Sailor's Guide
| Sailor's Guide | |
|---|---|
Washington, D.C. International Stakes (1958) Jockey Club Cup Handicap (1959) | |
| Honours | |
| Australian Racing Hall of Fame[2] | |
| Last updated on 17 May 2021 |
Sailor's Guide was an outstanding Thoroughbred racehorse that was conceived in England and foaled in Australia. He is notable in that he won races in the United States, Canada, and a number of principal Australian races, and was a high stakes earner.[1]
He was a brown stallion that was foaled in 1952 at Sledmere Stud Scone and was sired by the good racehorse Lighthouse II. His dam was the imported mare Jehane (GB) by Legend of France (FR) imported by Maurice Point owner of Sledmere Stud. Jehane was also the dam of several other winners including Far Away Places (by Royal Empire) who won the SAJC Adelaide Cup.[3]
In 2021 he was inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame.[2]
Racing career
Many of Sailor's Guide’s wins were by margins of a neck or less and in the
He won many other major races in
He ended up winning more than £100,000, with Tulloch and the Standardbred harness horse Caduceus as the only horses bred in Australia or New Zealand to have achieved this distinction at that time.[6] Tulloch was his main rival, and they defeated each other on a number of occasions.
The most important race he won was the 1958
Sailor's Guide was retired to stud in America, but was a poor foal-getter. He did have eight of his progeny race without any great success.[1]
References
- ^ ISBN 0-908133-00-6.
- ^ a b "Hall of Fame Sailor's Guide". racingvictoria.com.au. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ "Jehane (GB) - offspring". Australian Stud Book. Australian Turf Club Limited and Victoria Racing Club Limited. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
- ISBN 0-670-88502-9.
- ^ Race wins - Sailor's Guide
- ^ Horses to exceed the £100,000 mark
- ^ Racing History Tulloch and Sailor's Guide