Ellangowan (horse)
Ellangowan | |
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Sire | (1923) |
Ellangowan (1920 – 1943) was a British
Background
Ellangowan was a bay horse bred and owned by Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery. During his racing career he was trained by Jack Jarvis at the Park Lodge at Newmarket, Suffolk.[3] The colt was named after a location in Walter Scott's novel Guy Mannering.
He was one of the best horses sired by Lemberg, whose wins included the Epsom Derby, Eclipse Stakes and Champion Stakes. Lemberg also sired the Epsom Oaks winner Pogrom and was Champion sire in 1922. Ellangowan's dam Lammermuir also produced Lady Nairne, the dam of Colombo: she was a daughter of Montem, a broodmare whose other descendants included Sweet Solera, Aunt Edith and Blind Luck.[4]
Racing career
1922: two-year-old season
On his only start as a juvenile in 1922 Ellangowan finished third behind Twelve Pointer and Brownhylda in the International Two-year-old Stakes at Kempton Park Racecourse.[5]
1923: three-year-old season
Ellangowan began his second season by running third behind Light Hand and Twelve Pointer in the
Ellangowan was well-fancied for the Epsom Derby but after tracking the leaders he dropped out of contention in the straight and finished eighth behind Papyrus.
Ellangowan ended the season with winnings of £14,885, making him the second most financially successful horse of 1923 in England.[2]
1924: four-year-old season
Ellangowan remained in training as a four-year-old but failed to win on his only start.[3]
Assessment and honours
In their book, A Century of Champions, based on the Timeform rating system, John Randall and Tony Morris rated Ellangowan an "inferior" winner of the 2000 Guineas.[8]
Stud record
At the end of his racing career Ellangowan was acquired by the partnership of Jack Javis, John Fox and Rowland Rank and was retired to become a breeding stallion.[3] His most successful offspring included Tartan, who won the Britannia Stakes in 1933. Ellangowan was euthanised in September 1943.[17]
Pedigree
Sire Lemberg (GB) 1907 |
Cyllene (GB) 1895 |
Bona Vista | Bend Or |
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Vista | |||
Arcadia | Isonomy | ||
Distant Shore | |||
Galicia (GB) 1898 |
Galopin | Vedette | |
Flying Duchess | |||
Isoletta | Isonomy | ||
Lady Muncaster | |||
Dam Lammermuir (GB) 1914 |
Sunstar (GB) 1908 |
Sundridge | Amphion |
Sierra | |||
Doris | Loved One | ||
Lauretta | |||
Montem (GB) 1901 |
Ladas | Hampton | |
Illuminata | |||
Kermesse | Cremorne | ||
Hazledean (Family 11-f)[4] |
- Ellangowan was inbred 4 × 4 to Isonomy, meaning that this stallion appears twice in the fourth generation of his pedigree.
References
- ^ a b "Ellangowan pedigree". Equineline.
- ^ a b "Sports of All Kinds". Otago Daily Times. 27 December 1923. p. 4 – via Papers Past.
- ^ ISBN 0-354-08536-0.
- ^ a b "Kermesse - Family 11-f". Thoroughbred Bloodlines.
- ^ "Sporting". The Press. 18 May 1923. p. 10 – via Papers Past.
- ^ "High Class Horse". Hawera & Normanby Star. 30 June 1924. p. 9 – via Papers Past.
- ^ "The Turf". Otago Daily Times. 21 June 1923. p. 5 – via Papers Past.
- ^ ISBN 1-901570-15-0.
- ^ "The Turf in Australia". The New Zealand Herald. 9 May 1923. p. 6 – via Papers Past.
- ^ "Sports and Pastimes". Otago Daily Times. 4 May 1923. p. 8 – via Papers Past.
- ^ "The Derby". Auckland Star. 21 July 1923. p. 11 – via Papers Past.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-873626-15-3.
- ^ "Racing". The New Zealand Herald. 15 August 1923. p. 6 – via Papers Past.
- ^ "The St. Leger". The Press. 14 September 1923. p. 12 – via Papers Past.
- ^ "Turf Notes". Auckland Star. 17 November 1923. p. 21 – via Papers Past.
- The Australasian. 1 December 1923. p. 25 – via trove.nla.gov.au.
- ^ Weatherby (1945). "Obituary of Stallions". The General Stud Book. 30: 835.