Perola (horse)

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Perola
Oaks Stakes
(1909)

Perola (1906 – after 1929) was a British

Oaks Stakes
. In early 1910 she was sold and exported to France to become a broodmare.

Background

Perola was a chestnut mare bred in England by the Australian baronet Sir Daniel Cooper and owned during her racing career by Cooper's younger brother William.[2] She was trained by Saunders Davies-Scourfield at Myrtle Grove in Sussex.[3]

She was sired by

St Leger, Eclipse Stakes and Ascot Gold Cup and who went on to be British champion sire on four occasions.[4] Perola's dam Edmee was a female-line descendant of the St Leger winner Caller Ou.[5]

Racing career

1908: two-year-old season

Perola was ridden in most of her early races by the American jockey

Royal Ascot she came home third behind the colts Bayardo and Perdiccas in the New Stakes.[7] In the following month she took the Exeter Stakes at Newmarket from two "moderate" opponents[8] and the Rous Memorial at Goodwood Racecourse, beating the Ludwig Neumann's filly Electra "with any amount in hand"[9] in the latter race. She recorded a fourth success in August when she won the Hardwicke Stakes at Stockton Racecourse.[10] In the Dewhurst Stakes over seven furlongs at Newmarket Racecourse on 30 October she finished second to Bayardo who by then had established himself as the year's leading juvenile colt.[11] On her only other start of the year she started favourite for the Cheveley Park Stakes but finished unplaced behind the Sceptre filly (later named Maid of the Mist).[12] Her earnings for the season totalled £3,253.[13]

1909: three-year-old season

Frank Wootton, who rode Perola to victory in the Oaks

On 30 April 1909 Perola was one of ten fillies to contest the

King Edward VII's Princesse de Galles.[15] Her temperament may have contributed to her defeat: she was described as being in a "fightable" mood on the way to the start and repeatedly veered off a straight course during the race.[16]

Perola was then moved in distance for the 131st running of the Oaks Stakes over one and a half miles at Epsom on 28 May, with Wootton again in the saddle. The first three from the 1000 Guineas dominated the betting, with Electra starting the 5/4 favourite ahead of Perola (5/1) and Princesse de Galles (11/2). Electra lost her chance at the start as she whipped round and was facing in the wrong direction when the tapes went up.

Derby Stakes over the same course and distance two days previously.[19]

At

Hurst Park in August, Perola finished last of the three runners behind the colts Bayardo and Valens in the Duchess of York Plate.[20]

Perola earned a total of £4,960 in 1909.[21]

Assessment and honours

In their book, A Century of Champions, based on the Timeform rating system, John Randall and Tony Morris rated Perola an "inferior" winner of the Oaks.[19]

Breeding record

In early 1910 Perola was sold privately to a French breeder. William Cooper explained that he did not have the space to create a breeding facility on his own property and did not want to put his mares to stud at a location where he could not see them regularly.[22] The buyer was Edouard de Rothschild, who moved the mare to his Meautry stud near Deauville in Normandy.[23] She produced at least five foals between 1912 and 1923:

  • Le Paraclet, bay colt, foaled in 1912, sired by Sans Souci
  • Plantagenet, chestnut colt, 1913, by Sans Souci
  • Pindare, bay colt, 1914, by Sans Souci
  • Passebreul, chestnut colt, 1915, by Predicateur. Won Prix Gladiateur, Grand Prix de Chantilly, La Coupe.
  • Penthesilee, chestnut filly, 13 April 1923, by La Farina

Pedigree

Pedigree of Perola (GB), chestnut mare, 1906[1]
Sire
Persimmon (GB)
1893 		St. Simon (GB)
1881 		Galopin Vedette
Flying Duchess
St. Angela King Tom
Adeline
Perdita II
(GB)
1881 		Hampton Lord Clifden
Lady Langden
Hermione Young Melbourne
La Belle Helene
Dam
Edmee (GB)
1896 		Juggler (GB)
1885 		Touchet Lord Lyon
Lady Audley
Enchantress Scottish Chief
Lady Love
Pink Pearl (GB)
1887 		Beau Brummel George Frederick
Ma Belle
Irish Pearl Master Kildare
Three Pearls (Family: 10-a)[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Perola pedigree". Equineline.
  2. New Zealand Herald
    . 26 June 1909. p. 9 – via Papers Past.
  3. ISBN 0-354-08536-0
    .
  4. ^ "Leading Sires of Great Britain and Ireland". Tbheritage.com. Retrieved 2012-09-06.
  5. ^ a b "Queen Mary - Family 10-a". Thoroughbred Bloodlines.
  6. The Australasian
    . 11 July 1908. p. 20 – via trove.nla.gov.au.
  7. The Australasian
    . 25 July 1908. p. 21 – via trove.nla.gov.au.
  8. The Australasian
    . 8 August 1908. p. 21 – via trove.nla.gov.au.
  9. The Australasian
    . 26 September 1908. p. 21 – via trove.nla.gov.au.
  10. ^ "English Racing". The Press. 31 May 1909. p. 8 – via Papers Past.
  11. Evening Post (New Zealand)
    . 31 October 1908. p. 5 – via Papers Past.
  12. Launceston Examiner
    . 20 November 1908. p. 2 – via trove.nla.gov.au.
  13. Daily News (Perth)
    . 1 May 1909. p. 12 – via trove.nla.gov.au.
  14. The Star (Sydney)
    . 12 June 1909. p. 13 – via trove.nla.gov.au.
  15. The Australasian
    . 5 June 1909. p. 21 – via trove.nla.gov.au.
  16. ^ "Sporting: The Turf". Sydney Mail. 16 June 1909. p. 51 – via trove.nla.gov.au.
  17. The Express (Adelaide)
    . 6 July 1909. p. 3 – via trove.nla.gov.au.
  18. The Australasian
    . 10 July 1909. p. 21 – via trove.nla.gov.au.
  19. ^
    ISBN 1-901570-15-0
    .
  20. Melbourne Argus
    . 10 September 1909. p. 7 – via trove.nla.gov.au.
  21. ^ "The Turf". New Zealand Times. 9 November 1909. p. 7 – via Papers Past.
  22. The Star (Sydney)
    . 16 February 1910. p. 7 – via trove.nla.gov.au.
  23. Evening News (Sydney)
    . 1 March 1910. p. 2 – via trove.nla.gov.au.


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