Antonio (horse)
Antonio | |
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Sire | Octavian |
Grandsire | Stripling |
Dam | Evander mare |
Damsire | Evander |
Sex | Stallion |
Foaled | 1816 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Colour | Bay |
Owner | James Ferguson John Clifton |
Trainer | John Lonsdale |
Record | 13: 6-6-1 |
Major wins | |
St Leger Stakes (1819) Palatine Stakes (1820) Grosvenor Stakes (1822) Chester Stand Cup (1822) |
Antonio (1816–1828) was a British
Background
Antonio was a
Racing career
1819: three-year-old season
Antonio began his racing career at
On 18 September, Antonio was one of nineteen colts and fillies to contest the forty-fourth running of the St Leger Stakes at
1820: four-year-old season
On his four-year-old debut Antonio started the 1/2 favourite for the Gold Cup at Manchester Racecourse, but was beaten a head by the gelding Anti-Radical.[9] Later at the meeting he was allowed to walk over for the Palatine Stakes over two and three quarter miles. In July he met the "other" St Leger winner Sir Walter in the Corporation Gold Cup at Lancaster but the two four-year-olds were easily beaten by the nine-year-old Doctor Syntax.[10] Later that month Antonio "won easy"[11] from his only opponent in a sweepstakes at Preston but at York Racecourse in August he was beaten by Wrangler in a division of the Great Subscription Purse. In September he returned the scene of his classic victory and finished second to The Laird in a sweepstakes at Doncaster.[1]
1822: six-year-old season
Antonio missed the whole of the 1821 season before returning as a six-year-old in 1822. On 6 May he started 5/2 second favourite for the weight-for-age Grosvenor Stakes over a mile and a quarter at Chester Racecourse and won from four opponents. On the following afternoon, Antonio won the Stand Cup at the same venue, beating Sir Thomas Stanley's Tarragon (the favourite) and three others[12] after what was described as "a fine race".[13]
Stud career
Antonio was retired from racing to become a breeding stallion. The best of his offspring was Fylde, who won the Chester Cup in 1828, and became a reasonably successful stallion in the United States. According to the General Stud Book, Antonio died at Preston on 25 February 1828 at the age of twelve.[14]
Pedigree
Sire Octavian (GB) 1807 |
Stripling 1795 |
Phoenomenon* | Herod |
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Frenzy | |||
Laura | Eclipse* | ||
Locust mare | |||
Oberon mare | Oberon | Highflyer* | |
Queen Mab | |||
sister to Sharper | Ranthos | ||
Sweepstakes mare | |||
Dam Evander mare (GB) 1811 |
Evander 1801 |
Delpini | Highflyer* |
Countess | |||
Caroline | Phoenomenon* | ||
Faith | |||
Miss Gunpowder 1797 |
Gunpowder | Eclipse* | |
Miss Spindleshanks | |||
Young Marske mare | Young Marske | ||
Arbitrator mare (Family:34)[2] |
* Antonio is inbred 3S × 4D to the stallion Phoenomenon, meaning that he appears third generation on the sire side of his pedigree and fourth generation on the dam side of his pedigree.
* Antonio is inbred 4S x 4D to the stallion Eclipse, meaning that he appears fourth generation on the sire side of his pedigree and fourth generation on the dam side of his pedigree.
* Antonio is inbred 4S x 4D to the stallion Highflyer, meaning that he appears fourth generation on the sire side of his pedigree and fourth generation on the dam side of his pedigree.
Sire line tree
References
- ^ a b "Antonio". Bloodlines.net. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
- ^ a b "Clubfoot – Family 34". Bloodlines.net. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
- ^ a b The Sportsman. Rogerson and Tuxford. 1855. p. 105. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
- ^ Edward and James Weatherby (1820). Racing calendar. 1819. C H Reynell. p. 12. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
- ^ Edward and James Weatherby (1820). Racing calendar. 1819. C H Reynell. p. 14. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
- ^ Edward and James Weatherby (1820). Racing calendar. 1819. C H Reynell. p. 50. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
- ^ Edward and James Weatherby (1820). Racing calendar. 1819. C H Reynell. p. 131. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
- ^ a b Sporting magazine. J Wheble & J Pittman. 1820. p. 3. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
- ^ Sporting magazine (April-September 1820). J Wheble & J Pittman. 1820. p. 30. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
- ^ Sporting magazine (April-September 1820). J Wheble & J Pittman. 1820. p. 46. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
- ^ Sporting magazine (April-September 1820). J Wheble & J Pittman. 1820. p. 50. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
- ^ Edward and James Weatherby (1823). Racing calendar. 1822. C H Reynell. p. 32. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
- ^ Sporting magazine (April -September 1822). J Pittman. 1822. p. 16. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
- ^ Weatherby (1832). "Obituary of stallions". The General Stud Book. 1–2: 1030. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
- ^ "Antonio pedigree". Equineline. 2012-05-08. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
- ^ Herod Sire Line
- ^ Biography: Antonio