Alinghi (20 August 2001 – 23 October 2017) was an Australian Thoroughbred racemare who won four Group One races, including the Newmarket Handicap, and earned A$4,161,740 in total prize money.
It is run at Flemington racecourse in the autumn over 1200m and has been won by some of the greatest sprinters to in Australian racing history, such as Placid Ark, Schillaci, Bernborough, Wakeful, and Ajax, and more recently by Takeover Target, Weekend Hussler and Black Caviar.
[citation needed] Over Alinghi's short career she beat other Group 1 winners, including Hollow Bullet and, most notably, another three-year-old champion in Fastnet Rock.
[citation needed] Alingi's dam Oceanfast elevated herself to elite status at Easter of 2008 when her Encosta De Lago yearling set a new record of $2.6 million for a filly sold in Australia.
[citation needed] On 23 October 2017, Alinghi died at Arrowfield Stud after suffering complications whilst giving birth.