St. Amant (horse)
St. Amant | |
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Stallion | |
Foaled | 1901 |
Country | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
Colour | Bay |
Breeder | Leopold de Rothschild |
Owner | Leopold de Rothschild |
Trainer | Alfred Heyhoe Tom Cannon, Jr |
Record | 21: 6-3-5 |
Earnings | £ |
Major wins | |
Coventry Stakes (1903) 2000 Guineas Stakes (1903) Epsom Derby (1904) Jockey Club Stakes (1905) |
St. Amant (1901–1920) was a British
Background
St. Amant was bred by his owner, Leopold de Rothschild, at his Southcourt Stud at Leighton Buzzard in Bedfordshire.[1] His sire St. Frusquin was an outstanding racehorse who won the 2000 Guineas Stakes and the Eclipse Stakes in 1896.[2] As a stallion he was leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland on two occasions and sired the Classic winners Rosedrop (1910 Epsom Oaks), Flair (1906 1000 Guineas) and Quintessence (1903 1000 Guineas).[3] St. Amant's dam, Lady Loverule, never appeared in a race but was descended from the 1867 Oaks winner Hippia. St. Amant was trained for most his career by Alfred Hayhoe at Palace House, Newmarket, Suffolk.[4]
Racing career
1903: two-year-old season
St. Amant was one of the best two-year-old colts of his generation, but was no match for the filly
At the end of the year, St. Amant had done enough to establish himself as a contender for the following year's Derby, a race in which Pretty Polly had not been entered.[8] The bookmakers offered him at 5/1 for the Epsom and he went into the winter as joint-favourite with Henry The First.[9]
1904: three-year-old season
On his three-year-old debut, St. Amant started odds on favourite for a Biennial Stakes at Newmarket in which he was beaten by His Majesty. He showed an unpleasant side to his character by attempting to bite the rider of the winner during the race, and was fitted with
At
On 7 September, St. Amant attempted to become the second successive Triple Crown winner in the St Leger. Pretty Polly was pursuing her own version of the Triple Crown, having won both of the fillies' classics and the first meeting between the pair since their two-year-old season was highly anticipated.[19] St. Amant was sent to the front after two furlongs in an attempt to repeat the tactics employed at Epsom, but soon after half way he "began to sulk" and dropped back.[20] The filly won the race easily at 2/5 with St. Amant tailed off last of the six runners.[21] He ran in a further six races before the end of the season, at least five of them at Newmarket, but failed to win. He finished a poor seventh of the nine runners behind Rock Sand in the Jockey Club Stakes,[22] third to Lochryan in the Great Foal Stakes,[23] third to Henry The First in the Gatwick Stakes, second to Sansovino in the Surrey Stakes[24] and third to Bachelor's Button in the Champion Stakes. During this period he was described as "a vicious, ill-tempered brute" who had to be fitted with a muzzle during exercise.[25]
At the end of the season St. Amant was sent to be exercised over hurdles at the stables of Tom Cannon Jr at Chattis Hill in Hampshire, in an attempt to "restore his courage".[26]
1905: four-year-old season
As a four-year-old, St. Amant remained in the care of Tom Cannon Jr (the brother of Kempton Cannon). He was entered, but failed to appear in races such as the
1906: five-year-old season
St. Amant returned as a five-year-old but failed to win in four starts. His best effort in four races came when he finished third to Pretty Polly in the Coronation Cup.[29] He also finished third in the Princess of Wales's Stakes at Newmarket on 5 July.[30]
Assessment
In their book A Century of Champions, John Randall and Tony Morris rated St. Amant as an "inferior" Derby winner.[31]
In 1904, St. Amant won prize money of £11,750, placing him third on the list of highest earners behind Rock Sand and Pretty Polly.[32] In the 1905 list, St. Amant's sole win in the Jockey Club Stakes was enough to put him equal fourth on the list behind Cherry Lass, Val d'Or and Cicero.[33]
Stud career
St. Amant was not a particularly successful stallion. The best of his offspring was the filly Chacolet, who was bred in England but became a champion racehorse in the United States in the early 1920s.
Pedigree
Sire St. Frusquin (GB) 1893 |
St. Simon 1881 |
Galopin | Vedette |
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Flying Duchess | |||
St. Angela | King Tom | ||
Adeline | |||
Isabel 1879 |
Plebeian | Joskin | |
Queen Elizabeth | |||
Parma | Parmesan | ||
Archeress | |||
Dam Lady Loverule (GB) 1888 |
Muncaster 1877 |
Doncaster | Stockwell |
Marigold | |||
Windermere | Macaroni | ||
Miss Agnes | |||
Nellie 1879 |
Hermit | Newminster | |
Seclusion | |||
Hippia | King Tom | ||
Daughter of the Star (Family: 14) |
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