Baldric (horse)

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Baldric
Sire
2000 Guineas (1964)
Prix Perth (1964)
Champion Stakes (1964)
Awards
Timeform rating 131

Baldric (16 May 1961 – 26 August 1986) was an American-bred, French-trained

2000 Guineas in 1964. When racing in Britain, the horse was known as Baldric II. Baldric won twice in 1963 but after being beaten on his three-year-old debut he started a 20/1 outsider for the 2000 Guineas. He won the race, the most valuable ever run in Britain, and went on to win the Prix Perth and the Champion Stakes
in Autumn. After two unsuccessful runs in 1965, Baldric was retired to stud where he had success as a sire of winners in both France and Japan.

Background

Baldric was a bay horse with no white

colours. His sire, Round Table was one of the most successful grass specialists in American racing history, winning forty-three races and being named Horse of the Year in 1958.[2] He became a highly successful breeding stallion, being the Leading sire in North America in 1972.[3] Baldric's dam Two Cities won one minor race but became a successful broodmare, producing several other winners including the double Pimlico Cup winner Cross Channel. As a descendant of the broodmare Valkyr, Two Cities came from the branch of Thoroughbred family 13-c which produced Black Tarquin and Ferdinand.[4]

Racing career

1963:two-year-old season

As a two-year-old, Baldric won two races including the Prix Tramp at

blinkers by his trainer, who described him as a "crazy" colt.[6]

1964:three-year-old season

On his first appearance of 1964, Baldric

20/1 in a field of twenty-seven runners. Baldric took the lead a furlong from the finish won comfortably by two lengths from Faberge, becoming the fifth successive foreign-trained winner of a British classic.[9]

Baldric was then moved up in distance for the

Sandown Park in which he was matched against older horses and finished runner-up to the four-year-old Ragusa.[12]

For his remaining two races of 1964, Baldric was again equipped with blinkers. In late September he was an easy winner of the Prix Perth over 1600 metres

Irish 2000 Guineas and Queen Elizabeth II Stakes.[14]

The successes of Baldric, together with Nasram's defeat of Santa Claus in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes made Dorothy Jackson the British flat racing Champion Owner in 1964.[5]

1965:four-year-old season

Baldric ran twice as a four-year-old, but failed to recover his best form, as he became increasingly temperamental and difficult to train.[5]

Assessment

The independent Timeform organisation assigned Baldric a peak rating of 131 in 1964.[15] In their book A Century of Champions, based on a modified version of the Timeform system, John Randall and Tony Morris rated Baldric an "average" winner of the 2000 Guineas.[7]

Stud record

Baldric began his stud career in France before being sold and exported to Japan in 1973. The best of his European offspring included the

Irish 1000 Guineas winner Favoletta. He also sired Without Fear (out of Never Too Late) who became a leading sire in Australia.[16] In Japan he sired Kyoei Promise who won the Autumn Tenno Sho and finished second in the Japan Cup in 1983.[17] Baldric died in Japan on 26 August 1986.[18]

Pedigree

Pedigree of Baldric (USA), bay stallion, 1961[19]
Sire
Round Table (USA)
1954 		Princequillo (IRE)
1940 		Prince Rose Rose Prince
Indolence
Cosquilla Papyrus
Quick Thought
Knight's Daughter (GB)
1941 		Sir Cosmo The Boss
Ayn Hali
Feola Friar Marcus
Aloe
Dam
Two Cities (USA)
1948 		Johnstown (USA)
1936 		Jamestown St James
Mlle Dazie
La France Sir Gallahad
Flambette
Vienna (USA)
1941 		Menow Pharamond
Alcibiades
Valse Sir Gallahad
Valkyr (Family 13-c)[4]

References

  1. ^ "Baldric image". sporthorse-data.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
  2. ^ "Round Table profile". Racingmuseum.org. Archived from the original on 2012-06-02. Retrieved 2013-01-12.
  3. ^ "Leading Sires of America". Tbheritage.com. Retrieved 2013-01-12.
  4. ^ a b "Stray Shot – Family 13-c". Bloodlines.net. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
  5. ^
    ISBN 0-354-08536-0
    .
  6. Leader-Post
    . 29 April 1964. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
  7. ^
    ISBN 978-1-901570-15-1
    .
  8. ^ "Richest British Racing Classic Won by U.S.-Owned Baldric II". New York Times. 30 April 1964. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
  9. ^ "Baldric II tops field in Guineas". Windsor Star. 29 April 1964. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
  10. Free Lance–Star
    . 2 June 1964. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
  11. Glasgow Herald
    . 18 May 1964. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
  12. ^ "Australians First, Second". The Age. 6 July 1964. Retrieved 2013-02-06.
  13. ISBN 978-1-873626-15-3
    .
  14. Sydney Morning Herald
    . 18 October 1964. Retrieved 2013-02-06.
  15. ISBN 0-85112-902-1
    .
  16. ^ "Daughter's to guarantee sire's place in history". The Age. 7 February 1984. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
  17. ^ "Borudoritsuku (USA)". www.jbis.or.jp/horse. Retrieved 2013-02-06.
  18. ^ Staff. "Baldric". Japan Race Horse Registry. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  19. ^ "Baldric pedigree". Equineline. 2012-05-08. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
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