Horse of the Week: Dissident

Published: 20 Apr 2015

Game face - The 'Big 'Diss' before the 2014 Doncaster Handicap 

It didn't take much discussion amongst The Race Guide's Analyst Team to give the mighty 'Big Diss' the mantle of Horse of the Week.

He capped off a career that just kept getting better and better with another brave performance to fight off Waterhouse's warrior Wandjina in Saturday's feature, the Group One All Aged Stakes.

OK, he got a pretty cheap run on the pace, but the heavily supported Chautauqua wasn't far off him with a furlong to go.

Strong on the line - Dissident kept lifting to win the All Aged Stakes by a clear margin

The flashy grey couldn't muster the finishing strength to get past him though, something that's never been an easy task.

A look at the Profiler brings one of Australia's mightiest horses to life.

Breeding

Sired by Sebring, from Diana's Secret (an Anabaa mare) on 2nd November, 2010.

Type

Good muscle on robust frame with solid thick neck of a colt. A tough and adaptable galloper.

Features

Adaptable, Reliable, Tough, Genuine, Maintains Run and Tactical Speed.

Record

21 Starts for 7 Wins and 8 Placings. Total Prize-money of $2,021,200.

Best Wins

Five Group One Wins

• 18/4/15 Schweppes All Aged Stakes over 1,400 metres
• 14/2/15 Sportingbet C.F. Orr Stakes over 1,400 metres
• 13/9/14 Makybe Diva Stakes over 1,600 metres
• 30/8/14 N.Z. Bloodstock Memsie Stakes over 1,400 metres
• 15/3/14 Royal Randwick Guineas over 1,600 metres

Quick Facts

• Trainer Peter Moody paid $210,000 for him at the 2012 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale 
• Newgate Stud and the China Horse Club bought into him late in his career
• The new Red and Yellow silks are the China Horse Club's colours
• He lost when odds on favourite at two out of his last four starts
• His first ever start was a win in the 2yo Blue Diamond Preview at 14/1
• Three of his five Group One wins were at good odds, between 9/1 and 11/1
• His 2nd in the Sir Rupert Clarke to Trust In A Gust carrying 58kg was rated up there with all of his Group One wins

Striding out - Dissident's impressive parade will be a feature at Newgate's stud farm

To check out the horses, including Profiler and Form, visit www.theraceguide.com.au this weekend.