Tirol (horse)
Tirol | |
---|---|
Sire | 2000 Guineas (1990) (1990)Irish 2,000 Guineas |
Tirol (16 March 1987 – August 2007) was an Irish-bred, British-trained
. After two defeats later in 1990 Tirol was retired to stud, where he had some success as a sire of winners. He died in India in 2007.Background
Tirol was a brown horse bred in Ireland by a partnership of Mrs R. D. Peacock and Robert Sangster's Swettenham Stud. As a weanling he was sent to the December sales where Mrs Peacock bought him outright by paying 13,000 guineas for Sangster's share.[1] The following year he was sent to the Newmarket Highflyer sale where he was bought for 52,000 guineas by the bloodstock agent Peter Doyle on behalf of the Cork businessman John Horgan, who sent him to be trained in England by Richard Hannon Sr.[2] Tirol was arguably the best horse got by his sire Thatching, a top class sprinter who won the July Cup in 1979.[3] His dam Alpine Niece showed little ability as a racehorse, but had a good pedigree, being a daughter of Great Nephew, the sire of the Derby winners Grundy and Shergar.
Racing career
1989: two-year-old season
Tirol began his racing career in a six
1990: three-year-old season
Tirol began his three-year-old season with a run in the
After five successive wins, Tirol was moved up in distance for the
Stud career
Tirol was retired to the Coolmore Stud in Ireland. For several years he was also "shuttled" to stand in Australia during the southern hemisphere breeding season. in 1997 he was exported to the Capricorn Stud Farm at Pune, India where sired several important winners[13] before dying of colic in August 2007.[14] Tirol had had some success as a stallion in Europe, siring the winners of more than six hundred races including the Group One winning fillies Miss Tahiti (Prix Marcel Boussac) and Tarascon (Irish 1,000 Guineas, Moyglare Stud Stakes).[15]
Following Tirol's death, Richard Hannon paid tribute to the horse, calling him "one of the best horses that we've ever had here. We always held him in high regard, as he was a good, sound horse to have anything to do with, and had a very good turn of foot."[2]
Pedigree
Sire Thatching (IRE) 1975 |
Thatch (USA) 1970 |
Forli | Aristophanes |
---|---|---|---|
Trevisa | |||
Thong | Nantallah | ||
Rough Shod | |||
Abella (GB) 1968 |
Abernant | Owen Tudor | |
Rustom Mahal | |||
Darrica | Darius | ||
Erica Fragrans | |||
Dam Alpine Niece (GB) 1972 |
Great Nephew (GB) 1963 |
Honeyway | Fairway |
Honey Buzzard | |||
Sybil's Niece | Admiral's Walk | ||
Sybil's Sister | |||
Fragrant Morn (GB) 1966 |
Mourne | Vieux Manoir | |
Ballynash | |||
Alpine Scent | Chamoissaire | ||
Fragrant View (Family:10-c)[17] |
References
- ^ "Manor House Stud". Yorkshire-racing.co.uk. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
- ^ a b "Dual 2,000 Guineas winner Tirol dies of colic in India aged 20". 6 September 2007. Retrieved 9 March 2012 – via The Free Library.
- ^ "Thatching Stud Record". Racing Post. 15 February 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
- ^ "LaurentPerrier Rose Champagne Graduation Stakes for Injured Jockeys' Fund result". Racing Post. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
- ^ "Horris Hill Stakes result". Racing Post. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
- ^ "Craven Stakes result". Racing Post. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
- ^ "2000 Guineas result". Racing Post. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
- ^ "TIROL TAKES 2,000 GUINEAS IN RECORD TIME". Lexington Herald Leader. 6 May 1990. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
- ^ "Tirol wins Irish Classic in style". New Straits Times. 21 May 1990. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
- ^ "Irish 2000 Guineas". Racing Post. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
- ^ "Tirol Fails French Test". Evening Times. 25 June 1990. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
- ^ "Queen Elizabeth II Stakes result". Racing Post. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
- ^ "Capricorn Stud Farm buys Mull of Kintyre". Racingpulse.in. 17 February 2008. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
- ^ "English/Irish Classic Winner Tirol Dead in India". BloodHorse. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
- ^ "Tirol Stud Record". Racing Post. 15 February 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
- ^ "Tirol pedigree". Equineline. 8 May 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
- ^ "Bonnie Doon – Family 10-c". Bloodlines.net. Retrieved 8 March 2012.