Jezabeel
Jezabeel was a top New Zealand thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1998 Melbourne Cup.
| Jezabeel | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Zabeel |
| Grandsire | Sir Tristram |
| Dam | Passefleur |
| Damsire | Vice Regal |
| Sex | Mare |
| Foaled | 2 November 1992 |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Colour | Brown |
| Breeder | J. Broome |
| Owner | A. K. Burr, et al. |
| Trainer | Brian Jenkins |
| Major wins | |
| Auckland Cup (1998) Melbourne Cup (1998) | |
In April 1995, as a 2 year old, she won the listed 1600m Champagne Stakes at Ellerslie. Later that year she went to Flemington but was last of seven in a 3YO fillies race.
In December 1997 she was second to Paddy O’Riley in the Manawatu Cup. On New Years Day 1998 she won the Auckland Cup, ridden by then apprentice jockey Opie Bosson, beating Aerosmith by a short neck with North Lady third.
Jezabeel is the only horse to have won both the Melbourne Cup and the Auckland Cup.
Jezabeel was ridden by Chris Munce in the Melbourne Cup. She and Champagne delivered sweet revenge when fighting out the finish of the Melbourne Cup. The race provided a turn of fortune after both mares had suffered interference-caused by jockey Ray Cochrane on Taufan's Melody in the Caulfield Cup.[1]
The Melbourne Cup victory was her last race. She won seven races in her career. Since the death of Subzero on 29 August 2020, she is both the oldest and earliest winning of all the surviving Melbourne Cup winning horses.