Slieve Gallion (horse)
Slieve Gallion | |
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St. James's Palace Stakes (1907) |
Slieve Gallion (1904–1926) was a British
Background
Slieve Gallion's colour was controversial: he was officially described as a black horse,
Racing career
1906: two-year-old season
Slieve Gallion began his racing career at
After a three-month break, Slieve Gallion returned to the racecourse to win the Champagne Stakes at Doncaster. On his final start of the season he ran in one of the year's most important two-year-old races, the
1907: three-year-old season
Slieve Galion began his three-year-old season by winning the Craven Stakes at Newmarket in April. In the 2000 Guineas over the same course and distance two weeks later he started at
At Epsom on 5 June he was made 8/13 favourite for the one and a half mile Derby in a field of nine runners. Confidence was high, with one prominent correspondent claiming that Slieve Gallion only had to "escape accident" to win the Classic.[14] Despite stamina not being considered one of Slieve Gallion's strengths,[15] Higgs rode the colt positively, sending him to the front after half a mile. He continued to lead into the straight, but two furlongs from the finish he began to struggle and was overtaken by the Irish colt Orby. Slieve Gallion hung badly to the right[16] as he tired and finished third, beaten two lengths and half a length by Orby and Wool Winder. Higgs and Sam Darling offered no excuses, admitting that their colt had been beaten on merit.[17] Shortly after the Derby, Orby's owner "Boss" Croker challenged Greer to a match race between the colts for "a substantial sum" over any distance. The challenge was not accepted.[18]
Two weeks after his defeat at Epsom, Slieve Gallion returned to the one mile distance for the St James's Palace Stakes at
Stud career
Slieve Gallion was exported by his new owner to stand as a stallion in Austria-Hungary.[22] He made little impact as a sire of flat racers, but his progeny proved highly successful as steeplechasers. He was euthanized at the Kisber Stud in 1926.[1]
Pedigree
Sire Gallinule (GB) 1884 |
Isonomy 1875 |
Sterling | Oxford |
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Whisper | |||
Isola Bella | Stockwell | ||
Isoline | |||
Moorhen 1873 |
Hermit | Newminster | |
Seclusion | |||
sister to Ryshworth | Skirmisher | ||
Vertumna | |||
Dam Reclusion (GB) 1898 |
St. Florian 1891 |
St. Simon | Galopin* |
St. Angela | |||
Palmflower | The Palmer | ||
Jenny Diver | |||
Penserosa 1893 |
Fitz-James | The Scottish Chief | |
Hawthorn Bloom | |||
Allegra | Galopin* | ||
Feronia (Family:8-d)[23] |
References
- ^ a b c d Patricia Erigero. "SlieveGallion". Thoroughbred Heritage. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
- ^ "SPORTING NOTES". Kalgoorlie Western Argus. 30 Oct 1906. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
- ^ "THE COLOUR QUESTION". Otago Witness. 11 December 1907. Retrieved 2012-03-17.
- ^ Patricia Erigero Thoroughbred Heritage. "Gallinule". Thoroughbred Heritage. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
- ^ "Horseracing History Online - Person Profile : Samuel Darling". Horseracinghistory.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
- ^ "SPORTING NEWS". Star. 2 August 1906. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
- ^ "SPORTING NEWS. THE TURF. TO-DAY'S FIXTURES". The West Australian. 4 Aug 1906. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
- ^ "IN A NUTSHELL". Otago Witness. 28 November 1906. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
- ^ "IN A NUTSHELL". Otago Witness. 12 December 1906. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
- ^ "THE TURF". The Capricornian. 24 Nov 1906. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
- ^ "SPORTING NEWS". Star. 5 December 1906. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
- ^ "SPORTING NOTES". Star. 16 November 1906. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
- ^ "RACING IS ENGLAND". Otago Witness. 19 June 1907. Retrieved 2012-03-17.
- ^ "NOTES BY " MULTIFORM."". Wanganui Chronicle. 12 July 1907. Retrieved 2012-03-17.
- ^ "IN A NUTSHELL". Otago Witness. 20 February 1907. Retrieved 2012-03-17.
- ^ "RACING IN ENGLAND". Otago Witness. 12 June 1907. Retrieved 2012-03-17.
- ^ "SPORTING INTELLIGENCE". Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle. 13 August 1907. Retrieved 2012-03-17.
- ^ "NOTES BY "MULTIFORM."". Paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 1907-08-24. Retrieved 2011-11-12.
- ^ "SPORTING NEWS. THE TURF. THE WEEK'S FIXTURES". The West Australian. 19 July 1907. Retrieved 2012-03-17.
- ^ "IN A NUTSHELL". Otago Witness. 11 December 1907. Retrieved 2012-03-17.
- ^ "TURF NOTES". Wairarapa Daily Times. 4 January 1908. Retrieved 2012-03-17.
- ^ "SPORTING INTELLIGENCE". Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle. 24 December 1907. Retrieved 2012-03-17.
- ^ "Feronia - Family 8-d". Bloodlines.net. Retrieved 2012-03-16.