Teenoso
Teenoso | |
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Sire | Youth |
Grandsire | Ack Ack |
Dam | Furioso |
Damsire | Ballymoss |
Sex | Stallion |
Foaled | 7 April 1980 |
Country | United States |
Colour | Dark bay or Brown |
Breeder | Eric B. Moller & White Lodge Stud |
Owner | Mollers Racing |
Trainer | Harry Wragg Geoff Wragg |
Record | 13: 6-1-3 |
Major wins | |
Lingfield Derby Trial (1983) Epsom Derby (1983) Ormonde Stakes (1984) Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud (1984) King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (1984) | |
Awards | |
Timeform best middle distance horse (1984) Top-rated European older horse (1984) Timeform rating: 135 |
Teenoso (7 April 1980 – 4 October 1999) was an American-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. After showing moderate form as a two-year-old, he improved in the spring of 1983 to win the Group Three Lingfield Derby Trial and the Epsom Derby, giving Lester Piggott a record ninth win in the Classic race. Teenoso was beaten in his two remaining races that year but showed good form as a four-year-old, winning the Ormonde Stakes, the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud and, on his final appearance, the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. He proved to be a disappointment at stud.
Background
Teenoso was a dark-coated bay horse with a small white
Teenoso was sent into training with Harry Wragg at his Abington Place stables in Newmarket, Suffolk.[3]
Racing career
1982: two-year-old season
Teenoso showed little worthwhile form as a two-year-old in 1982. He finished unplaced on his debut over six furlongs at Newmarket in August and was unplaced again over seven furlongs at Doncaster a month later. Teenoso produced a slightly better effort on his final appearance, when he finished fourth on soft ground at Newmarket.[4] The colt ended the season with earnings of £262. At the end of the year, Harry Wragg retired from training, and his stable was taken over by his son Geoff Wragg.[3]
1983: three-year-old season
On Teenoso's first appearance as a three-year-old, he finished second in a ten-furlong
When Lester Piggott, who had won the race eight times previously, elected to ride Teenoso in the Derby, the colt was strongly supported in the betting and started 9/2 favourite in a field of twenty-one runners. Racing on the heaviest ground seen at Epsom for many years,[5] Teenoso was among the leaders from the start. Piggott sent the colt into the lead early in the straight and he was never in any apparent danger, winning by three lengths from the Irish-trained Carlingford Castle. The winning time of 2:49.07 was the slowest of the 20th century.[6]
The
1984: four-year-old season
Teenoso made his four-year-old debut in the Group Three John Porter Stakes at Newbury in April. He started favourite, but in his first run for eight months he was beaten into third place behind Gay Lemur and Dazari, both of whom were receiving weight from the Derby winner. In May Teenoso, accompanied by his pacemaker Mill Plantation, was sent to Chester for the Group Three Ormonde Stakes. Teenoso took the lead three furlongs from the finish and won comfortably by a length and a half from Khairpour.[7] His success made him the first Derby winner to win as a four-year-old since Snow Knight in 1975 and the first to win in Europe since Roberto won the 1973 Coronation Cup.
In his next race, Teenoso returned to Group One level for the first time since the 1983 Irish Derby as he was sent to France to contest the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud. Piggott positioned Teenoso in fourth place before taking the lead in the straight. Teenoso went two lengths clear of his opponents and held the late challenge of the outsider Fly Me to win by a neck. Shortly before the race Teenoso had thrown his head back, striking Piggott in the face, and the jockey rode the race bleeding heavily from a cut over his right eye.[7] The success was gained on fast ground, contradicting the prevailing opinion that Teenoso needed soft conditions to show his best form.[4]
The ground was also firm at
Teenoso was then aimed at the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp in October. He was the 9/4 favourite in the ante-post betting lists when he suffered a slight injury to his right foreleg three days before the race. He was withdrawn from the race on veterinary advice[7] and retired to stud.
Assessment and honours
The independent Timeform organisation gave Teenoso a rating of 132 in 1983,[1] and 135 in 1984. In the latter year Timeform named the best middle-distance horse of the year. In the official International Classification for 1984, Teenoso was rated the best European older horse and the second best horse of any age behind El Gran Senor.[7] In the voting for the British Horse of the Year award, conducted by the Racegoers' Club, he was beaten by seventeen votes to six by the two-year-old Provideo.[8]
In their book A Century of Champions, based on the Timeform rating system, John Randall and Tony Morris rated Teenoso a "superior" winner of the Derby.[6]
Retirement
Teenoso began his stud career at the Highclere Stud but struggled to attract high-quality mares and was not considered a success as a stallion.
In autumn 1999, Teenoso developed thrombosis and was euthanized on October 4 at Pitts Farm Stud.[9]
Pedigree
Sire Youth (USA) 1973 |
Ack Ack (USA) 1966 |
Battle Joined | Armageddon |
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Ethel Walker | |||
Fast Turn | Turn-To | ||
Cherokee Rose | |||
Gazala (FR) 1964 |
Dark Star | Royal Gem | |
Isolde | |||
Belle Angevine | L'Amiral | ||
Bella | |||
Dam Furioso (GB) 1971 |
Ballymoss (GB) 1954 |
Mossborough | Nearco |
All Moonshine | |||
Indian Call | Singapore | ||
Flittemere | |||
Violetta (ITY) 1958 |
Pinza | Chanteur | |
Pasqua | |||
Urshalim | Nasrullah | ||
Horama (Family 3-c)[12] |
References
- ^ ISBN 0-900599-40-5.
- ^ a b "Teenoso pedigree". Equineline. 2012-05-08. Retrieved 2012-08-22.
- ^ a b "Geoffrey Wragg". Archive.breederscup.com. 1930-01-09. Retrieved 2012-08-23.
- ^ a b c d "Nothing soft about this outstanding performer". Racing Post. 6 August 2011. Retrieved 2012-08-23.
- ^ AP (1983-06-02). "Teenoso Is a Winner in Epsom Derby". New York Times. Retrieved 2012-08-22.
- ^ ISBN 1-901570-15-0.
- ^ ISBN 0-900599-40-5.
- ISBN 0-85112-902-1.
- ^ a b "Derby hero Teenoso dies at 19". Racing Post. 7 October 1999. Retrieved 2012-08-23.
- ^ "Young Buster". Racing Post. Retrieved 2012-08-23.
- ^ "Young Spartacus". Racing Post. Retrieved 2012-08-23.
- ^ "Whisker Mare – Family 3-c". Bloodlines.net. Retrieved 2012-08-23.