Dignifying (AUS) Horse
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About
Dignifying is a 3yo bay gelding from Australia trained by Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott at Flemington. He is by the stallion Farnan out of Dame Margo Fonteyn. So far he has won one race. On 1st Oct 2026 at Illawarra Grange he earned his most important victory, taking the $42,000 C&G Maiden Handicap. The horse has proved profitable for punters; backing him throughout his career would have delivered a 1450% return on investment.
Race Record
| Event Summary | Runner Stats | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Warwick Farm 21-Oct-26 1400m GOOD 4 R2 3&4Y BM68 $3,600 (of $60,000) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:22.100, SP: 3.60 In-running: Settled 2nd, 800m 1st, 400m 1st Sectionals: 600m 00:34.730 1st Prince Of Verona ( C Schofield 55.5 ) 2nd Donatello ( N C Rawiller 59 ) 0.55L 3rd Aladdin's Girl ( J Collett 55 ) 1.71L 4th Dignifying ( R Bayliss 55 ) 3.65L See full results | R Bayliss 55kg 3.65L | 4 (7) |
| Illawarra Grange 01-Oct-26 1200m GOOD 4 R4 CG&E MDN $20,550 (of $42,000) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:10.160, SP: 31.00 In-running: 800m 1st, 400m 1st Sectionals: 600m 00:34.500 1st Dignifying ( R Bayliss 56.5 ) 2nd Vatican ( J B Mcdonald 57.5 ) 3.00L 3rd Zahav ( B Nock 56.5 ) 3.10L See full results | R Bayliss 56.5kg | 1 (9) |
| Randwick 11-Sep-26 1050m GOOD 4 R7 3Y+ MDN-BT, Winning Time: 01:03.890 Sectionals: 600m 00:36.210 1st Gridlock ( A Adkins ) 2nd Sapphire Legend ( T J Schiller ) 0.11L 3rd Dignifying ( T Clark ) 0.85L | T Clark 0.85L | 3 (8) |
| Randwick 28-Aug-26 742m SOFT 6 R13 3Y-BT, Winning Time: 00:44.360 Sectionals: 600m 00:33.930 1st Laksa ( R Bayliss ) 2nd Crescent King ( J B Mcdonald ) 0.16L 3rd Found The Gold ( L Day ) 1.07L 8th Dignifying ( Z Wadick ) 4.71L | Z Wadick 4.71L | 8 (9) |
| Warwick Farm 13-Apr-26 798m GOOD 4 R10 2Y-BT, Winning Time: 00:46.810 Sectionals: 600m 00:33.560 1st The Puzzle ( M Fitzgerald ) 2nd Cosmo Girl ( T J Schiller ) 1.31L 3rd Scoish Maloish ( D Panya ) 2.00L 9th Dignifying ( R King ) 15.89L | R King 15.89L | 9 (10) |