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{{Infobox thoroughbred racehorse
{{Infobox thoroughbred racehorse
| horsename = Lucky Malibu's Money
| horsename = Better Loosen Up
| image =
| image =
| caption =
| caption =
| sire = Malibu Moon (USA)
| sire = Loosen Up (USA)
| grandsire = A.P Indy (USA)
| grandsire = [[Never Bend]]
| dam = Lucky One (USA)
| dam = Better Fantasy
| damsire = Best Of Luck
| damsire = [[Better Boy (horse)|Better Boy]] (IRE)
| sex = Mare
| sex = [[Gelding]]
| foaled = March 20 2005
| foaled = 29 August 1985
| country = America
| country = [[Australia]]
| colour = [[Bay (horse)|Bay]]
| colour = [[Bay (horse)|Bay]]
| breeder = Lynnda Bay and Walter Willer
| breeder = Howard Martin
| owner = L. & G. Theodore, Mrs L. Koumi, L. Fink, G.+ J.+ I. Farrah
| owner = Melissa and Wane Mccoy
| trainer = [[Les Theodore]] (at 2) <br>[[Bart Cummings]] (at 3)<br>[[Colin Hayes]] (at 4)<br>[[David A. Hayes|David Hayes]] (from 5 to 7)
| trainer = Troy Taylor
| record = 45: 17-9-3 <ref name="record">[http://www.racingvictoria.net.au/Racing/horse.aspx?horse_code=218619 Better Loosen Up's racing record]</ref>
| record = 11races 6wins 3seconds 1third
| earnings = $ 2,021,325
| earnings = A$4,773,970<ref name="record"/>
| race = [[Emirates Stakes|Honda Stakes]] (1989)<br>[[Railway Stakes (Australia)|Railway Stakes]] (1989)<br>[[Kingston Town Classic|Winfield Stakes]] (1989)<br>[[Cox Plate]] (1990)<br>[[Ranvet Stakes|Segenhoe Stakes]] (1990)<br>[[LKS MacKinnon Stakes]] (1990)<br>[[Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes|J F Feehan Stakes]] (1990)<br>[[Blamey Stakes]] (1990, 1991)<br>[[Turnbull Stakes]] (1990)<br>[[Australian Cup]] (1991)<br>
| Major Wins = Moccasin Stakes(2007) Molly Pitcher Handicap(2008) Monmouth Regret Stakes(2008) Hempstead Handicap(2009)
'''International race wins:'''<br>[[Japan Cup]] (1990)
| awards= champion 2 and 3 year old in Canada.
| awards= [[Australian Champion Racehorse of the Year|Australian Horse of the Year]] (1991)
| honours =Canadian Broodmare of the year 2014
| honours = [[Australian Racing Hall of Fame]] (2004)
Lucky Malibu's Money foaled (March 20 2005) in Kentucky is a champion Canadian thoroughbred racehorse sired by the amazing sire Malibu Moon out of the broodmare Lucky one that all making her half sister of champion mare Lucky One and amazing Kentucky Derby winner Orb.Brought to Canada to her owners farm Nickle & Dime stables.She had race between the U.S and Canada champion in the U.S and is highly respected at her home with all of her stable mates.
| updated= 13 June 2011}}
Lucky Malibu's Money who nicknamed Bright Eyes by he owners and barn staff is a daughter of Malibu Moon whose other progeny include the Grade I winners Orb 2013 Kentucky Derby winner, Declan's Moon, Devil May Care, Life At Ten (Beldame Stakes) and Malibu Prayer (Ruffian Handicap).Her dam Lucky One is not only the outstanding mother of Lucky Malibu's Money but also champions (OnePeaceOfCandy) by (Candy Ride) he won Colonial Turf Cup,(OneInMalibu) by Malibu Moon winner of the Palm Beach Stakes,Luckier Moon) by Malibu Moon who won the Oak Leaf Stakes and the Vanity Invitational Handicap,Brown One) by (Big Brown)
'''Better Loosen Up''' was an [[Australia]]n [[Thoroughbred]] [[racehorse]] that won the [[Japan Cup]] in 1990<ref>[http://www.tbheritage.com/TurfHallmarks/racecharts/Jap/JapanCup.html] List of Japan Cup winners</ref> and was named [[Australian Champion Racehorse of the Year|Australia's champion racehorse]] in 1991. He campaigned from two to seven years of age, and won 17 of his 45 starts,<ref>[http://www.racingvictoria.net.au/Racing/horse.aspx?horse_code=218619] Better Loosen Up's career record (Note: While the races contested by Better Loosen Up and his finishing positions appear correct, in many cases the other placegetters are not correct)</ref> including eight [[Group One]] races.<ref name="ASB">[http://www.studbook.org.au/horse.aspx?hid=274020&pagetype=RACEWINS ASB – Race wins] Retrieved on 2009-7-26</ref> In 2004, he was inducted into the [[Australian Racing Hall of Fame]].<ref>[http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/05/20/1085028471401.html Better Loosen Up in limelight again]</ref>
she won four races and one race of was the La Troienne Stake, Blind Luck she won so many races Oak Leaf Stakes Hollywood Starlet Stakes and so mush more.


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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Better Fantasy (AUS)|url=http://www.studbook.org.au/horse.aspx?hid=336781&pagetype=MAREBRDG|work=Australian Stud Book|publisher=Australian Turf Club Limited and Victoria Racing Club Limited|accessdate=13 June 2011}}</ref>
Background
Born in Kentucky she was purchased by the Mccoy's for $300.000 she was sent to there home in Canada to train over he Nickle & Dime home track she was as her Trainer Troy Taylor quoted (PERFECTION MUSIC SHE RUNS LIKE MUSIC PLAYS!)


Racing career
==Racing career==
Under the care of Les Theodore, won one of his four starts as two-year-old, a maiden at [[Bendigo]] on 28 April 1988. At three, he was transferred to the [[Sydney]] stables of [[Bart Cummings]], where he won four races and was runner-up in the [[Canterbury Guineas]]. At season's end, his record stood at a relatively unprepossessing five wins from 16 starts, although Les Theodore claims to have told the staff at Lindsay Park that the horse was a 'champion'.<ref name="SBB">Crawley, Steve (1993) 'Super Better Best', Raceplay, 87-93 Thislethwaite Street, South Melbourne, Victoria, 3205, VHS cassette/DVD</ref>
2007 two year old season
she won a maiden race at Hastings park in Canada and raced again at Hastings and won and another second at Hastings and came in second Alcibiades Stakes Keeneland 8.5 Dirt/Polytrack 2 F $500,000 and won the Moccasin Stakes.
2008 three year old season
she won the Molly Pitcher Handicap and won the Monmouth Regret Stakes and came in second in the Comely Stakes
at four she won the Hempstead Handicap and third in the Vagrancy Handicap and her last race was at Churchill downs and she took a bad fall and broke her leg made a quick recovery.


Now trained by [[Colin Hayes]], Better Loosen Up resumed late in the spring of 1989, on Caulfield Cup day, with a close second, and finished the year with three Group One wins in as many starts, in the [[Emirates Stakes|Honda Stakes]], the [[Kingston Town Classic|Winfield Stakes]], and the [[Railway Stakes (Australia)|Railway Stakes]]. In the new year, he defeated [[Super Impose]] and [[Vo Rogue]] in the [[Blamey Stakes|Blamey]] and the [[Ranvet Stakes|Segenhoe Stakes]], and was runner-up to Vo Rogue in the [[Australian Cup]] in between. In his final starts for the season, he was defeated by [[Sydeston]] on heavy tracks in the [[Mercedes Classic]] and [[Queen Elizabeth Stakes (ATC)|Queen Elizabeth Stakes]]. At five, under the care of David Hayes (Colin Hayes had retired at the end of the 1989-1990 season), Better Loosen Up was better again. After a first-up defeat in the [[Liston Stakes]], he was undefeated for the rest of the season, and, in successive races, took out the [[Feehan Stakes]], the [[Turnbull Stakes]], the [[Cox Plate]], the [[Mackinnon Stakes]], the [[Japan Cup]], and, in the new year, the Blamey Stakes and the Australian Cup. In the [[Cox Plate]], Better Loosen Up had come from an estimated 30 lengths off the lead to win in course-record time; in the Mackinnon Stakes, on Derby Day, he was one of a 'world record' six Group winners for his trainer;<ref>[http://www.bryanmartinracingclub.com.au/davidhayes Racecaller Bryan Martin's web site]</ref> in the Japan Cup, he scored a thrilling win to racecaller Bryan Martin's cry of 'Better Loosen Up has won for Australia',<ref name="SBB"/> and remains the only Australian horse to do so; in the Australian Cup, he defeated Vo Rogue by five-and-a-half lengths. Following this season, Better Loosen Up was named Australia's champion racehorse in 1991.
Her career as a Broodmare

she is now the proud mother of unbeaten 2009 (Mccoy's Miracle)a colt by Excgange rate,2011(Luckiest Money) a filly by Lucky Pulpit who is a very strong steed horse,2013(Zevario) a colt by Archarcharch and then a 2014 colt by Tapit named (Tapcky).
A leg injury, which had cut short his autumn campaign, restricted him to just 12 further starts, at six and seven, and he failed to reach the same heights. His best performance came in the Cox Plate of 1992, where he was beaten just over a length by Super Impose, and successfully protested against Let's Elope, that was second past-the-post. He was retired in February 1993, within days of Super Impose, with which he would star on 'Super Better Best'<ref name="SBB"/> - the story of how two geldings rose from obscurity to amass a '$10 million fortune'.

==In retirement==
Now in his 20s, Better Loosen Up resides at [[Living Legends horse retirement home|Living Legends]], The International Home of Rest for Champion Horses in the Melbourne suburb of [[Greenvale, Victoria|Greenvale]].<ref>[http://www.livinglegends.org.au/legends.html Living Legends] Retrieved on 2009-7-26</ref>

==Tabulated pedigree==
{{Pedigree
|name = Better Loosen Up (AUS), bay gelding, 1985
|inf =
|f = Loosen Up (USA)<br />Br. 1973
|m = Better Fantasy <br />Br or bl. 1975
|ff = [[Never Bend]]<br />1960
|fm = Dancing Hostess<br />1964
|mf = Better Boy (IRE)<br />1951
|mm = Pure Fantasy<br />1968
|fff = [[Nasrullah (horse)|Nasrullah]]
|ffm = Lalun
|fmf = [[Sword Dancer]]
|fmm = Your Hostess
|mff = [[My Babu]]
|mfm = Better So
|mmf = Niksar
|mmm = Alecon
|ffff = [[Nearco]]
|fffm = Mumtaz Begum
|ffmf = Djeddah
|ffmm = Be Faithful
|fmff = Sunglow
|fmfm = Highland Fling
|fmmf = Alibhai
|fmmm = Boudoir
|mfff = [[Djebel]]
|mffm = Perfume
|mfmf = Mieuxce
|mfmm = Soga
|mmff = Le Haar
|mmfm = Niskampe
|mmmf = Dalray
|mmmm = Boot Maid (Family: 7-d)|}}

==See also==
* [[Millionaire Racehorses in Australia]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.racingmuseum.com.au/ Better Loosen Up at the Australian Racing Museum and Hall of Fame]

[[Category:1985 racehorse births]]
[[Category:Thoroughbred racehorses]]
[[Category:Racehorses bred in Australia]]
[[Category:Racehorses trained in Australia]]
[[Category:Australian racehorses]]
[[Category:Cox Plate winners]]
[[Category:Japan Cup winners]]
[[Category:Australian Champion Racehorse of the Year]]
[[Category:Australian Racing Hall of Fame horses]]

Revision as of 18:58, 24 October 2014

Better Loosen Up
SireLoosen Up (USA)
GrandsireNever Bend
DamBetter Fantasy
DamsireBetter Boy (IRE)
SexGelding
Foaled29 August 1985
CountryAustralia
ColourBay
BreederHoward Martin
OwnerL. & G. Theodore, Mrs L. Koumi, L. Fink, G.+ J.+ I. Farrah
TrainerLes Theodore (at 2)
Bart Cummings (at 3)
Colin Hayes (at 4)
David Hayes (from 5 to 7)
Record45: 17-9-3 [1]
EarningsA$4,773,970[1]
Major wins
Honda Stakes (1989)
Railway Stakes (1989)
Winfield Stakes (1989)
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 an Australian Thoroughbred racehorse that won the Japan Cup in 1990[2] 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,[3] including eight Group One races.[4] In 2004, he was inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame.[5]

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.[6]

Racing career

Under the care of Les Theodore, won one of his four starts as two-year-old, a maiden at Bendigo on 28 April 1988. At three, he was transferred to the Sydney stables of Bart Cummings, where he won four races and was runner-up in the Canterbury Guineas. At season's end, his record stood at a relatively unprepossessing five wins from 16 starts, although Les Theodore claims to have told the staff at Lindsay Park that the horse was a 'champion'.[7]

Now trained by Colin Hayes, Better Loosen Up resumed late in the spring of 1989, on Caulfield Cup day, with a close second, and finished the year with three Group One wins in as many starts, in the Honda Stakes, the Winfield Stakes, and the Railway Stakes. In the new year, he defeated Super Impose and Vo Rogue in the Blamey and the Segenhoe Stakes, and was runner-up to Vo Rogue in the Australian Cup in between. In his final starts for the season, he was defeated by Sydeston on heavy tracks in the Mercedes Classic and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. At five, under the care of David Hayes (Colin Hayes had retired at the end of the 1989-1990 season), Better Loosen Up was better again. After a first-up defeat in the Liston Stakes, he was undefeated for the rest of the season, and, in successive races, took out the Feehan Stakes, the Turnbull Stakes, the Cox Plate, the Mackinnon Stakes, the Japan Cup, and, in the new year, the Blamey Stakes and the Australian Cup. In the Cox Plate, Better Loosen Up had come from an estimated 30 lengths off the lead to win in course-record time; in the Mackinnon Stakes, on Derby Day, he was one of a 'world record' six Group winners for his trainer;[8] in the Japan Cup, he scored a thrilling win to racecaller Bryan Martin's cry of 'Better Loosen Up has won for Australia',[7] and remains the only Australian horse to do so; in the Australian Cup, he defeated Vo Rogue by five-and-a-half lengths. Following this season, Better Loosen Up was named Australia's champion racehorse in 1991.

A leg injury, which had cut short his autumn campaign, restricted him to just 12 further starts, at six and seven, and he failed to reach the same heights. His best performance came in the Cox Plate of 1992, where he was beaten just over a length by Super Impose, and successfully protested against Let's Elope, that was second past-the-post. He was retired in February 1993, within days of Super Impose, with which he would star on 'Super Better Best'[7] - the story of how two geldings rose from obscurity to amass a '$10 million fortune'.

In retirement

Now in his 20s, Better Loosen Up resides at Living Legends, The International Home of Rest for Champion Horses in the Melbourne suburb of Greenvale.[9]

Tabulated pedigree

Pedigree of Better Loosen Up (AUS), bay gelding, 1985
Sire
Loosen Up (USA)
Br. 1973 		Never Bend
1960 		Nasrullah Nearco
Mumtaz Begum
Lalun Djeddah
Be Faithful
Dancing Hostess
1964 		Sword Dancer Sunglow
Highland Fling
Your Hostess Alibhai
Boudoir
Dam
Better Fantasy
Br or bl. 1975 		Better Boy (IRE)
1951 		My Babu Djebel
Perfume
Better So Mieuxce
Soga
Pure Fantasy
1968 		Niksar Le Haar
Niskampe
Alecon Dalray
Boot Maid (Family: 7-d)

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Better Loosen Up's racing record
  2. ^ [1] List of Japan Cup winners
  3. ^ [2] Better Loosen Up's career record (Note: While the races contested by Better Loosen Up and his finishing positions appear correct, in many cases the other placegetters are not correct)
  4. ^ ASB – Race wins Retrieved on 2009-7-26
  5. ^ Better Loosen Up in limelight again
  6. ^ "Better Fantasy (AUS)". Australian Stud Book. Australian Turf Club Limited and Victoria Racing Club Limited. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
  7. ^ a b c Crawley, Steve (1993) 'Super Better Best', Raceplay, 87-93 Thislethwaite Street, South Melbourne, Victoria, 3205, VHS cassette/DVD
  8. ^ Racecaller Bryan Martin's web site
  9. ^ Living Legends Retrieved on 2009-7-26
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