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Rose Royale
Sire
Prix du Moulin (1957)
Champion Stakes (1957)
Awards
Timeform rating 129 (1957)[2]

Rose Royale (1954 – 1957) was a French

Prix du Moulin and the Champion Stakes
but died at the end of the year.

Background

Rose Royale was a bay filly bred in France by her owner Aga Khan III. During her racing career she was trained by Alec Head at Chantilly.[3]

She was sired by Prince Bio, who won the Poule d'Essai des Poulains in 1944 and became a very successful breeding stallion whose other offspring included Sicambre. Rose Royale was the first foal of her dam Rose of Yeroda who won twice as a juvenile in 1950. She was descended from Honora (foaled 1907), a British mare whose other descendants have included Tap On Wood, Jaazeiro and Skip Away.[4]

Racing career

1956: two-year-old season

Rose Royale ran six times as a two-year-old in France in 1956 but failed to win a race.

1957: three-year-old season

On her three-year-old debut Rose Royale was sent to England to contest the

6/1 in a 20-runner field for the 144th running of the 1000 Guineas. Ridden by Charlie Smirke, who had been criticised for his performance at Epsom, she won by two lengths from her stablemate Sensualita with the Irish-trained favourite Angelet in third.[3]

The French jockey Jean Massard took over from Smirke when Rose Royale was stepped up in distance and started 11/10 favourite for the

Oaks Stakes at Epsom on 7 June. She appeared ill at ease on the firm ground and finished a well-beaten third behind Carrozza and Silken Glider.[3] The filly took a long time to recover from the race and was off the course until September when she finished sixth behind Denisy in the Prix de la Nonette. In the inaugural running of the Prix du Moulin in the following month she was ridden by Roger Poincelet and won from her four-year-old stablemate Chief.[5] Later in October she was back at Newmarket for the ten furlong Champion Stakes and started at odds of 5/2[6] against opponents including Ballymoss and the Coronation Cup
winner Fric. With Massard in the saddle, she came home six lengths clear of the Irish outsider No Complaint, with Fric third and Ballymoss unplaced.

Rose Royale was sent to the United States to contest the

Washington D C International but ran poorly and finished unplaced behind Mahan. The filly became sick soon after the race and died from an intestinal tumour.[3]

Assessment and honours

The independent Timeform organisation gave Rose Royale a rating 129 in 1957.[2]

In their book, A Century of Champions, based on the Timeform rating system, John Randall and Tony Morris rated Rose Royale a "superior" winner of the 1000 Guineas.[7]

Pedigree

Pedigree of Rose Royale (FR), bay mare, 1954[1]
Sire
Prince Bio (FR)
1941 		Prince Rose (GB)
1928 		Rose Prince (FR) Prince Palatine (GB)
Eglantine
Indolence Gay Crusader
Barrier
Biologie (FR)
1935 		Bacteriophage Tetratema (GB)
Pharmacie (IRE)
Eponge Cadum
Sea Moss (GB)
Dam
Rose of Yeroda (GB)
1948 		Nearco (ITY)
1935 		Pharos (GB) Phalaris
Scapa Flow
Nogara Havresac (FR)
Catnip (IRE)
Hastra (GB)
1942 		Hyperion Gainsborough
Selene
Silver Birch Blandford (IRE)
Bachelora (IRE) (Family 14-f)[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Rose Royale pedigree". Equineline.
  2. ^
    ISBN 0-85112-902-1
    .
  3. ^
    ISBN 0-354-08536-0
    .
  4. ^ a b "Honoria - Family 14-f". Thoroughbred Bloodlines. Retrieved 2013-12-22.
  5. ^ "All the races". www.france-galop.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  6. ISBN 978-1-873626-15-3
    .
  7. ISBN 1-901570-15-0
    .
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