The Chosen Few: A Quest to Name the Ten Greatest Australian and New Zealand Racehorses of All Time

Andrew Rule

Apr 2026 · Bolinda · Narrated by Andrew Rule

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They are the greatest Australian and New Zealand racehorses of all time, the giants who transcend the sport, who broke records and captured hearts. But which are the best of the best? Is it Carbine or Malua from the 19th century or Tulloch or Phar Lap in the 20th? Winx or Black Caviar in our own time? Perhaps it is impossible to compare incomparables outside their own eras. Andrew Rule was too big to be a jockey, too small to be a mounted policeman. But all his life he has watched horses and horse people and has written about both. The horses he names in The Chosen Few include the sprinters, the stayers and the freakish all-round competitors who could do everything. But he also teases out myths and mistakes, pulls focus on racing's history and ponders the tantalising list of 'coodabeen' champions whose careers were cut short. The result is a collection of stories about beauty and bravery, speed and greed.

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Australian author Andrew Rule has been a feature writer, investigative journalist and columnist for three daily newspapers. He has worked as the Deputy Editor of the Sunday Age and as a roving correspondent for Australia's highest-circulation quality magazine, Good Weekend, and is currently an associate editor with Australia's biggest daily, the Herald Sun. Rule has won many awards for his journalism, including the coveted Gold Walkley in 2001, the Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year Award (twice) and the Gold Quill Award. Rule is the co-author of the 'Underbelly' book series that inspired the hit television drama of the same name and has been the sole author of numerous other non-fiction books, many on them also on true crime. Rule's most recent book is The Chosen Few: A Quest to Name the Greatest Australian and New Zealand Racehorses of All Time.

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