Garden Path
Garden Path | |
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Sire | 2000 Guineas (1944) |
Garden Path (foaled 1941) was a British
Background
Garden Path was a big, good-looking brown mare bred by her owner the
Garden Path's racing career took place during World War II during which horse racing in Britain was subject to many restrictions. Several major racecourses, including Epsom and Doncaster, were closed for the duration of the conflict, either for safety reasons, or because they were being used by the military. Many important races were rescheduled to new dates and venues, often at short notice, and all five of the Classics were usually run at Newmarket.[3]
Racing career
1943: two-year-old season
Garden Path began her racing career by winning the Tostock Stakes, a maiden race at Newmarket. She was then moved up in class to contest the six furlong Cheveley Park Stakes, the year's most important race for two-year-old fillies in which she finished third to Fair Fame.[4] Garden Path then ran in the Middle Park Stakes over the same course and distance, in which she was matched against some of the season's leading colts and finished third again behind Orestes and Happy Landing.[5] In the Free Handicap, a ranking of the season's best juveniles, Garden Path was given a rating of 123 pounds,[3] eight below the top-rated Orestes and five below Fair Fame, the top filly.[6]
1944: three-year-old season
On her three-year-old debut, Garden Path won the Chatteris Stakes over one mile.
On 17 June Garden Path returned to the July course for the New Derby Stakes, a wartime substitute for the Epsom Derby. Despite wartime austerity, the race attracted considerable public interest, with
Assessment and honours
In their book, A Century of Champions, based on the Timeform rating system, John Randall and Tony Morris rated Garden Path an "inferior" winner of the 2000 Guineas.[13]
Retirement
Garden Path was retired to become a broodmare at her owner's stud. She produced five winners, three at stakes level.[14] The best of her offspring was Leading Light, a colt sired by Hyperion who won the Knights Royal Stakes, the race which would later become known as the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes.
Pedigree
Sire Fairway (GB) Bay 1925 |
Phalaris bay 1913 |
Polymelus | Cyllene |
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Maid Marian | |||
Bromus | Sainfoin | ||
Cheery | |||
Scapa Flow chestnut 1914 |
Chaucer | St. Simon | |
Canterbury Pilgrim | |||
Anchora | Love Wisely | ||
Eryholme | |||
Dam Ranai (FR) bay 1925 |
Rabelais bay 1900 |
St. Simon* | Galopin |
St. Angela | |||
Satirical | Satiety | ||
Chaff | |||
Dark Sedge bay 1916 |
Prestige | Le Pompon | |
Orgueilleuse | |||
Beattie | Volodyovski | ||
Crusado (Family:7[2]) |
- Garden Path was inbred 3 × 4 to St. Simon, meaning that this stallion appears in both the third and the fourth generations of his pedigree.
References
- ^ "Leading Sires of Great Britain and Ireland". Tbheritage.com. Retrieved 2012-10-11.
- ^ a b "Blacklegs Royal Mare - Family 7". Bloodlines.net. Retrieved 2012-02-26.
- ^ ISBN 0-354-08536-0.
- ^ "TRIUMPH FOR FILLIES". Auckland Star. 24 May 1944. Retrieved 2012-10-11.
- ^ "Orestes triumphs". Montreal Gazette. 8 October 1943. Retrieved 2012-10-11.
- ISBN 0-85112-902-1.
- ^ "Lord Derby's Garden Path wins 2000 Guineas". Indian Express. 18 May 1944. Retrieved 2012-10-11.
- ^ "Garden Path first". Milwaukee Journal. 17 May 1944. Retrieved 2012-10-11.
- ^ "ENGLISH CLASSICS". Evening Post. 18 May 1944. Retrieved 2012-10-11.
- ^ "Lord Derby's 16th Classic". Border Watch (Mount Gambier). 25 May 1944. Retrieved 2012-10-11.
- ^ "Britain Bets Heavily On Derby". Courier-Mail (Brisbane). 17 Jun 1944. Retrieved 2012-10-11.
- ^ "28-1 shot wins English Derby". Telegraph-Herald. 18 June 1944. Retrieved 2012-10-11.
- ISBN 1-901570-15-0.
- ^ Anne Peters Thoroughbred Heritage. "Fairway". Tbheritage.com. Retrieved 2012-10-11.
- ^ "Garden Path pedigree". equineline.com. 2012-05-08. Retrieved 2012-10-11.