Combat (horse)
| Combat | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Big Game |
| Grandsire | Bahram |
| Dam | Commotion |
| Damsire | Mieuxce |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1944 |
| Country | Ireland |
| Colour | Brown |
| Breeder | John Arthur Dewar |
| Owner | John Arthur Dewar |
| Trainer | Fred Darling |
| Record | 9:9-0-0 |
| Major wins | |
| Windsor Castle Stakes (1946) Blue Riband Trial Stakes (1947) Rous Memorial Stakes (1947) Sussex Stakes (1947) | |
Combat (1944–1967) was an undefeated British
sire. Despite winning all nine of his reces, his career was largely overshadowed by that of his more celebrated stablemate Tudor Minstrel. He won all four of his races as a two-year-old in 1946 and all five in the following year including the Blue Riband Trial Stakes, Rous Memorial Stakes and Sussex Stakes
. He was then retired to stud where he had limited success as a sire of winners.
Background
Combat was a brown horse with a white
Racing career
1946: two-year-old season
As a two-year-old in 1946, Combat ran four times and won on each occasion. At
Royal Ascot in June, he won the five furlong Windsor Castle Stakes. He also won the Champagne Stakes at Salisbury Racecourse. Darling and Dewar kept Combat away from his stable companion Tudor Minstrel.[2]
1947: three-year-old season
As a three-year-old, Combat did not contest the classics: the stable relied on Tudor Minstrel who won the 2000 Guineas and was beaten when favourite for
Stud record
Combat was retired from racing to become a breeding stallion. The best of his offspring was
Longfellow Handicap
winner Combustion. Orizaba champion 3 year old filly and horse of the year in Mexico, and one of the strongest female lines in Mexico.
Died of a twisted gut at the Aislabie Stud at Newmarket on 17 August 1967.[10]
Pedigree
| Sire Big Game (GB) 1939 |
Bahram (GB) 1932 |
Blandford | Swynford |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blanche | |||
| Friar's Daughter | Friar Marcus | ||
| Garron Lass | |||
| Myrobella (FR) 1930 |
Tetratema | The Tetrarch | |
| Scotch Gift | |||
| Dolabella | White Eagle | ||
| Gondolette | |||
| Dam Commotion (GB) 1938 |
Mieuxce (FR) 1933 |
Massine | Consols |
| Mauri | |||
| L'Olivete | Opott | ||
| Jonicole | |||
| Riot (GB) 1929 |
Colorado | Phalaris | |
| Canyon | |||
| Lady Juror | Son-in-Law
| ||
| Lady Josephine (Family: 9-c)[4] |
See also
References
- ^ "Combat photograph". sporthorse-data.com. Archived from the original on 2015-05-27. Retrieved 2013-07-20.
- ^ ISBN 0-354-08536-0.
- ^ "Leading Sires of Argentina". Tbheritage.com. Retrieved 2013-07-20.
- ^ a b "Thoroughbred Bloodlines – Crab Mare – Family 9-c". Bloodlines.net. Retrieved 2013-07-20.
- ^ "Frederick Darling". Horseracing History Online. Retrieved 2013-07-20.
- ^ William Edgar Lyon, Dorian Williams (1948). The Horseman's Year. Collins. Retrieved 2013-07-20.
- ISBN 0-85112-902-1.
- ISBN 978-1-873626-15-3.
- ^ "Aggressor pedigree". Equineline. 2012-05-08. Retrieved 2013-07-20.
- ^ The Bloodstock Breeders' Annual Review. Vol. 56. British Bloodstock Agency. 1967. p. 141. Retrieved 2013-07-20.
- ^ "Combat pedigree". Equineline. 2012-05-08. Retrieved 2013-07-20.
