Coventry (horse)
Coventry | |
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Sire | Stallion |
Foaled | 1922 |
Country | United States |
Colour | Black |
Breeder | Edward F. Simms |
Owner | Gifford A. Cochran |
Trainer | William B. Duke |
Record | 5: 1-1-0 |
Earnings | $52,825 |
Major wins | |
Triple Crown Race wins: Preakness Stakes (1925) |
Coventry (foaled 1922 in Kentucky) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 1925 edition of the Preakness Stakes.[1]
Background
Coventry was bred by Edward Simms, the owner of Xalapa Farm in Paris, Kentucky, who had purchased a half interest in his sire Negofol from Louis Jean Decazes.[2]
Consigned to the 1923 yearling auction, Coventry was sold for $25,000 to New York
Racing career
Coventry made just five lifetime starts, winning once. The one win came in the 1925 Preakness Stakes. Ridden by Clarence Kummer, the colt went off at the longest odds of any Preakness winner in history, paying backers $45.60 for a $2 wager.[3] That record stood for exactly fifty years until Master Derby in 1975 paid $48.80. In his next race, the Withers Stakes at New York's Aqueduct Racetrack, Coventry broke down and was retired to stud.
Stud record
He had very limited success as a sire. Hand To Hand and Durango were his best runners, each winning a number of minor races.
Breeding
Sire Negofol bay 1906 |
Childwick
brown 1890 |
St. Simon | Galopin |
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St. Angela | |||
Plaisanterie | Wellingtonia | ||
Poetess | |||
Nebrouze
ch. 1899 |
Hoche | Robert the Devil | |
Hermita | |||
Nebuleuse | Manoel | ||
Navarre | |||
Dam Sun Queen black 1909 |
Rock Sand
brown 1900 |
Sainfoin | Springfield |
Sanda | |||
Roquebrune | St. Simon | ||
St. Marguerite | |||
Souriante
bay 1896 |
Rayon d'Or | Flagelot | |
Araucaria | |||
Soubrette | Alarm | ||
Susan Beane |
References
- ^ "Laurel Park 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). Maryland Jockey Club. 2017-01-01. Retrieved 2019-07-08.
- ^ "Holds Half Interest in Negofol". Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. 1920-10-31. Retrieved 2019-07-08.
- ^ "Coventrys Preakness a Triumph for Duke". Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. 1925-05-11. Retrieved 2019-07-08.