Lady Capulet (horse)

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Lady Capulet
Sire
Timeform rating
116 (1977)

Lady Capulet (foaled 3 April 1974) was an American-bred, Irish-trained

Irish 1000 Guineas on her debut before finishing second in the Coronation Stakes and third in the Pretty Polly Stakes. She was retired from racing to become a broodmare and made a major impact as the dam of the leading stallion El Prado
.

Background

Lady Capulet was a "lengthy, good-bodied, attractive"[2] grey mare (originally described as "roan"), bred in Kentucky by Claiborne Farm. As a yearling she was offered for sale at Keeneland and was bought for $70,000[2] by representatives of the British owner Robert Sangster. She was sent to race in Europe where she was trained in Ireland by Vincent O'Brien at Ballydoyle.

Her sire,

National Stakes and Royal Lodge Stakes. She was descended from the influential British broodmare Mistrella (foaled 1907) whose descendants have included The Oaks winners Beam and Light Brocade.[4]

Racing career

1977: three-year-old season

A lack of physical maturity, coupled with the effects of a viral infection, meant that Lady Capulet did not race as a two-year-old. Poor ground conditions hampered her training in the spring of 1977 and it was not until 13 May that she made her first racecourse appearance in the Irish 1000 Guineas over one mile at the

16/1 outsider in a fourteen-runner field. After being restrained in the early stages Lady Capulet moved up on the outside a quarter of a mile from the finish to dispute the lead with Bold Fantasy and Nanticious before accelerating away from her rivals. She won by three lengths and a head from Bold Fantasy and Lay Mere with Nanticious (later to win the Ribblesdale Stakes) taking fourth place.[2]

In June the filly was sent to England and was made odds-on favourite for the Coronation Stakes in which she was ridden by Piggott. On this occasion, however, her lack of experience seemed to tell as she was beaten a head into second by Orchestration. Piggott was again in the saddle later that month when Lady Capulet started odds-on favourite for the Pretty Polly Stakes over ten furlongs at the Curragh. She failed to reproduce her best form and finished third, five lengths behind the winner Claire's Slipper, appearing to be unsuited by the distance and the good-to-firm ground. She was later found to have been suffering from a "blood disorder".[2]

Assessment

In 1977, the independent Timeform organisation gave Lady Capulet a rating of 116, seventeen pounds behind their top three-year-old filly Dunfermline. In the Irish Free Handicap for three-year-olds, she was rated the second best filly, one pound behind Orchestration.[2]

Breeding record

Lady Capulet never raced again after her defeat in the Pretty Polly and was retired from racing at the end of 1977 to become a broodmare. She produced at least thirteen foals and four winner between 1980 and 1996:

Pedigree

Pedigree of Lady Capulet (USA), grey mare, 1974[1]
Sire
Sir Ivor (USA)
1965 		Sir Gaylord (USA)
1959 		Turn-To Royal Charger
Source Sucree
Somethingroyal Princequillo
Imperatrice
Attica (USA)
1953 		Mr. Trouble Mahmoud
Motto
Athenia Pharamond
Salaminia
Dam
Cap and Bells (USA)
1958 		Tom Fool (USA)
1949 		Menow Pharamond
Alcibiades
Gaga Bull Dog
Alpoise
Ghazni (USA)
1942 		Mahmoud Blenheim
Mah Mahal
Sun Miss Sun Briar
Missinaibi (Family:1-l)[4]
  • Lady Capulet was inbred 3 × 4 to Mahmoud, meaning that this stallion appears in both the third and fourth generations of her pedigree.

References

  1. ^ a b "Lady Capulet pedigree". Equineline.
  2. ^
    ISBN 0-900599-25-1
    .
  3. ^ "Sir Ivor profile". Claiborne Farm.
  4. ^ a b "Paraffin - Family 1-L". Thoroughbred Bloodlinest. Retrieved 2013-11-23.
  5. ISBN 0-900599-46-4
    .
  6. ^ "Portrait Gallery - Race Record & Form". Racing Post.
  7. ^ "Pia Tiara (IRE)". Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association.
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