Mon Fils
Mon Fils | |
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Sire | 2000 Guineas (1973) |
Mon Fils (1970–1979) was a British
Background
Mon Fils was a big, tall brown horse with a small white
The colt was sent into training with the twenty-seven-year-old
Racing career
1972: two-year-old season
Mon Fils was highly tried as a two-year-old in 1972, running seven times and winning twice. He won the Warminster Stakes at
1973: three-year-old season
On his three-year-old debut, Mon Fils ran in the Greenham Stakes at Newbury, in which he finished third to Boldboy (who as a gelding, was not eligible for the classics) and the Dewhurst Stakes winner Lunchtime.[3] On 5 May, Mon Fils was one of eighteen colts to contest the 175th running of the 2000 Guineas over Newmarket's Rowley Mile course. On rain-softened ground he started a 50/1 outsider and was ridden by the forty-six-year-old veteran Frankie Durr.[4] Mon Fils led from the start and although briefly overtaken by Noble Decree, he rallied inside the final furlong to regain the lead and win by a head.[5]
Mon Fils was then moved up in distance to contest the
Assessment
In their book A Century of Champions, based on a modified version of the Timeform system, John Randall and Tony Morris rated Mon Fils an "inferior" winner of the 2000 Guineas.[6]
Stud record
Mon Fils was retired to the Hamilton Stud at Newmarket and was exported to France in 1975. He had little impact as breeding stallion in either location. His last recorded foals were born in 1978 and he was reported dead in 1979.[7]
Pedigree
Sire Sheshoon (GB) 1956 |
Precipitation* (GB) 1933 |
Hurry On** | Marcovil |
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Tout Suite | |||
Double Life* | Bachelor's Double | ||
Saint Joan | |||
Noorani (GB) 1950 |
Nearco | Pharos | |
Nogara | |||
Empire Glory | Singapore | ||
Skyglory | |||
Dam Now What (GB) 1956 |
Premonition (GB) 1950 |
Precipitation* | Hurry On* |
Double Life* | |||
Trial Ground | Fair Trial* | ||
Tip the Wink | |||
Orange Flash (GB) 1951 |
Court Martial | Fair Trial* | |
Instantaneous | |||
Nonats | King Salmon | ||
Whitebait (Family 1-g)[2] |
* Mon Fils is inbred 2S × 3D to the stallion Precipitation, meaning that he appears second generation on the sire side of his pedigree and third generation on the dam side of his pedigree.
* Mon Fils is inbred 4D × 4D to the stallion Fair Trial, meaning that he appears twice fourth generation on the dam side of his pedigree.
References
- ^ "20Th April 1973 Sport Horse Racing Frankie Durr On Mon Fils". Gettyimages.co.uk. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
- ^ a b "Thoroughbred Bloodlines – Problem – Family 1-g". Bloodlines.net. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
- ^ ISBN 0-354-08536-0.
- ^ a b "Moore in Derby". The Age. 6 June 1973. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
- Montreal Gazette. 7 May 1973. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
- ISBN 978-1-901570-15-1.
- ^ Staff (13 December 1979). "Ian Wardle has "good thing" going". Aberdeen Press and Journal.
- ^ "Mon Fils pedigree". Equineline. 8 May 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2013.