Launcelot (horse)
Launcelot | |
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John Frederick Herring | |
Sire | Camel |
Grandsire | Whalebone |
Dam | Banter |
Damsire | Master Henry |
Sex | Stallion |
Foaled | 1837 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Colour | Brown |
Breeder | Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster |
Owner | Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster |
Trainer | John Scott |
Record | 7: 4-2-0 |
Major wins | |
Champagne Stakes (1839) Great St Leger Stakes (1840) |
Launcelot (1837–1861) was a British
Background
Launcelot was a brown colt with a white star and snip and two white feet bred by his owner Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster. He was the seventh of seventeen foals produced by his owner's broodmare Banter (1826–1849). Her first foal had been Launcelot's full-brother, the outstanding racehorse Touchstone.[1] Banter also produced Sarcasm, the dam of the 1841 St Leger winner Satirist.[2]
Launcelot was sired by Camel, a horse who won the Port Stakes at Newmarket Racecourse before becoming a successful breeding stallion. Apart from Launcelot and Touchstone he sired the Ascot Gold Cup winner Caravan.[3]
Lord Westminster sent the colt into training with John Scott who trained the winners of forty classic races at his base at Whitewall stables, Malton, North Yorkshire.
Racing career
1839: two-year-old season
Launcelot was scheduled to make his first appearance in the Hornby Stakes at
1840: three-year-old season
On 3 June 1840, Launcelot made his debut as a three-year-old in the
On 15 September Launcelot was one of eleven three-year-olds to contest the sixtieth running of the St Leger Stakes at Doncaster. He started the 7/4 favourite ahead of Gibraltar and Maroon, another colt owned by Lord Westminster. Ridden as usual by Bill Scott, Launcelot took the lead early and set a steady pace. The favourite broke down in the straight but held on to win a "strange"[14] race from Maroon, with Gibraltar a neck behind in third.[15] There were suspicions that Maroon had been deliberately held back to allow his stable companion to win.[14] A day after his win in the St Leger, Launcelot was scheduled to run in the Foal Stakes over one and a half miles against Mr Bowes' colt Black Beck. After the other runners were withdrawn, Black Beck was allowed to walk over the course, with Bowes and Lord Westminster dividing the forfeits.[16]
1841: four-year-old season
Launcelot remained in training as a four-year-old but broke down with injury when entered in a sweepstakes at Goodwood Racecourse in July.[17]
Stud record
Launcelot was retired from racing to become a breeding stallion, but appears to have had little success. In 1848 he was recorded as standing at Bangor in Ireland at a fee of eight shillings.[18] Launcelot died in 1861 at the age of twenty-four.[19]
Pedigree
Sire Camel 1822 |
Whalebone 1807 |
Waxy | Potoooooooo |
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Maria | |||
Penelope | Trumpator | ||
Prunella | |||
Selim mare 1812 |
Selim | Buzzard | |
Alexander mare | |||
Maiden | Sir Peter Teazle | ||
Phoenomenon mare | |||
Dam Banter 1826 |
Master Henry 1815 |
Orville | Beningbrough |
Evelina | |||
Miss Sophia | Stamford | ||
Sophia | |||
Boadicea 1807 |
Alexander | Eclipse | |
Grecian Princess | |||
Brunette | Amaranthus | ||
Mayfly (family: 14-a)[2] |
References
- ^ Charles and James Weatherby (1857). The General stud book. Vol. 6. Reynell & Weight. Retrieved 2013-04-21.
- ^ a b "Thoroughbred Bloodlines – Banter – Family 14-a". Bloodlines.net. Retrieved 2013-04-21.
- ^ Patricia Erigero. "Whalebone". Tbheritage.com. Retrieved 2013-04-21.
- ^ The New sporting magazine v.17 (1839). Walter Spiers. 1839. p. 64. Retrieved 2013-04-21.
- ^ The New sporting magazine v.17 (1839). Walter Spiers. 1839. p. 243. Retrieved 2013-04-21.
- ^ The New sporting magazine v.17 (1839). Walter Spiers. 1839. p. 79. Retrieved 2013-04-21.
- ^ The New sporting magazine v.17 (1839). Walter Spiers. 1839. p. 251. Retrieved 2013-04-21.
- ^ The New sporting magazine v.17 (1839). Walter Spiers. 1839. p. 81. Retrieved 2013-04-21.
- ^ Craven, ed. (1840). The Sporting review. John Mitchell. p. 12. Retrieved 2013-04-21.
- ^ Charles and James Weatherby (1840). Racing calendar. 1840. C Reynell. p. 52. Retrieved 2013-04-21.
- ISBN 0-354-08536-0.
- ^ Charles and James Weatherby (1840). Racing calendar. 1840. C Reynell. p. 95. Retrieved 2013-04-21.
- ^ Charles and James Weatherby (1840). Racing calendar. 1840. C Reynell. p. 162. Retrieved 2013-04-21.
- ^ a b George Tattersall (1850). The pictorial gallery of English race horses. Henry G Bohn. p. 112. Retrieved 2013-04-21.
Launcelot.
- ^ Charles and James Weatherby (1841). Racing calendar. 1840. C Reynell. p. 194. Retrieved 2013-04-21.
- ^ Charles and James Weatherby (1841). Racing calendar. 1840. C Reynell. p. 195. Retrieved 2013-04-21.
- ^ Charles and James Weatherby (1842). Racing calendar. 1841. C Reynell. p. 105. Retrieved 2013-04-21.
- ^ Charles and James Weatherby (1847). Racing calendar. 1847. Reynell and Weight. p. 401. Retrieved 2013-04-21.
- ^ the general stud book, containing pedigrees of race horses. Vol. 10. C, J and E Weatherby. 1865. p. 496. Retrieved 2013-04-22.
- ^ "Launcelot pedigree". Equineline. 2012-05-08. Retrieved 2013-04-21.