Carrozza

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Carrozza
Sire
Queen Elizabeth II
TrainerNoel Murless
Record7: 3-0-0
Major wins
Princess Elizabeth Stakes (1957)
Epsom Oaks (1957)

Carrozza (foaled 1954) is a British

1000 Guineas at Newmarket before winning Oaks at Epsom. She was retired to stud after one further race and had some success as a broodmare
.

Background

Carrozza was a dark-coated bay or brown filly bred by the British

King George VI in 1942,[1] and of Sister Sarah, the grandam of Santa Claus.[2]

The Queen sent her filly into training with Noel Murless at his Warren Place stables in Newmarket.

Racing career

Carrozza began her racing career in May 1956 when she won the Rosemary Plate at Hurst Park Racecourse. The filly missed most of the season after falling in a training accident and injuring her back so severely that she was confined to her box for six weeks. Carrozza did not reappear until October, when she finished fourth in the Prendergast Stakes and fourth again in the Criterion Stakes at the same course two weeks later.[1]

On her three-year-old debut, Carrozza contested the

4/1 and finished fourth of the twenty runners behind Rose Royale, Sensualita and Angelet.[4]

In the Oaks at Epsom a month later, Carrozza, ridden by

Prix du Moulin and the Champion Stakes. In July, Carrozza started odds-on favourite for the Nassau Stakes at Goodwood
, but finished fourth behind Swallowswift. Carrozza returned from the race lame and was retired to stud.

Carrozza's prize of £16,101 for winning the Oaks, enabled the Queen to be the leading owner in Britain in 1957.[8]

Retirement

Carrozza began her breeding career at the National stud, before being sold for 20,000

guineas to the British Bloodstock Agency in 1964. She produced three minor winners including Battle Wagon, who was exported to New Zealand where he sired the Wellington Cup winner Battle Heights.[9] Carrozza's daughter, Caromata, produced the Grand Prix de Paris winner Matahawk. Carrozza was exported to the United States in 1966 and to Argentina in 1975.[10]

Assessment and honours

In their book, A Century of Champions, based on the Timeform rating system, John Randall and Tony Morris rated Carrozza an "inferior" winner of the Oaks.[11]

Pedigree

Pedigree of Carrozza (GB), bay or brown mare, 1954[12]
Sire
Dante (GB) 		Nearco Pharos Phalaris
Scapa Flow
Nogara Havresac
Catnip
Rosy Legend Dark Legend Dark Ronald
Golden Legend
Rosy Cheeks Saint Just
Purity
Dam
Calash (GB) 		Hyperion Gainsborough Bayardo
Rosedrop
Selene Chaucer
Serenissima
Clarence Diligence Hurry On
Ecurie
Nun's Veil Friar Marcus
Blanche (Family 3-o)[2]

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 0-354-08536-0
    .
  2. ^ a b "Black Corrie - Family 3-o". Bloodlines.net. Retrieved 2012-08-02.
  3. ^ "Racing". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. 26 April 1957. Retrieved 2012-08-02.
  4. ^ "Khan-owned pair tops at Newmarket". The Leader-Post. 4 May 1957. Retrieved 2012-08-02.
  5. ^ Horse Racing. "Carlton House is out to end 102-year drought for the royals in Derby". Telegraph. Retrieved 2012-08-02.
  6. ^ "Royal win: double for Murless, Piggott". The Bulletin. 8 June 1957. Retrieved 2012-08-02.
  7. ^ "Epsom Oaks to Queen's filly". Windsor Daily Star. 8 June 1957. Retrieved 2012-08-02.
  8. ^ "The Queen Top Owner". Sydney Morning Herald. 17 November 1957. Retrieved 2012-08-02.
  9. ^ "Wellington Cup Winners". Tbheritage.com. Retrieved 2012-08-02.
  10. ^ Jockey Club (1983). "Horses sent abroad". American Stud Book. 27: 4331.
  11. ISBN 978-1-901570-15-1
    .
  12. ^ "Carrozza pedigree". equineline.com. 2012-05-08. Retrieved 2012-08-02.


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