Better Loosen Up
Better Loosen Up (foaled 29 August 1985 – died 15 March 2016) was an Australian Thoroughbred racehorse that won the Japan Cup in 1990 and was named Australia's champion racehorse in 1991. He campaigned from two to seven years of age, and won 17 of his 45 starts, including eight Group One races. In 2004, he was inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame.
| Better Loosen Up | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Loosen Up (USA) |
| Grandsire | Never Bend |
| Dam | Better Fantasy |
| Damsire | Better Boy (IRE) |
| Sex | Gelding |
| Foaled | 29 August 1985 |
| Died | 15 March 2016 (aged 30) |
| Country | Australia |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Howard Martin |
| Owner | L. & G. Theodore, L. Koumi, L. Fink, G.+ J.+ I. Farrah |
| Trainer | Les Theodore (at 2) Bart Cummings (at 3) Colin Hayes (at 4) David Hayes (from 5 to 7) |
| Record | 45: 17–9–3 |
| Earnings | A$4,773,970 |
| Major wins | |
| Honda Stakes (1989) Railway Stakes (1989) Winfield Stakes (1989) W. S. Cox Plate (1990) Segenhoe Stakes (1990) LKS MacKinnon Stakes (1990) J F Feehan Stakes (1990) Blamey Stakes (1990, 1991) Turnbull Stakes (1990) Australian Cup (1991) International race wins: Japan Cup (1990) | |
| Awards | |
| Australian Horse of the Year (1991) | |
| Honours | |
| Australian Racing Hall of Fame (2004) | |
| Last updated on 13 June 2011 | |
Better Loosen Up was a small bay gelding, by Loosen Up (USA) out of Better Fantasy by Better Boy (IRE). He was bred by Howard Martin and foaled in Berrigan, New South Wales. Loosen Up won the French Prix de l' Avre and was the sire of six stakes-winners in Australia with Better Loosen Up being the best one. Better Fantasy was the dam of 13 named foals, but Better Loosen Up was her only stakes-winner.