Rakwool
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SireWoorak
GrandsireTraquair
DamWollumqua
DamsirePetrillo
| Rakwool | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Woorak |
| Grandsire | Traquair |
| Dam | Wollumqua |
| Damsire | Petrillo |
| Sex | Gelding |
| Foaled | 1925 |
| Country | Australia |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | A. E. Tyson & E. Y. Shiel |
| Owner | E. Y. Shiel |
| Major wins | |
| VRC Grand National (1931) | |
Rakwool was an Australian racehorse who carried 73 kg (11 st 7 lb) to win the Grand National Steeplechase at Flemington by 20 lengths in 1931. It's racing career was ended by injury at the age of six.
Rakwool was a bay gelding sired by Woorak, an Australian stallion whose most successful offspring was the Caulfield Cup winner, Whittier. His dam, Wollumqua, had produced four previous winners and went on to foal Precocious, which won the VRC Grand National in 1932. Wollumqua was sold for 625 guineas by her owner A. E. Tyson, to E. Y. Shiel while pregnant with the foal who would go on to be named Rakwool. The horse's earliest training was handled by Shiel's daughter, Dorothy.[1]