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{{Short description|New Zealand-bred Thoroughbred racehorse}}
{{Infobox racehorse
| horsename = Foxzami
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| sire = [[Nizami (horse)|Nizami]]
| grandsire = [[Firdaussi]]
| dam = Honeywood
| damsire = [[Foxbridge]]
| sex = [[Stallion]]
| foaled = 1944
| death_date = 1969
| country = [[New Zealand]]
| colour = [[Bay (horse)|Bay]]
| breeder = N. R. Souter
| owner = L. G. Robinson
| trainer = Dan Lewis
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| race =[[Melbourne Cup]] (1949)<br>[[Hotham Handicap]] (1949)<br> [[Kingston Town Stakes|STC Cup]] (1949)
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'''Foxzami'''  (1944−1969) was a [[New Zealand]]-bred Thoroughbred racehorse.
In November 1949 at [[Flemington Racecourse]], Foxzami won the [[Melbourne Cup]]. He carried a weight of 8-8 (120 [[Pound (mass)|pounds]] and started at odds of [[Fractional odds|16/1]] in a field of 31 runners. Ridden by Billy Fellows, he won the cup by three lengths.<ref name="century">{{cite book|last1=Morris| first1=Tony|last2=Randall|first2=John|title=A Century of Champions|publisher= Portway Press|year=1999|isbn=1-901570-15-0}}</ref>
==References==
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==See also==
* [[List of Melbourne Cup winners]]
[[Category:1944 racehorse births]]
[[Category:1969 racehorse deaths]]
[[Category:Racehorses bred in New Zealand]]
[[Category:Racehorses trained in New Zealand]]
[[Category:Melbourne Cup winners]]
[[Category:Thoroughbred family 19-c]]
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