Order of Australia (IRE)
February 18, 2017 – Living
Australia (IRE) x Senta’s Dream (GB), by Danehill (USA)
Family 4-i
February 18, 2017 – Living
Australia (IRE) x Senta’s Dream (GB), by Danehill (USA)
Family 4-i
Early in his career, Order of Australia was looked on as a candidate for Europe’s middle-distances Classics, but he proved unable to stay the same distances that his sire Australia had relished. He stamped himself as a capable miler by means of a shocking 73-1 upset in the 2020 Breeders’ Cup Mile (USA-G1). His victory gave his dam, Senta’s Dream, a back-to-back double in the Breeders’ Cup, as Order of Australia’s half sister Iridessa had won the 2019 Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf (USA-G1). Order of Australia never earned another top-level win and had a somewhat star-crossed racing career before going to stud in India.
Race record
25 starts, 6 wins, 2 seconds, 4 thirds, US$2,255,506 (includes converted earnings from England, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, and Qatar)
2020:
2021:
2022:
2023:
A non-black-type stakes according to the International Cataloguing Standards Book, the 2023 Irish Thoroughbred Marketing Cup held Group 2 status in Qatar.
Assessments
Rated at 120 pounds in the Mile category on the 2020 Longines World’s Best Racehorse Rankings, 10 pounds below overall highweight Ghaiyyath (the European Horse of the Year) and 5 pounds below the top milers, Palace Pier (the highweighted 3-year-old miler in Europe) and Persian King.
Irish highweighted 3-year-old male of 2020 over 7-9.5 furlongs.
Rated at 118 pounds in the Mile category on the 2021 Longines World’s Best Racehorse Rankings, 11 pounds below overall highweight Knicks Go (the American Horse of the Year), who earned his top rating in the Intermediate category but also shared top weight of 125 pounds in the Mile category with Baaeed (the highweighted 3-year-old miler in Europe), Golden Sixty (Hong Kong’s Horse of the Year), and Palace Pier (the highweighted older male miler in Europe).
Rated at 118 pounds in the Mile category on the 2022 Longines World’s Best Racehorse Rankings, 22 pounds below overall highweight Flightline (the American Horse of the Year), who earned his top rating in the Intermediate category but also shared top weight of 130 pounds in the Mile category with Baaeed (the European Horse of the Year).
Irish highweighted older male of 2021 and 2022 over 7-9.5 furlongs.
As an individual
A big, strong-bodied bay horse with a good walk, Order of Australia is built more like a sprinter-miler than a Classic horse. At his best, he had plenty of speed and was able to quicken well. He preferred firm going. He has a good temperament.
As a stallion
Order of Australia entered stud in India in 2024.
Connections
Order of Australia was bred by the O'Brien family's Whisperview Trading Ltd. and was owned by Coolmore associates Susan Magnier, Derrick Smith, and Michael Tabor, with Anne Marie O’Brien retaining an interest. Following an 11th-place finish in the 2023 Dubai Turf Sponsored by DP World (UAE-G1), the horse was sold privately and exported to India to enter stud at Shapoor Mistry's Manjri Stud.
Pedigree notes
Sired by 2014 Investec Derby Stakes (ENG-G1) and Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby (IRE-G1) winner Australia (by Galileo), Order of Australia is inbred 4x4 to the breed-shaping sire Northern Dancer, the 1964 Canadian Horse of the Year, and 5x3 to three-time American champion sire Danzig, one of Northern Dancer’s best sire sons. Order of Australia is a half brother to 2019 Maker’s Mark Breeders’ Cup Mile (USA-G1) winner Iridessa (by Ruler of the World). He is also a half brother to multiple Grade 1 winner Santa Barbara (by Camelot).
Order of Australia and his siblings were produced from unraced Senta’s Dream, whose dam Starine won the 2001 Matriarch Stakes (USA-G1) and the 2002 Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf. Sired by French stakes winner Mendocino (by Theatrical), Starine is a half sister to Group 3-placed Pearlescence (by Pleasantly Perfect), whose maternal grandson Sovereign Spirit was the 2004 champion stayer in Bahrain.
Starine, in turn, is out of Grisonnante (by the important French sire Kaldoun, by Caro). Grissonnante’s dam, Lady Cherie, was unplaced in two tries. A daughter of Sir Gaylord, she was produced from Cherie Royale (by 1961 English Horse of the Year Right Royal V).
Books and media
Footage of Order of Australia’s win in the 2020 Breeders’ Cup Mile can be accessed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zi8lkTOyo4.
Fun facts
Last updated: December 16, 2025
Race record
25 starts, 6 wins, 2 seconds, 4 thirds, US$2,255,506 (includes converted earnings from England, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, and Qatar)
2020:
- Won FanDuel Breeders' Cup Mile (USA-G1, 8FT, Keeneland)
2021:
- Won Romanised Minstrel S. (IRE-G2, 7FT, The Curragh)
- 2nd Prix du Moulin de Longchamp (FR-G1, 1600mT, Longchamp)
- 3rd Prix du Haras de Fresnay Le Buffard Jacques Le Marois (FR-G1, 1600mT, Deauville)
2022:
- Won Romanised Minstrel S. (IRE-G2, 7FT, The Curragh)
- 2nd Prix du Moulin de Longchamp (FR-G1, 1600mT, Longchamp)
- 3rd Coolmore Turf Mile Stakes (USA-G1, 8FT, Keeneland)
- 3rd Queen Anne Stakes (ENG-G1, 8FT, Ascot)
2023:
- Won Irish Thoroughbred Marketing Cup (QA-N, 8FT, Al Rayyan)
A non-black-type stakes according to the International Cataloguing Standards Book, the 2023 Irish Thoroughbred Marketing Cup held Group 2 status in Qatar.
Assessments
Rated at 120 pounds in the Mile category on the 2020 Longines World’s Best Racehorse Rankings, 10 pounds below overall highweight Ghaiyyath (the European Horse of the Year) and 5 pounds below the top milers, Palace Pier (the highweighted 3-year-old miler in Europe) and Persian King.
Irish highweighted 3-year-old male of 2020 over 7-9.5 furlongs.
Rated at 118 pounds in the Mile category on the 2021 Longines World’s Best Racehorse Rankings, 11 pounds below overall highweight Knicks Go (the American Horse of the Year), who earned his top rating in the Intermediate category but also shared top weight of 125 pounds in the Mile category with Baaeed (the highweighted 3-year-old miler in Europe), Golden Sixty (Hong Kong’s Horse of the Year), and Palace Pier (the highweighted older male miler in Europe).
Rated at 118 pounds in the Mile category on the 2022 Longines World’s Best Racehorse Rankings, 22 pounds below overall highweight Flightline (the American Horse of the Year), who earned his top rating in the Intermediate category but also shared top weight of 130 pounds in the Mile category with Baaeed (the European Horse of the Year).
Irish highweighted older male of 2021 and 2022 over 7-9.5 furlongs.
As an individual
A big, strong-bodied bay horse with a good walk, Order of Australia is built more like a sprinter-miler than a Classic horse. At his best, he had plenty of speed and was able to quicken well. He preferred firm going. He has a good temperament.
As a stallion
Order of Australia entered stud in India in 2024.
Connections
Order of Australia was bred by the O'Brien family's Whisperview Trading Ltd. and was owned by Coolmore associates Susan Magnier, Derrick Smith, and Michael Tabor, with Anne Marie O’Brien retaining an interest. Following an 11th-place finish in the 2023 Dubai Turf Sponsored by DP World (UAE-G1), the horse was sold privately and exported to India to enter stud at Shapoor Mistry's Manjri Stud.
Pedigree notes
Sired by 2014 Investec Derby Stakes (ENG-G1) and Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby (IRE-G1) winner Australia (by Galileo), Order of Australia is inbred 4x4 to the breed-shaping sire Northern Dancer, the 1964 Canadian Horse of the Year, and 5x3 to three-time American champion sire Danzig, one of Northern Dancer’s best sire sons. Order of Australia is a half brother to 2019 Maker’s Mark Breeders’ Cup Mile (USA-G1) winner Iridessa (by Ruler of the World). He is also a half brother to multiple Grade 1 winner Santa Barbara (by Camelot).
Order of Australia and his siblings were produced from unraced Senta’s Dream, whose dam Starine won the 2001 Matriarch Stakes (USA-G1) and the 2002 Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf. Sired by French stakes winner Mendocino (by Theatrical), Starine is a half sister to Group 3-placed Pearlescence (by Pleasantly Perfect), whose maternal grandson Sovereign Spirit was the 2004 champion stayer in Bahrain.
Starine, in turn, is out of Grisonnante (by the important French sire Kaldoun, by Caro). Grissonnante’s dam, Lady Cherie, was unplaced in two tries. A daughter of Sir Gaylord, she was produced from Cherie Royale (by 1961 English Horse of the Year Right Royal V).
Books and media
Footage of Order of Australia’s win in the 2020 Breeders’ Cup Mile can be accessed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zi8lkTOyo4.
Fun facts
- The Order of Australia was established in 1975 to honor Australian citizens and others for exceptional service to the nationl of Australia or humanity at large.
- Order of Australia scored his first stakes win of any kind and only his third career win in the 2020 Breeders’ Cup Mile. His record-breaking payout of $148.20 on a $2 ticket broke Court Vision’s 2011 record of $131.60 for the race and was the second-highest Breeders’ Cup payout of all time. Only Arcangues, who paid $269.10 on a $2 ticket in the 1993 Breeders’ Cup Classic (USA-G1), had a higher winning payout in the Breeders’ Cup.
- Trainer Aidan O’Brien had a 1-2-3 sweep in Order of Australia’s Breeders’ Cup Mile, as his yard also sent out second-place Circus Maximus and third-place Lope y Fernandez. O’Brien had previously been 0-for-22 with starters in the Mile.
- For jockey Pierre-Charles Boudot, picking up the 2020 Breeders’ Cup Mile mount on Order of Australia was a lucky break. Christopher Soumillion was originally slated to ride the colt but tested positive for COVID-19 two days before the race and had to go into isolation.
- Order of Australia was originally slated for retirement after failing to make the 2021 Breeders’ Cup Mile due to a small fracture which required surgical treatment. He recovered so well that he was put back into training and made another ten starts before retiring for good.
- Order of Australia is the first Breeders’ Cup winner to begin his stud career in India.
Last updated: December 16, 2025