Privy Councillor (horse)

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Privy Councillor
SireCounsel
Grandsire
2000 Guineas (1962)
Awards
Timeform rating 125

Privy Councillor (1959 – October 1977) was a British

2000 Guineas in 1962. After winning three minor races as a two-year-old he went on to win the Free Handicap
in the spring of 1962 before recording an upset win in the Guineas. He never won again and made little impact as a breeding stallion.

Background

Privy Councillor was a chestnut horse, bred by his owner Gerald Glover at his

guineas and showed modest ability on the track, winning two minor races as a four-year-old. She was the first mare to be covered by Counsel when the stallion began his stud career in 1958. High Number was a granddaughter of the broodmare Thirteen, whose other descendants have included Oasis Dream and Beat Hollow.[1]

The colt was sent into training with Thomas Algernon "Tom" Waugh at the Wroughton House stable in Newmarket

Racing career

1961: two-year-old season

As a two-year-old in 1961, Privy Councillor won minor races at

Birmingham and Warwick Racecourse, but appeared to be some way below top class.[2]

1962: three-year-old season

In April 1962 Privy Councillor carried a weight of 116 pounds in the Free Handicap over seven furlongs at Newmarket Racecourse. He moved into fringe contention for the British Classic Races as he won from Miletus and the filly Tournella.[2]

At the next Newmarket meeting on 2 May, Privy Councillor started at odds of

Charles Engelhard-owned Romulus with Prince Poppa two lengths away in third.[3]
The winner's prize of £32,839 was the biggest in the history of the race.

Privy Concillor was beaten in his remaining races and was retired from racing at the end of his three-year-old season.[2]

Assessment

The independent Timeform organisation awarded Privy Councillor a rating of 125 in 1962,[4] nine pounds below their top-rated three-year-olds Hethersett and Arctic Storm.[5]

In their book A Century of Champions, based on a modified version of the Timeform system, John Randall and Tony Morris rated Privy Councillor an "inferior" winner of the 2000 Guineas.[6]

Stud record

Rockavon was retired from racing to become a breeding stallion. He made little impact in Europe and in 1969 he was sold exported to Japan.[2] His last reported foals were born in 1973. The best of his offspring was probably Privy Seal, who finished third in the 1969 Champion Hurdle. He died in Japan in October 1977.[7]

Pedigree

Pedigree of Privy Councillor (GB), chestnut stallion, 1959[8]
Sire
Counsel (GB)
1952 		Court Martial (GB)
1942 		Fair Trial Fairway
Lady Juror
Intantaneous Hurry On
Pictire
Wheedler (GB)
1943 		Umidwar Blandford
Uganda
Miss Minx Mr Jinks
Gerard's Cross
Dam
High Number (GB)
1947 		His Highness (GB)
1936 		Hyperion Gainsborough
Selene
Moti Ranee Spion Kop
Moti Mahal
Lady Luck (GB)
1941 		Fairway Phalaris
Scapa Flow
Thirteen Bulger
Credenda (Family 19)
  • Privy Councillor was inbred 3 × 4 to Fairway, meaning that this stallion appears in both the third and fourth generations of his pedigree.

References

  1. ^ "Thoroughbred Bloodlines - Davill's Old Woodcock Mare - Family 19".
  2. ^
    ISBN 0-354-08536-0
    .
  3. ^ "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Google News Archive Search".
  4. ^ Timeform staff (1974). Racehorses of 1973. Timeform.
  5. ISBN 0-85112-902-1
    .
  6. ISBN 1-901570-15-0
    .
  7. ^ Staff. "Privy Councillor". Studbook Database. Japan Horse Racing Association. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  8. ^ "Privy Councillor pedigree". equineline.com. 2012-05-08. Retrieved 2013-02-03.
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