Smolensko (horse)
Smolensko | |
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2,000 Guineas Stakes (1813) |
Smolensko (1810 – 10 January 1829) was a
Background
Smolensko was foaled in 1810 at Barton Hall near
Smolensko was a black colt with a coat mixed with a "few white hairs,"[3] a small white star and a sock on his right hind foot. He was "about sixteen and a half hands high" and had a calm and docile temperament.[4] A German count visiting Sir Charles in 1818 described him as, "... a brilliant animal with a beautiful high and formed neck and excellent shoulders and withers. His legs on contrary are in proportion to rest of the body rather longer than those of his father and his arms and hocks are not so broad as those of his parent however notwithstanding his considerable performances his legs are perfectly free from all blemishes."[3]
Racing career
Smolensko did not run as a two-year-old. In his two-year racing career, he ran eight times and won seven races, finishing third once and forfeiting a race due to injury. His most important wins were in the 1813
1813: three-year-old season
Spring
On the first start of Smolensko's racing career at the First Spring Meeting at
Summer
On 3 June, Smolensko started in the Derby Stakes held at Epsom against a field of eleven other horses.[8] Before the race, Smolensko was paraded before the assembled crowd and there "was a burst of admiration on all sides"[9] with Sporting Magazine commenting on his "fine eye, the splendid symmetry of his limbs, the grace and power of his action and his perfect docility" before the race.[10] Smolensko bruised the sole of one of his hooves during a training run on the Friday before the Derby and his regular shoes were replaced with solid metal plates for the running.[10] At three o'clock, the race began with Smolensko soon taking the lead, followed closely by Lord Jersey's colt Caterpillar. At Tadnor's Point (Tattenham Corner, a sharp turn in the track) Caterpillar took the lead from Smolensko, but one hundred yards from the finish, Smolensko, under jockey Goodisson's command, "shot past Caterpillar like lightning, winning easily by a length."[9] The excitement of Smolensko's Derby win led to a few accidents in the crowd with commentary in Sporting Magazine reporting that, "Many falls took place, some few persons were run over, and of consequence a few accidents occurred."[11] In the most serious occurrence, "a phaeton was unfortunately overthrown, and a lady who was in it much injured, and a gentleman who endeavoured to prevent the accident, had his arm broken."[11]
At Egham on 25 August, Smolensko won the 175-guinea Magna Charta Stakes from the Duke of York's colt Eurus.[12]
Autumn
At the First October Meeting at Newmarket, Smolensko finished third in a £96 sweepstakes race to the colts The Corporal and Macedonian. He was injured during the race, straining "one of his back sinews."
1814: four-year-old season
Smolensko only started twice in 1814. At the Newmarket-Craven meeting on 12 April, Smolensko won a
Stud career
Smolensko was retired to stud in 1815 and stood at Great Barton until 1 March when he was relocated to the Oatlands stud in Surrey where he commanded a 20-guinea stud fee and a 1-guinea groom fee.[5] Charles Bunbury died on 31 March 1821, and upon his death, the landlord (Nathaniel Garland) of one of Bunbury's leased estates claimed 14 horses from Bunbury's stable as a heriot. Smolensko had recently been sent to a stable in Yorkshire and was not present at Barton Hall during the incident. Garland later sued in court for the right to claim and include Smolensko as one of the 14 horses in the heriot. The court ruled that since Smolensko was not initially included in the list, Garland did not have a right to him stating: "in consequence of the bailiff's saying he had enough when he took the list, the horse Smolensko is therefore not included."[17]
Smolensko was bought after Bunbury's death in 1821 by Richard Wilson for approximately 1,300 guineas
Smolensko is not considered to be an extraordinary sire, but he did sire one winner of
Sire line tree
Pedigree
Sire Sorcerer (GB) Black, 1796 |
Trumpator 1782 |
Conductor | Matchem* |
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Snap Mare | |||
Brunette | Squirrel | ||
Dove | |||
Young Giantess 1790 |
Diomed | Florizel | |
Sister to Juno | |||
Giantess | Matchem* | ||
Molly Longlegs | |||
Dam Wowski (GB) Black, 1797 |
Mentor 1784 |
Justice | Herod* |
Curiosity | |||
Shakespeare Mare | Shakespeare | ||
Miss Meredith | |||
Maria 1777 |
Herod* | Tartar | |
Cypron | |||
Lisette | Snap | ||
Miss Windsor |
* Smolensko is inbred 4D × 3D to the stallion Herod, meaning that he appears fourth generation on the sire side of his pedigree and third generation on the dam side of his pedigree.
* Smolensko is inbred 4S × 4S to the stallion Matchem, meaning that he appears twice fourth generation on the sire side of his pedigree.
References
- ^ Dixon, William Willmott (1882). Famous Racing Men. London: James Hogg. pp. 19–24.
- ^ Weatherby (1832). "Wowski". The General Stud Book. 2: 307.
- ^ a b Staff (1820). "Letters from a German count V--". Sporting Magazine. 5: 66.
- ^ Scott, William Henry (1818). British field sports. London: Sherwood, Neely and Jones. p. 523.
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- ^ a b c Taunton, Thomas Henry (1887). Portraits of celebrated racehorses of the past and present, Volume 2. Liverpool: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington. p. 93.
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- ^ Staff (February 1822). "Court of common pleas". The Gentleman's Magazine. 92: 173.
- ^ Lawrence, John (1 July 1821). "To the editor of the Monthly Magazine". Monthly Magazine and British Register. 51: 526.
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- ^ Staff. American Turf Register and Sporting Magazine. "Obituary of celebrated turf horses." (May 1833) vol.4 (9): pp. 441–442.
- ^ Hall Dixon, Enrique (1862). Scott and Sebright. Rogerson & Tuieford. p. 67.
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- ^ Upton, Rodger D. (1873). Newmarket & Arabia: an examination of the descent of racers and coursers. London: Henry S. King and Co. p. 79.
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- ^ Staff. "Smolensko 5x Pedigree". Retrieved 20 January 2012.