Chatelaine (horse)

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Chatelaine
SirePhalaris
GrandsirePolymelus
DamHerself
DamsireNeil Gow
SexMare
Foaled1930[1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
ColourBay
BreederSledmere Stud
OwnerErnest Thornton-Smith
TrainerFred Templeman
Record17: 4-2-2
Earnings£8,170 (in 1933)[2]
Major wins
Epsom Oaks (1933)
Scarbrough Stakes (1933)
Champion Stakes (1933)

Chatelaine (1930–1937) was a British

25/1 upset victory in the Epsom Oaks. She went on to win the Scarbrough Stakes and dead-heated for the Champion Stakes as well as finishing second in the Jockey Club Stakes and finishing third in the Coronation Cup
. She was retired to become a broodmare but died in 1937 after producing only two foals, neither of which survived.

Background

Chatelaine was a bay mare bred by the Sledmere Stud in

guineas by C M Prior who then leased the filly to Ernest Thornton-Smith.[3] She was trained during her racing career by Fred Templeman at Lambourn in Berkshire. As a young horse Chatelaine was extremely nervous and restless but her temperament improved when she was introduced to "Billy", a goat who became her constant companion.[4]

Her sire Phalaris was an outstanding sprinter who went on to become the most influential stallion of the 20th century and the male-line ancestor of most modern Thoroughbreds.[5] Chatelaine's dam Herself was a very influential broodmare whose other descendants have included Tom Rolfe, Sham, Ack Ack and Bee Bee Bee.[6]

Racing career

1932: two-year-old season

Chatelaine failed to win in six starts as a two-year-old in 1932. Her best efforts came when finishing fourth in the Rous Memorial Stakes at Goodwood and in the Imperial Produce Stakes at Kempton Park Racecourse when she was a close third to colt Gino.[7] She did not receive a weight in the official Free Handicap in which, unprecededently, the fillies Betty, Brown Betty and Myrobella jointly topped the ratings ahead of the best of the male juveniles.[8]

1933: three-year-old season

In the spring of 1933 Chatelaine contested the

King George V and Queen Mary. Chatelaine upset the odds as she went to the front in the last quarter mile won by one and a half lengths from Solfatara, with the fast-finishing Fur Tor two lengths back in third place ahead of Brown Betty.[3] Billy the goat, who had accompanied her to Epsom was reportedly there to greet her when she returned to her stable after the race.[4]

On her first appearance after her Epsom victory, Chatelaine was dropped back in distance for the

Royal Ascot and finished unplaced behind Betty.[9] At York Racecourse in September Chatelaine finished second to the Epsom Derby runner-up King Salmon in the Great Yorkshire Stakes over fourteen furlongs. Later that month she won the Scarbrough Stakes at Doncaster.[10]

Chatelaine ran twice at Newmarket in autumn. The ten furlong Champion Stakes on 11 October saw the filly produce arguably her best performance. Ridden by

Jockey Club Cup on two weeks later she was tried over two and a quarter miles and finished second of the three runners, beaten one and a half lengths by Nitsichin, a five-year-old mare whose wins included the Irish Oaks and the Cesarewitch.[12]

1934: four-year-old season

As a four-year-old, Chatelaine's form was disappointing. She came home last of the three runners behind King Salmon and the American challenger

Hurst Park, and survived an objection by the owner of the runner-up, who claimed that the race had been incorrectly run over a longer distance.[13]

Assessment and honours

Chatelaine's earnings of £8,170 in 1933 made her the fifth most financially successful racehorse in England behind

2000 Guineas).[2]

In their book, A Century of Champions, based on the Timeform rating system, John Randall and Tony Morris rated Chatelaine an "average" winner of the Oaks.[14]

Breeding record

After her racing career, Chatelaine was retired to become a broodmare. She produced two foals, by Dastur and Hyperion respectively, neither of which survived. She died shortly after the second confinement at the age of seven in May 1937.[10][15]

Pedigree

Pedigree of Chatelaine (GB), bay mare, 1930[1]
Sire
Phalaris (GB)
1913 		Polymelus (GB)
1902 		Cyllene Bona Vista
Arcadia
Maid Marian Hampton
Quiver
Bromus (GB)
1905 		Sainfoin Springfield
Sanda
Cheery
St Simon
Sunrise
Dam
Herself (GB)
1915 		Neil Gow (GB)
1907 		Marco Barcaldine (IRE)
Novitiate
Chelandry Goldfinch
Illuminata
Aida (GB)
1898 		Galopin Vedette
Flying Duchess
Queen Adelaide Hermit
Adelaide (Family 9-h)[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Chatelaine pedigree". Equineline.
  2. ^ a b "England's Greatest Earners". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. The Press. 6 February 1934.
  3. ^ a b "English Racing". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. The Press. 19 July 1933.
  4. ^
    New Zealand Herald
    . 15 June 1933.
  5. ^ "Phalaris". Tbheritage.com. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  6. ^ a b "Adelaide - Family 9-h". Bloodlines.net. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
  7. New Zealand Herald
    . 5 June 1933.
  8. ISBN 0-85112-902-1
    .
  9. ^ "Royal Ascot Meeting". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Evening Post. 4 August 1933.
  10. ^
    ISBN 0-354-08536-0
    .
  11. ^ "Sport in Britain". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Lake Wakatip Mail. 12 December 1933.
  12. ^ "Racing in England". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Evening Post. 27 October 1933.
  13. ^ "An Interesting Point". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. The Press. 28 September 1934.
  14. ISBN 1-901570-15-0
    .
  15. ^ "Turf News in Brief". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Evening Post. 20 May 1937.


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