Quick Thinker
{{short description|Australian thoroughbred racehorse}}
{{Infobox racehorse
| horsename = Quick Thinker
| image_name = 120px|
| caption = Racing Silks of Quick Thinker
| sire = So You Think
| grandsire = High Chaparall
| dam = Acouplamas
| damsire = Al Maher
| sex = Colt
| foaled = 7 September 2016
| country = Australia
| colour = Brown
| breeder = Bowcock Bloodstock
| owner = OTI Racing, D Honiss, JA & A Boyd, Cross Tasman, L & M Webb, D McKeown, Mr J JF & MG Gleeson, PK Goodwin, Centsless, Mrs DC & JM Gurrieri, CL Hall, R Koch, J Williams, Maverick Racing, Sibling Rivalry, JP Spence
| trainer = Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman
| record = 23: 5–3–2
| earnings = A$ 1,246,728{{cite web |url= https://racingaustralia.horse/InteractiveForm/HorseFullForm.aspx?HorseCode=MTA1NDM4OTMyNTA%3d&src=horsesearch |title=Quick Thinker Horse Profile |publisher=racingaustralia.horse |access-date=19 April 2020}}
| race = Ming Dynasty Quality Handicap (2019)
Tulloch Stakes (2020)
Australian Derby (2020)
Chairman's Handicap (2021)
}}
Quick Thinker (foaled 7 September 2016) is a Group 1 winning Australian bred, New Zealand trained thoroughbred racehorse.
Background
Racing career
=2018/19: two-year-old season=
Quick Thinker debuted at Rotorua Racecourse on the 12 April 2019 and finished in second placing. One week later he won his first race in the Listed Champagne Stakes at Ellerslie Racecourse. Trainer Murray Baker spoke of the horse possibly travelling to Australia as a three-year-old to contest bigger races.{{cite web |url= https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12224197 |title=Stable duo quick to set NZ record |publisher=nzherald.co.nz |access-date=19 April 2020}}
=2019/20: three-year-old season=
Quick Thinker travelled to Australia and raced in the Ming Dynasty Quality Handicap on the 31 August 2019 at Rosehill Racecourse. Ridden by Hugh Bowman and starting at odds of 10/1, he won the race by two lengths.{{cite web |url= https://www.smh.com.au/sport/racing/quick-thinker-gets-the-wheels-turning-for-kiwi-trainer-in-ming-dynasty-20190831-p52mp9.html |title=Quick Thinker gets the wheels turning for kiwi trainer in Ming Dynasty |publisher=smh.com.au |access-date=19 April 2020}}
Quick Thinker's next win wasn’t until the 20 March 2020 when winning the Group 2 Tulloch Stakes. A week later he started at the odds of 7/1 in the Australian Derby at Randwick Racecourse. This would prove to be his first Group 1 victory when winning by a short head margin.{{cite web |url= https://www.racenet.com.au/news/quick-thinker-gives-kiwi-master-another-australian-derby-20200404 |title=Quick Thinker gives Kiwi master another Australian Derby |publisher=racenet.com.au |access-date=19 April 2020}}