Russian tragedy, everybody dies. In a Russian comedy, everybody dies, too. But they die happy.”
— Barry Farber, radio talk-show host in New York City, during a program on radio station WMCA; reported in Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations (1989).
“The mutual trust that emerged with the end of the Cold War was severely shaken a few years later by NATO's decision to expand to the east. Russia had no option but to draw its own conclusions from that.”
— Mikhail Gorbachev, What Is at Stake Now (2020)
“My heroes are those people who want to be individuals but are being forced to be cogs again. In an Empire there are only cogs.”
— Anna Politkovskaya, as quoted in Anna Politkovskaya: Putin, poison and my struggle for freedom (15 October 2004), The Independent.
“The idea of a concentration camp is excellent.”
— Joseph Stalin on ideas of eradicating 'counter-revolutionaries and traitors' in Estonia, as quoted in Stalin : A Biography (2004) by Robert Service, p. 158; also in Bol'shevistskoe rukovodstvo. Perepiska, 1912-1927, p. 36.

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Key facts

Born: 1940
Country: Australia

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Notable quotes

“There are things in Russia which are not as they seem.”
— Georgy Zhukov, as quoted in "Mandate for Change, 1953-1956: The White House Years" - Page 518 - by Dwight David Eisenhower - 1963
“Russian Communism is the illegitimate child of Karl Marx and Catherine the Great.”
— Clement Attlee, as quoted in The Observer (1956).
“In a Russian tragedy, everybody dies. In a Russian comedy, everybody dies, too. But they die happy.”
— Barry Farber, radio talk-show host in New York City, during a program on radio station WMCA; reported in Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations (1989).
“The mutual trust that emerged with the end of the Cold War was severely shaken a few years later by NATO's decision to expand to the east. Russia had no option but to draw its own conclusions from that.”
— Mikhail Gorbachev, What Is at Stake Now (2020)
“My heroes are those people who want to be individuals but are being forced to be cogs again. In an Empire there are only cogs.”
— Anna Politkovskaya, as quoted in Anna Politkovskaya: Putin, poison and my struggle for freedom (15 October 2004), The Independent.
“The idea of a concentration camp is excellent.”
— Joseph Stalin on ideas of eradicating 'counter-revolutionaries and traitors' in Estonia, as quoted in Stalin : A Biography (2004) by Robert Service, p. 158; also in Bol'shevistskoe rukovodstvo. Perepiska, 1912-1927, p. 36.

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Overview

Russia was a hardy Australian bred Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1946 Melbourne Cup and other staying races. Breeding He was a chestnut stallion foaled in 1940 by the unplaced, but good sire, Excitement (IRE) from the unraced Lady March by the useful broodmare sire, Bonnement (GB). Lady March also had two sets of twins that died and Brazen March, a filly that did not race. Russia was bred at Trangie, New South Wales by J. G. Leeds and trained throughout his career by Ted Hush. During Russia's racing career Leeds gave Ted Hush a half share in Russia prior to his Melbourne Cup win. Racing record A hardy competitor he competed for seven seasons over distances from 5 furlongs (1,000 metres) to 2¼ miles, starting 89 times for 22½ wins, which included victories in 19 principal races. Racing under weight for age (w.f.a.) conditions he won 12½ races and defeated Shannon and Flight when they were at the peak of their racing careers. His biggest win was the 1946 VRC Melbourne Cup which he won by five lengths in a time of 3 minutes 21.25 seconds that equalled the then race record set by Wotan ten years earlier.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).