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Bonecrusher

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Bonecrusher is arguably one of New Zealand racing’s great horses. He was the first New Zealand horse to earn a $1 million, and he won 18 races as a three- and four-year-old, nine of them in internationally significant races (group 1 level). Watch Bonecrusher win the 1986 Caulfield Stakes in Melbourne in typical style.

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Emma Meyer, Horses – Recreation, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/19291/bonecrusher (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Emma Meyer, published 1 March 2009.