Louvois (horse)
Louvois | |
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Sire | 2000 Guineas (1913) (1913)Prince of Wales's Stakes |
Louvois (1910 – 1927) was a British
Background
Louvois was a bay horse with a narrow white
His sire Isinglass was an outstanding racehorse who won the Triple Crown in 1893. The best of his other progeny included Cherry Lass and Glass Doll. Louvois' dam St Louvaine, who had been bought by Raphael in 1901 for 1200 guineas,[4] also produced Louviers, who finished second in the 1909 Epsom Derby. She was a granddaughter of Ulster Queen whose other descendants included
Racing career
1912: two-year-old season
Louvois began his racing career with an easy win against moderate opposition in the Khedive Plate at
In the Free Handicap, a ranking of the year's best two-year-olds, Louvois was given a weight of 120 pounds, making him ten pounds inferior to the top-rated Craganour.[6]
1913: three-year-old season
In the spring of 1913 it was reported that Louvois had made exceptionally good progress over the winter.
On 21 May Louvois was moved up in distance for the Newmarket Stakes over ten furlongs in which he was ridden by Frank O'Neill, and ran third behind Craganour and Sun Yat[16] in a race which reportedly saw a good deal of bumping and boring between the first three finishers.[17] Despite his defeat Louvois was regarded as one of the leading contenders for the Epsom Derby, run over 1+1⁄2 miles on 4 June. In another jockey change, Saxby rode Louvois while Reiff took the ride on the favoured Craganour. The race proved to be exceptionally rough and controversial one and ended in a six-horse "blanket finish" with Craganour, Aboyeur, Day Comet, Louvois, Great Sport and Nimbus all finishing within a length of each other. The racecourse judge called Craganour the winner from Aboyeur and Louvois, ignoring the third-placed Day Comet who had been blocked from his view by other horses. After an objection and an inquiry by the racecourse stewards, Craganour was disqualified and Louvois (who had been one of the chief sufferers from the barging in the straight) promoted to second.[13]
Two weeks after his run at Epsom, Louvois contested the Prince of Wales's Stakes (then a race confined to three-year-olds and run over thirteen furlongs) at
Louvois ended the season with earnings of £9,075, making him the fifth most financially successful horse of the year behind Jest, The Tetrarch, Tracery and Cantilever.[22]
Assessment and honours
In their book, A Century of Champions, based on the Timeform rating system, John Randall and Tony Morris rated Louvois an "inferior" winner of the 2000 Guineas.[23]
Stud record
At the end of his racing career Louvois was retired to become a breeding stallion. The best of his offspring was probably St Louis, who won the 2000 Guineas in 1922. His last foals were born in 1927. Louvois died in March 1927 at the Lochbroom Stud, The Curragh, Ireland.[24]
Pedigree
Sire Isinglass (GB) 1890 |
Isonomy 1875 |
Sterling | Oxford |
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Whisper | |||
Isola Bella | Stockwell | ||
Isoline | |||
Dead Lock 1878 |
Wenlock | Lord Clifden | |
Mineral | |||
Malpractice | Chevalier d'Industrie | ||
The Dutchman's Daughter | |||
Dam St Louvaine (GB) 1898 |
Wolf's Crag 1890 |
Barcaldine (IRE) | Solon |
Ballyroan | |||
Lucy Ashton | Lammermoor | ||
Alsatia | |||
St Reine (IRE) 1890 |
St Simon (GB)
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Galopin | |
St Angela | |||
Ulster Queen (GB) | Uncas | ||
Pirate Queen (Family: 1-s)[5] |
References
- ^ a b "Louvois pedigree". Equineline.
- ISBN 0-354-08536-0.
- ^ Poverty Bay Herald. 12 June 1913. p. 5 – via Papers Past.
- Wanganui Herald. 8 May 1913. p. 7 – via Papers Past.
- ^ a b "Web – Family 1-s". Thoroughbred Bloodlines. Retrieved 2013-10-24.
- ^ a b "Sporting". The Star. 1 May 1913. p. 3 – via Papers Past.
- ^ "Racing in Australia". Otago Witness. 23 October 1912. p. 57 – via Papers Past.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-873626-15-3.
- ^ "Sporting". The Press. 2 November 1912. p. 12 – via Papers Past.
- ^ "English Racing". The Evening Post. 1 November 1912. p. 7 – via Papers Past.
- ^ "Turf Notes". Auckland Star. 19 April 1913. p. 16 – via Papers Past.
- ^ "English Racing". The Evening Post (New Zealand). 1 May 1913. p. 7 – via Papers Past.
- ^ a b Montgomery, Sue (2006-06-08). "Racing: Dramatic Derby of 1913 puts Sir Percy in the shade". The Independent. Retrieved 2011-11-16.
- ^ "Racing World". Auckland Star. 7 June 1913. p. 10 – via Papers Past.
- Wanganui Chronicle. 25 July 1913. p. 7 – via Papers Past.
- ^ "Newmarket Second Spring Meeting". The Press. 23 May 1913. p. 10 – via Papers Past.
- ^ "Turf Notes". Auckland Star. 12 July 1913. p. 16 – via Papers Past.
- ^ "Eclipse Stakes". Auckland Star. 19 July 1913. p. 5 – via Papers Past.
- ^ "Manchester Cup". The New Zealand Times. 8 June 1914. p. 9 – via Papers Past.
- Evening Star. 4 September 1913. p. 6 – via Papers Past.
- ^ "Racing in New Zealand". Otago Witness. 17 September 1913. p. 57 – via Papers Past.
- ^ "Turf Notes". Auckland Star. 27 December 1913. p. 16 – via Papers Past.
- ISBN 1-901570-15-0.
- ^ Staff (15 March 1927). "Louvois Dead". Rugby Advertiser.