Pillion (horse)
Pillion | |
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1000 Guineas (1926) |
Pillion (1923 – 1940) was a British
Background
Pillion was a bay mare bred and owned by Anthony Gustav de Rothschild. She was set into training with John Watson at the Palace House stable in Newmarket in Suffolk.[2]
Her sire Chaucer won the
Racing career
1925: two-year-old season
In 1925 Pillion recorded her only win from five starts at Nottingham Racecourse in summer when she won the £1,000 Nottinghamshire Breeders' Foal Plate.[4] In the Rous Memorial Stakes at Goodwood Racecourse in July she ran well but was no match for the colt Coronach.[5] In October, Pillion finished second to Karra in the Cheveley Park Stakes over six furlongs at Newmarket Racecourse.[6] In her two other races that year the filly finished second in the Houghton Stakes and ran fourth in the Champion Breeders' Foal Stakes at Derby.[7]
In the Free Handicap, ranking of the year's best two-year-olds, Pillion was placed in joint 24th place, fourteen pounds behind the top-rated Colorado.[8]
1926: three-year-old season
On 30 April Pillion, ridden by Dick Perryman, started a
In the
Assessment and honours
In their book, A Century of Champions, based on the Timeform rating system, John Randall and Tony Morris rated Pillion an "inferior" winner of the 1000 Guineas.[12]
Breeding record
At the end of her racing career, Pillion was retired to become a broodmare. She produced at least three foals between 1932 and 1938:
- Tandem, a bay colt, foaled in 1932, sired by Tetratema
- Magic Carpet, chesnut gelding, 1937, by Miracle
- Pilch, bay filly, 1938, by Irish 2000 Guineas).[3]
Pillion was euthanised in 1940 after being barren since 1938.[13]
Pedigree
Sire Chaucer (GB) 1900 |
St Simon (GB)1881 |
Galopin | Vedette |
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Flying Duchess | |||
St Angela | King Tom | ||
Adeline | |||
Canterbury Pilgrim (GB) 1893 |
Tristan | Hermit | |
Thrift | |||
Pilgrimage | The Palmer | ||
Lady Audley | |||
Dam Double Back (IRE) 1913 |
Bachelor's Double (IRE) 1906 |
Tredennis (GB) | Kendal |
St Marguerite | |||
Lady Bawn | Le Noir (GB) | ||
Milady (GB) | |||
Will Return (GB) 1908 |
William the Third | St Simon | |
Gravity | |||
Recall | Retreat | ||
Spring Ray (Family 1-i)[3] |
- Pillion was inbred 2 × 4 to St Simon, meaning that this stallion appears in both the second and fourth generations of her pedigree.
References
- ^ a b "Pillion pedigree". Equineline.
- ISBN 0-354-08536-0.
- ^ a b c "Sunray - Family 1-i". Thoroughbred Bloodlines.
- ^ "Sporting". The Press. 3 May 1926. p. 10 – via Papers Past.
- ^ "Turf Notes". Auckland Star. 12 September 1925. p. 25 – via Papers Past.
- The Australasian. 28 November 1925. p. 27. Retrieved 25 April 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "English Racing". Mebourne: The Herald. 1 May 1926. p. 9. Retrieved 25 April 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- Evening Post (New Zealand). 20 May 1926. p. 7 – via Papers Past.
- ^ "Turf Jottings". New South Wales: The Referee. 23 June 1926. p. 4. Retrieved 25 April 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- The Australasian. 24 July 1926. p. 30. Retrieved 25 April 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "London Turf Gossip". Manawatu Times. 17 September 1926. p. 2 – via Papers Past.
- ISBN 1-901570-15-0.
- ^ Weatherby (1941). "Pillion". General Stud Book. 29: 689.