Clarissimus (horse)
| Clarissimus | |
|---|---|
| Sire | 2000 Guineas (1916) (1916)Champion Stakes |
Clarissimus (1913 – after 1932) was a British
Background
Clarissimus was a chestnut horse bred in the United Kingdom by his owner Evelyn Boscawen, 7th Viscount Falmouth. He was foaled on 15 January 1913.[2] The colt was sent into training with William Waugh at the Kingsclere stable in Berkshire.[3]
He was probably the best horse sired by Radium, a slow-maturing stayer whose wins included the
Clarissimus's racing career took place during World War I. Many racecourses were closed for the duration of the conflict and all five of traditional British Classic Races were run at Newmarket.
Racing career
1915: two-year-old season
Clarissimus showed very promising form on the training gallops and was highly regarded by his trainer, but on his racecourse debut he was well beaten by the fillies Telephone Girl and Fifinella in the Bibury Stakes ant Newmarket.[7] At the same track in October he recorded his first success in the Clearwell Stakes.[8]
1916: three-year-old season
Clarissimus performed well in training in the spring of 1916 although his trainer's confidence was somewhat dented when his galloping companion, a filly named Angelina, ran poorly in the
In the Newmarket Stakes over ten furlongs on 17 May, Clarissimus was beaten half a length by Figaro. He had a particularly bad race and did not recover sufficiently to take part in the "New Derby".[12]
After a break of almost four months, Clarissimus returned for the September Stakes at Newmarket, a substitute race for the
In October the colt was matched against older horses in the Champion Stakes and started the 6/4 favourite[13] after the late withdrawal of Pommern. Ridden by the Australian jockey Frank Bullock, he had "no difficulty" in winning from the four-year-old filly Silver Tag.[14]
Assessment and honours
In their book, A Century of Champions, based on the Timeform rating system, John Randall and Tony Morris rated Clarissimus an "average" winner of the 2000 Guineas.[10]
Stud record
At the end of his racing career Clarissimus was retired to become a breeding stallion in England where he stood for three years before being exported to France. Although his offspring had little success on the track his daughters had considerable success as broodmares. He was the damsire of
His last foals were born in 1933.Pedigree
| Sire Radium (GB) 1903 |
Bend Or 1877 |
Doncaster | Stockwell |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marigold | |||
| Rouge Rose | Thormanby | ||
| Ellen Horne | |||
| Taia 1892 |
Donovan | Galopin | |
| Mowerina | |||
| Eira | Kisber | ||
| Aeolia | |||
| Dam Quintessence (GB) 1900 |
St Frusquin 1893 |
St Simon
|
Galopin |
| St Angela | |||
| Isabel | Plebeian | ||
| Parma | |||
| Margarine 1887 |
Petrarch | Lord Clifden | |
| Laura | |||
| Maragarita | The Duke | ||
| Tasmania (Family: 2-s)[6] |
- Clarissimus was inbred 4 × 4 to Galopin, meaning that this stallion appears twice in the fourth generation of his pedigree.
References
- ^ a b "Clarissimus pedigree". Equineline.
- ^ Staff (July 1913). "Our Foal List 1913". The Bloodstock Breeders' Review. 2 (2): 168.
- ^ ISBN 0-354-08536-0.
- ^ "Sporting". The Press. 13 May 1916. p. 10 – via Papers Past.
- ISBN 0-85112-902-1.
- ^ a b "Orville Mare - Family 2-s". Thoroughbred Bloodlines.
- ^ a b "World of Sport". The Star (Christchurch). 10 July 1916. p. 3 – via Papers Past.
- ^ "Sporting". The Press. 5 May 1916. p. 10 – via Papers Past.
- ^ "Turf Topics". The Star (Christchurch). 21 June 1916. p. 5 – via Papers Past.
- ^ ISBN 1-901570-15-0.
- ^ "Talk of the Day". Otago Witness. 28 June 1916. p. 48 – via Papers Past.
- ^ "Turf Topics". The Star (Christchurch). 30 June 1916. p. 5 – via Papers Past.
- ISBN 978-1-873626-15-3.
- ^ "Sporting Gossip". The Star (Christchurch). 14 December 1916. p. 5 – via Papers Past.