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The 1992 Melbourne Cup winning horse Subzero, held by Race Director Graham Salisbury, licks the 2013 Melbourne Cup.
Australia’s greatest racing ambassador, Subzero, a 1992 Melbourne Cup winner, has died at age 32.
Just two months after the death of his great companion and caretaker Graham Salisbury, Subzero was euthanized by vets due to heart failure.
Their bond was inseparable and former coach Richard Freedman believes that Salisbury’s death proved unbearable for the most popular gray in racing.
“It just shows that when his partner left, it didn’t last long,” Freedman said.
“He would have been so close to Graham and cared so much for Graham since he died, about two or three months ago, he just gave up.
“He was the best living thoroughbred before he died and now he is the best of all time, not only because of what he did on the track, but because of the joy he gave people after finishing the race and the service he received. gave to the race “.
“He was a class secretary, he visited schools, he was an ambassador; there will never be one like him. He was one of a kind, a freak of nature.”
Subzero beat Kiwi Veandercross and Castletown horses in the wet at Felmington in 1992.
Freedman’s son William posted a moving tribute to the champion horse on Twitter.
“It was a very emotional day,” he wrote.
“Below zero, you were a saint for racing and for the community. You deserved to be honored and remembered.”
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The then Prime Minister of Victoria Denis Napthine poses with former Melbourne Cup winner Subzero at Flemington Racecourse in 2013.
Winner of the 1992 Melbourne Cup under the direction of Greg Hall, the Freedman-trained star became an iconic figure for off-track racing, first as a course assistant and then as a visitor to elderly care facilities. and the schools under the care of Salisbury.
Salisbury dies of prostate cancer in June, aged 76, surrounded by family at Bendigo Hospital.
Tributes flowed Saturday afternoon from the entire racing and sports fraternity.
Racing caller Bryan Martin described Subzero as ‘the best racing ambassador’.
“It is a great sadness to hear today of the passing of the wonderful racehorse Subzero,” wrote Martin.
“At 32 years old. 1992 Melbourne Cup winner and 25 year old racing ambassador. Goodbye Subbie #RacingIcon”
