What is Subzero (horse)?
{{Infobox racehorse | horsename = Subzero | image = [[Image:Subzero Horse.jpg|240px|Subzero]] | caption = | sire = [[Kala Dancer]] | grandsire = [[Niniski]] | dam = Wiley Trade | damsire = To Market | sex = [[Gelding]] | foaled = 26 September 1988 | country = [[Australia]] | colour = [[Grey (horse)|Grey]] | breeder = Wakefield Stud Management, NSW | owner = D H K Investments | trainer = [[Lee Freedman]] | record = 48: 6-6-5 | earnings = $2,008,100 | race = [[South Australian Derby]] (1992)<br>[[Adelaide Cup]] (1992)<br>[[Melbourne Cup]] (1992) | awards= | honours = | updated= 23 June 2007 |death_date= 29 August 2020<br> (aged 31) }} '''Subzero''' (nickname: '''Subbie''') (foaled 26 September 1988 in [[Australia]] {{en dash}} 29 August 2020)<ref>[http://www.studbook.org.au/Horse.aspx?hid=425983 Australian Stud Book - Subzero Summary]</ref> was a [[Thoroughbred]] [[horse racing|racehorse]]. ==Career== Subzero won the 1992 [[Melbourne Cup]].<ref>[https://news.google.com.au/newspapers?id=cfYPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HJADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6804,1552415&dq=subzero+melbourne-cup&hl=en Mighty run by Subzero]</ref> Trained by [[Lee Freedman]] and ridden by veteran jockey [[Greg Hall (jockey)|Greg Hall]], the four-year-old revelled in the rain-affected going to defeat the favourite [[Veandercross]] and the two-miler [[Castletown (horse)|Castletown]].<ref>[http://www.racingvictoria.net.au/Racing/horse.aspx?horse_code=275673 Subzero's racing career]</ref> The win was to be Subzero's last, but, as one of the few [[Gray (horse)|grey]] winners of the race in the post-War era, his fame was assured. ==Retirement== Upon retirement from racing, the big, near-white gelding with a lovely temperament was employed as the [[clerk of the course]]'s horse by Racing Victoria's long-time Clerk, Graham Salisbury, and has made numerous appearances on television, at charity functions, and at schools.<ref>[http://www.racingvictoria.net.au/p_Subzero_School_Visits.aspx Subzero School Visits]</ref> In July 2008, he was fully retired as he had developed art