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Rough Habit (2 December 1986 – 7 November 2014) was a New Zealand-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who won 11 Group One (G1) races on both sides of the Tasman, and won New Zealand's Horse of the Year Award in 1992 and 1995.

Background

Rough Habit, a bay gelding with a distinctive white blaze trailing over his near-side nostril, was foaled on 2 December 1986. He was sired by Roughcast (USA) out of Certain Habit (NZ) by Ashabit (GB). Certain Habit was the dam of 11 named foals produced in Australia and New Zealand, producing 2 stakes winners in Rough Habit and Citi Habit.

Racing record

Rough Habit was trained by John Wheeler, and had nine campaigns in Australia, from three to eight years of age. He won Group One races in Sydney and Melbourne and six of his 11 Group One races at the Brisbane winter carnivals, where his wins included the Queensland Derby, two Stradbroke Handicaps, and a record three Doomben Cups. Rough Habit won 21 feature races from 1,400 to 2,400 metres, on wet tracks and dry, and was narrowly beaten by fellow New Zealander Solvit in the 1994 Cox Plate. Later in the season, Rough Habit won the O'Shea Stakes, in Brisbane, at his final start in Australia.

Honours

In retirement, Rough Habit appeared in a set of stamps issued by New Zealand Post in 1996 with fellow champion thoroughbreds Kiwi, Bonecrusher, and Horlicks, and the harness racing champions Blossom Lady and Il Vicolo.

In 2012, Rough Habit was inducted into the New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame at a special awards ceremony in Auckland.

The Brisbane Racing Club holds the Group 3 Rough Habit Plate for three-year-olds, which is run at set weights, and named in his honour.

Death

Rough Habit died on 7 November 2014, aged 28.

Pedigree

See also

• List of leading Thoroughbred racehorses
• List of millionaire racehorses in Australia
• Repeat winners of horse races
• Thoroughbred racing in New Zealand

References

1. ^ Rough Habit's career
2. ASB - Rough Habit (NZ) Retrieved on 2009-6-7
3. Set of postage stamps featuring Rough Habit (Top right - 80 cents) Archived 2010-05-22 at the Wayback Machine
4. "Hall Of Fame spot for Rough Habit". Taranaki Daily News. 3 March 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
5. "Rough Habit Plate". Pro Group Racing. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
6. "Star Kiwi galloper Rough Habit dies at 28". horsetalk.co.nz. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
7. "Five-generation Pedigree Table: Rough Habit (NZ)". JBIS. Retrieved 7 November 2014.

External links

• "It's Rough Habit Time Again". Just Racing article

• 1986 racehorse births
• 2014 racehorse deaths
• Thoroughbred family 1-h
• Racehorses bred in New Zealand
• Racehorses trained in New Zealand
• New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame horses