St Louis (horse)
St Louis | |
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2000 Guineas (1922) |
St Louis (1919 – after 1933) was an Irish-bred, British-trained
Background
St Louis was a "grand"[3] bay horse with a white blaze bred at the Confey Stud in County Dublin by J J Maher.[4] As a yearling he was offered for sale and bought for 2,600 guineas by the trainer Peter Gilpin on behalf of Almeric Paget, 1st Baron Queenborough. Gilpin trained the horse at his Clarehaven stable in Newmarket, Suffolk.[5]
He was one of the best horses sired by Louvois who won the 2000 Guineas and was awarded second place in the Derby in 1913. St Louis's dam Princess Sterling was an influential broodmare whose female-line descendants included Noblesse who was in turn the ancestor of Rainbow Quest, Warning and Commander in Chief.[6]
Racing career
1921: two-year-old season
St Louis made only one appearance on the track as a two-year-old and made little impression as he finished unplaced in a minor race.[7]
1922: three-year-old season
Ridden by the American jockey
St Louis was off the course until August, when he started at odds of 1/9 against four moderate opponents in the Wolverhampton Breeder's Foal Plate over ten furlongs. With Archibald in the saddle he won very easily by five lengths from Clincher, to whom he was conceding 20 pounds in weight.[14]
The colt was strongly fancied for the St Leger Stakes at Doncaster Racecourse in September, but in his final prep race he came home last of the three runners behind Express Delivery in the Great Yorkshire Stakes over one and a half mile at York,[15] and was withdrawn from the Leger a few days later.[16]
St Louis's earnings of £11,084 for the year made him the fifth most successful racehorse of the season.[2]
1923: four-year-old season
St Louis remained in training but was beaten on his only start. When he was put up for auction at the end of the year he failed to reach his reserve price of 4,200 guineas and was retained by his owner.[4]
Assessment and honours
In their book, A Century of Champions, based on the Timeform rating system, John Randall and Tony Morris rated St Louis a "poor" winner of the 2000 Guineas.[10]
Stud record
St Louis was retired to become a breeding stallion at Lord Queenborough's Snarehill Stud in Norfolk. He sired no major winners[4] and his last reported foals were born in 1933.
Pedigree
Sire Louvois (GB) 1910 |
Isinglass (GB) 1890 |
Isonomy | Sterling |
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Isola Bella | |||
Dead Lock | Wenlock | ||
Malpractice | |||
St Louvaine (GB) 1898 |
Wolf's Crag | Barcaldine | |
Lucy Ashton | |||
St Reine | St Simon | ||
Ulster Queen | |||
Dam Princess Sterling (GB) 1910 |
Florizel II (GB) 1891 |
St Simon
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Galopin |
St Angela | |||
Perdita | Hampton | ||
Hemione | |||
Sterling Balm (GB) 1899 |
Friar's Balsam | Hermit | |
Flower of Dorset | |||
Yeterling | Sterling | ||
Yessel (Family 14-f)[6] |
- St Louis was inbred 3 × 4 to St Simon, meaning that this stallion appeare in both the third and fourth generations of his pedigree. He was also inbred 4 × 4 to Sterling
References
- ^ a b "St Louis pedigree". Equineline.
- ^ a b "Racing Stakes". The New Zealand Herald. 31 March 1923. p. 12 – via Papers Past.
- ^ a b "English Derby". The Evening Post. 15 May 1922. p. 11 – via Papers Past.
- ^ a b c "J.J. Maher". Thoroughbred Heritage.
- ^ ISBN 0-354-08536-0.
- ^ a b "Honoria – Family 14-f". Thoroughbred Bloodlines.
- ^ "Sporting". The New Zealand Herald. 29 April 1922. p. 12 – via Papers Past.
- ^ "English Derby". The Evening Post (New Zealand). 22 May 1922. p. 5 – via Papers Past.
- ^ "Turf Notes". Auckland Star. 24 June 1922. p. 18 – via Papers Past.
- ^ ISBN 1-901570-15-0.
- ^ "Sporting". Otago Daily Times. 22 June 1922. p. 2 – via Papers Past.
- ^ "Sporting". The Press. 10 May 1922. p. 9 – via Papers Past.
- ^ "The Derby". Auckland Star. 2 June 1922. p. 6 – via Papers Past.
- The Australasian. 30 September 1922. p. 28 – via trove.nla.gov.au.
- ^ "Racing World". Auckland Star. 2 September 1922. p. 11 – via Papers Past.
- ^ "St. Louis Scratched". The Evening Post (New Zealand). 6 September 1922. p. 12 – via Papers Past.