Kingston Rule
Kingston Rule (1986, Kentucky – December 2011) was an American-bred racehorse who raced in Australia, where he won the 1990 Melbourne Cup in a record time of 3:16:3. This time still stands as the record today. Bred and raced by Victoria's David H. Hains, who had bred Kingston Town, Kingston Rule was sired by the famed U.S. Triple Crown Champion Secretariat and, out of the 1982 Australian Horse of the Year, Rose of Kingston. He was initially trained in France by Patrick Biancone but only raced once there. He then came to Australia and initially trained by Tommy Smith but was unimpressive. In the Spring of 1989, Kingston Rule was moved to the stables of Bart Cummings. He won two races at Sandown over a mile and was later placed second in the Carlyon Cup at Caulfield to Marwong. He ran in a number of feature races to qualify for the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups but without any wins: 7th in the Australian Cup won by Vo Rogue. 5th in the Memsie Stakes won by The Phantom. 4th in the Craiglee Stakes won by Zabeel. 2nd in the Coongy Handicap, Caulfield, won by Kessem. After not qualifying for the Caulfield