Wizard (horse)
Wizard | |
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2000 Guineas Stakes (1809) (1810)Match against Pope Sweepstakes of 100 gs at Newmarket (1811) Match against Middlethorpe (1811) |
Wizard (1806 – 30 June 1813) was a
Background
Wizard was a
Racing career
1809: Three-year-old season
Wizard did not race as a two-year-old and he made his debut on 3 April 1809 in a sweepstakes of 100
Wizard then went to
1810: Four-year-old season
Wizard did not reappear as a four-year-old until October, when he defeated Derby winner Pope over 1+1⁄4 miles at Newmarket. Pope had started the race as the 1/2 favourite.[11] The following day, Wizard walked over for one-third of a subscription of 25 guineas each.[12] These were his only two appearances in 1810.
1811: Five-year-old season
Wizard's first race as a five-year-old was a sweepstakes of 100 guineas each on 20 April at Newmarket. He faced three opponents and won the race from odds-on favourite Spaniard.[13] He was then intended to face 1810 Derby winner Whalebone at Newmarket in early May, but Whalebone's owner, the 4th Duke of Grafton, paid a forfeit and the race never took place.[14] He beat Middlethorpe at Newmarket after Middlethorpe unseated his rider in the early stages of the race. The match against Middlethorpe won him 500 guineas.[15] The following day he beat Anthonio over 5+1⁄2 furlongs.[16] He faced Middlethorpe again in September when he fell lame and Middlethorpe beat him. This was his final race and he was retired to stud.[17] Throughout his racing career Wizard earned 3850 guineas.
Race record
Date | Race name | Distance | Course | Prize | Odds | Runners | Place | Winner/Runner-up | Ref. |
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3 April 1809 | Sweepstakes of 100gs | 1 mile 2f | Newmarket | 700 gs | 6/5 | 6 | 1 | Chyrseis | [4] |
18 April 1809 | 2000 Guineas Stakes
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1 mile | Newmarket | 1450 gs | 4/5 | 8 | 1 | Robin | [6] |
18 May 1809 | Derby Stakes | 1 mile 4f | Epsom Downs | 1050 gs | 8/11 | 10 | 2 | Pope | [8] |
25 September 1809 | St. Leger Stakes
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2 miles | Doncaster | 1250 gs | 10/1 | 14 | 4 | Ashton | [9] |
1 October 1810 | Match against Pope | 1 mile 2f | Newmarket | 200 gs | 2 | 1 | Pope | [11] | |
2 October 1810 | Sweepstakes of 25 gs | 2 miles ½f | Newmarket | 125 gs | N/A | 1 | 1 | Walkover | [11] |
20 April 1811 | Sweepstakes of 100 gs | 1 mile 7+1⁄2f | Newmarket | 450 gs | 7/2 | 4 | 1 | Spaniard | [13] |
17 May 1811 | Match against Middlethorpe | 4 miles 1+1⁄2f | Newmarket | 500 gs | 2 | 1 | None | [15] | |
18 May 1811 | Match against Anthonio | 5+1⁄2 furlongs | Newmarket | 200 gs | 5/6 | 2 | 1 | Anthonio | [16] |
30 September 1811 | Match against Middlethorpe | 1 mile 7+1⁄2f | Newmarket | 200 gs | 4/7 | 2 | 2 | Middlethorpe | [17] |
Stud career
Wizard was a stallion at Elmsal Lodge near Ferrybridge, Yorkshire. In 1812 his stud fee was ten guineas plus half a guinea for the groom.[18] He also stood at Emsal, for the same fee, in 1813.[19] He only stood as a stallion for these two seasons[20] and died on 30 June 1813 at Elmsal Lodge two days after running into a post. He broke three ribs and an iron bar attached to the post became so lodged in his backbone that it took two men to remove it.[21] Wizard sired three winners of eleven races.
His winning progeny were:
- Wizard filly (1813) – won a maiden race at Penrith in three two-mile heats in 1816. She ran in the Richmond Cup, but was unplaced.[22]
- Warlock (1814) – won two races at Chesterfield and two races at Pontefract in 1817.[23] He also won a race of four three-mile heats at Durham in 1818.[24]
- Young Wizard (1814) – owned by the 3rd Baron Foley and later the 2nd Marquess of Exeter. As a three-year-old in 1817 he won the Riddlesworth Stakes at Newmarket and a Produce Sweepstakes at Doncaster. A match between Young Wizard and Pickaxe at Newmarket finished in a dead heat. He also finished second to Azor in the Derby.[23] In 1818 he beat Sir Thomas in a match race[24] and won a race at Ascot Heath in 1819.[25]
Wizard's descendants include 1963
Through his 1814 daughter Wizardess his descendants include 1928 Grand Prix de Paris winner Cri de Guerre[35][36] and his descendants (including 1972 Bay Shore Stakes winner Explodent and 1983 Phoenix Stakes winner King Persian).[37]
Pedigree
Sire Sorcerer (GB) bl. 1796 |
Trumpator (GB) blk. 1782 |
Conductor ch. 1767 |
Matchem* |
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Snap mare* | |||
Brunette br. 1771 |
Squirrel | ||
Dove | |||
Young Giantess (GB) b. 1790 |
Diomed ch. 1777 |
Florizel | |
Spectator mare | |||
Giantess b. 1769 |
Matchem* | ||
Molly Long Legs | |||
Dam Precipitate mare (GB) 1795 |
Precipitate (GB) ch. 1787 |
Mercury ch. 1778 |
Eclipse |
Tartar mare | |||
Herod mare b. 1779 |
Herod | ||
Maiden | |||
Lady Harriet (GB) b. 1783 |
Mark Anthony b. 1767 |
Spectator | |
Rachel | |||
Georgiana b. 1771 |
Matchem* | ||
Snap mare* |
Note: b. =
* Wizard is inbred 4S × 4S x 4D to the stallion Matchem, meaning that he appears fourth generation twice on the sire side of his pedigree and fourth generation once on the dam side of his pedigree.
* Wizard is inbred 4S × 4D to the mare Snap mare, meaning that he appears fourth generation once on the sire side of his pedigree and fourth generation once on the dam side of his pedigree.
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- ^ a b "History of the 2000 Guineas 2012". Eclipse Magazine. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 2012-12-25.
- ^ a b c Weatherby, Edward & James (1810). Racing calendar. 1809. H. Reynell, London. p. 2. Retrieved 2012-12-24.
- ^ Sporting Magazine (Vol. 34). J. Wheble, London. 1809.
- ^ a b c Weatherby, Edward & James (1810). Racing calendar. 1809. H. Reynell, London. p. 13. Retrieved 2012-12-24.
- ^ a b Sporting Magazine (Vol. 34). J. Wheble, London. 1809. Retrieved 2013-01-07.
- ^ a b Weatherby, Edward & James (1810). Racing calendar. 1809. H. Reynell, London. p. 42. Retrieved 2013-01-28.
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- ^ a b c Weatherby, Edward & James (1811). Racing calendar. 1810. H. Reynell, London. p. 173. Retrieved 2012-12-24.
- ^ Weatherby, Edward & James (1811). Racing calendar. 1810. H. Reynell, London. p. 174. Retrieved 2012-12-24.
- ^ a b Weatherby, Edward & James (1812). Racing calendar. 1811. C. H. Reynell, London. p. 10. Retrieved 2012-12-24.
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- ^ a b Weatherby, Edward & James (1812). Racing calendar. 1811. C. H. Reynell, London. p. 168. Retrieved 2012-12-24.
- ^ Weatherby, Edward & James (1812). Racing calendar. 1811. C. H. Reynell, London. p. 490. Retrieved 2012-12-24.
- ^ Weatherby, Edward & James (1813). "Racing calendar. 1812". C. H. Reynell, London. p. 411. Retrieved 2013-01-30.
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- ^ Weatherby, Edward & James (1817). Racing calendar. 1816. C. H. Reynell, London. Retrieved 2012-12-24.
- ^ a b Weatherby, Edward & James (1818). Racing calendar. 1817. C. H. Reynell, London. Retrieved 2012-12-24.
- ^ a b Weatherby, Edward & James (1819). Racing calendar. 1818. C. H. Reynell, London. Retrieved 2012-12-24.
- ^ Weatherby, Edward & James (1820). Racing calendar. 1819. C. H. Reynell, London. Retrieved 2012-12-24.
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- ^ "IDSHS Online Stud Book - Cri de Guerre". IDSHS. Retrieved 2012-12-24.
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