Famous By Name Swamps Em!
26 September 2011
The Dean Binaisse-prepared Fast N Famous galloper Famous By Name turned in a thrilling performance over 1600m at Victoria on Sunday.
Third last at the turn, Famous By Name was shown the persuader by jockey Luke Currie. The result would have Bairnsdale RC commentator enthuse:
“… and Famous by Name is swamping them. He’s come from nowhere. Famous By Name grabbed them, got up. Big effort!” he said.
“Famous By Name – never really going to win, but he’s got there though.
“…Aw he’s jumped out of the ground”.”
The talented Deborah Ho-bred 3YO has now rewarded owners Mark Answerth, Jason Dowling, David Johnson, Mick Johnson, Tom Quinn, Andrew Sanderson with two wins in succession and a runner up placing from four outings.
Purchased for $25,000 at Karaka’s Ready To Run Sale by Binaisse’s racing enterprise 888 Racing, Famous By Name hails directly from the unraced High Yield mare High Tudor – a half-sister to the Gr 1 Toorak Handicap winner Allez Wonder.
His Group winning Redoute’s Choice sire Fast N Famous has already enjoyed such winners as Famous By Name in Australia and with Smoke N Mirrors and Scarlet O’Hara in New Zealand.
The speed sire will have 6 horses for sale at the Ready To Run Sale (Click here to see).
Recent News

16 May 2025
Super stats that will turn heads
With three Group 1 winners across his first two crops – ranging from La Dorada’s (ex Gold Fever) explosive 1200m win as a two-year-old, to Feroce in the Australian Guineas and Linebacker in the Randwick …
Read More
15 May 2025
Wednesday Racing: The Super Seth show rolls on with an impressive Kensington quinella
Written by Dane McLeod of The Thoroughbred Report Kundabung hitting stride for connections The Waikato Stud silks may have finished second on the day, but the result was one to savour for the famed New …
Read More