{{Short description|Australian thoroughbred horse}} {{Infobox racehorse | horsename = Young Idea | image = 260px | caption = Young Idea & Jack Pratt<br />Randwick Racecourse | sire = Constant Son (GB) | grandsire = Son-in-Law (GB) | dam = Persuasion (AUS) | damsire = The Welkin (GB) | sex = Stallion | foaled = 1932 | country = Australia | colour = Brown | breeder = Kia Ora Stud | owner = A.G.Hunter & Percy Miller<br/>Percy Miller from 15.8.1936 | trainer = Fred Foulsham<br/> Jack Holt from 15.8.1936 | record = 70: 15, 11, 13 | earnings = £18,555<ref>{{cite news |last1=National Library of Australia |title=Young Idea Career Prizemoney |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/231108706 |access-date=28 January 2021 |issue=15 |work=The Sun|date=13 March 1939}}</ref> | race = Sires Produce Stakes (1935)<br/> Champagne Stakes (1935)<br/>Sires' Produce Stakes (1935)<br/>Sir Herbert Maitland Stakes (1935)<br/>Caulfield Guineas (1935)<br/>Underwood Stakes (1935, 1937)<br/>Caulfield Stakes (1936)<br/>Linlithgow Stakes (1936)<br/>Cox Plate (1936, 1937) <br/>St George Stakes (1937)<br/>Craven Plate (1938) | awards = | honours = }} thumb|260px|Percy Miller & Jack Holt Randwick 1933 '''Young Idea''' (foaled 1932) was a brown Australian thoroughbred stallion who raced for five seasons from a two-year-old to a six-year-old, recording major wins in Sydney and Melbourne from 6 furlongs to 1¼ miles.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Racehorsetalk |title=Young Idea Race Records |url=http://www.racehorsetalk.com.au/racing-talk/race-records-of-champion-racehorses/175/#msg_476861 |website=www.racehorsetalk.com.au |access-date=21 January 2021 |archive-date=24 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024053229/http://www.racehorsetalk.com.au/racing-talk/race-records-of-champion-racehorses/175/#msg_476861 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Breeding==
Young Idea was bred by Percy Miller Kia Ora Stud Scone and was sold for 500 guineas to owner A.G. Hunter. Percy Miller later purchased a half share after the sale and in 1936 purchased A.G.Hunter's half share holding when transferred to trainer Jack Holt and retired to Kia Ora Stud in 1939.<ref>{{cite news |last1=National Library of Australia |title=Young Idea Retired to Stud |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/141818210 |access-date=7 February 2021 |issue=15 |publisher=The Australasian|date=17 June 1939}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=National Library of Australia |title=Young Idea Sale Price |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/92342048 |access-date=21 January 2021 |issue=23 |publisher=Chronicle Adelaide |date=30 April 1936}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Australian Stud Book |title=Young Idea Breeding |url=http://www.studbook.org.au/Horse.aspx?hid=522495 |website=www.studbook.org.au |access-date=28 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Pedigreequery |title=Young Idea Tabulated Pedigree |url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/young+idea2 |website=pedigreequery.com |access-date=30 January 2021}}</ref>
Sire Constant Son (GB) sire of 10 stakeswinners began stud duty in Australia in 1930 as a two-year-old won the Arlington Stakes at Newmarket and later the Derby Gold Cup 1¾ miles. Grandsire Son-in-Law was the leading sire in the United Kingdom in 1924 and 1930. Major wins being the 1914–15 Jockey Club Cup and 1914 Goodwood Cup.<ref>{{cite news |last1=National Library of Australia |title=Constant Son Sire |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/141759928 |access-date=28 January 2021 |issue=22 |publisher=The Australasian - Melbourne |date=20 July 1935}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Australian Stud Book |title=Constant Son Stake Winners |url=http://www.studbook.org.au/Horse.aspx?hid=101532 |website=www.studbook.org.au |access-date=28 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Leading Sires in Great Britain and Ireland |title=Son in Law Grandsire |url=http://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricSires/LeadingSires/GBLeadSires.html |website=www.tbheritage.com |access-date=31 January 2021}}</ref>
Dam Persuasion (AUS) won the 1927 Adrian Knox Stakes at Randwick Racecourse. Damsire The Welkin (GB) the leading sire in Australia 1918–19 and 1920–22 and sire of the New Zealand champion Gloaming.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pedigreequery |title=Persuasion Pedigree |url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/persuasion5 |website=pedigreequery.com |access-date=28 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Leading Sires in Australia |title=The Welkin Leading Sire |url=http://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricSires/LeadingSires/AustLeadSires.html |website=www.tbheritage.com |access-date=30 January 2021}}</ref>
==Racing career==
Young Idea raced between 1934 and 1939 the winner of 8 Group 1 races in the modern era and a dual 1936–37 Cox Plate winner also the 1935 WFA Sir Herbert Maitland Stakes at Victoria Park, Zetland and second behind the champion Peter Pan in the 1935 Hill Stakes.<ref>{{cite news |last1=National Library of Australia |title=Sir Herbert Maitland Stakes Finish |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/29538258 |access-date=28 January 2021 |issue=14 |publisher=Sydney Morning Herald|date=19 September 1935}}</ref>
== 1938 racebook==
<gallery> Image:1938 MVRC W S Cox Plate Racebook P1.jpg|Front cover of the 1938 Cox Plate racebook Image: 1938 MVRC W S Cox Plate Racebook P2.jpg|Inside cover showing raceday officials Image: 1938 MVRC W S Cox Plate Racebook P3.jpg|Starters and results showing 3rd placed, Young Idea Image: 1938 MVRC W S Cox Plate Racebook P4.jpg|Starters and results of the 1938 Cox Plate Image: 1938 MVRC W S Cox Plate Racebook P5.jpg|Back cover showing railway & entrance charges </gallery>
== References == {{reflist}}
Category:1932 racehorse births Category:Racehorses bred in Australia Category:Racehorses trained in Australia Category:Cox Plate winners