Wool Winder
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Wool Winder (5 April 1904–28 November 1928), also known as Woolwinder, was a British-bred and raced Thoroughbred racehorse that won the 1907
Background
Foaled on 5 April 1904
Wool Winder was a large
Racing career
1906: two-year-old season
Wool Winder ran twice in 1906. He was a late developer and was not entered in a race until the July meeting at Newmarket. Running in the Fulbourne Stakes, he was second to Prince of Orange. Wool Winder won the Alington Plate at the Newmarket Second October meeting, easily beating Hill Sprite by two lengths.[9]
1907: three-year-old season
In April Wool Winder won the Castle Plate, a one and a quarter mile race run at Warwick.
On 11 September, Wool Winder won the St. Leger Stakes. He was the betting favourite at 11 to 10 and was uncontested for most of the running, crossing the finish by six lengths over Baltinglass, Acclaim and Larig. Wool Winder ran eight times in 1907 and won £10,556 for Baird.[15]
1908: four-year-old season
Heralded as a top prospect for the coming season, Wool Winder was unplaced to the colt Succor in his first outing at the Newmarket March Stakes.[16] Baird attributed the loss to the high 140 pounds (64 kg) weight Wool Winder carried in the running, 7 pounds (3.2 kg) more than Succor.[17] Approached by representatives of the Hungarian government stud in March, Baird refused to sell Wool Winder for £32,000.[18] Wool Winder's form suffered late in the season, and his training was stopped for most of the season in the hopes his health and condition would improve for the Ascot Gold Cup.[19] He was ultimately withdrawn from all of his engagements for the entire racing season due to health and soundness issues, his unsuccessful run in the March Stakes his only outing for the year. In November, Baird offered to sell Wool Winder to the Hungarian government for £25,000, but the offer was refused.[20]
1909: five-year-old season
In April at Newmarket, Wool Winder lost by a head to Lafayette in the one and a quarter-mile March Stakes.[21] He finished sixth and last in the
Stud career
Wool Winder stood at Aristides Baltazzi's Napajedla Stud in Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic) alongside Matchbox and Wombwell.[24] Wool Winder was the leading sire in Austria in 1916[25] and 1928. He died on 28 November 1928 at 24 years at the Kottingbrunn Stud after contracting an intestinal infection.[26] Considered a success during his lifetime, few of his sons became breeding stallions and his sire line is not prominent in modern times.
Pedigree
Sire Martagon (GB) Bay, 1887 |
Bend Or 1877 |
Doncaster | Stockwell |
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Marigold | |||
Rouge Rose | Thormanby | ||
Ellen Horne | |||
Tiger Lily 1875 |
Macaroni | Sweetmeat | |
Jocose | |||
Polly Agnes | The Cure | ||
Miss Agnes | |||
Dam St. Windeline (GB) Bay, 1899 |
St. Simon 1881 |
Galopin | Vedette |
Flying Duchess | |||
St. Angela | King Tom | ||
Adeline | |||
Queen of the Spring 1890 |
Springfield | St. Albans | |
Viridis | |||
Queen of the Hills | Exminster | ||
Queen of the May (Family 4) |
References
- ^ a b Fairfax-Blakeborough, John (1948). Northern Turf History, Volume 3. London: J. A. Allen. p. 429.
- ^ a b The Sporting Life (1906). The British turf and the men who have made it. London: Biographical Press. p. 90.
- ^ a b Dawkins, George Henry (1897). Present Day Sires and the Figure System. London: Horace Cox. p. 90.
- ^ Staff (1909). "St. Windeline". The General Stud Book. 21: 720. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
- ^ Cook, Theodore Andrea (1926). The Sunlit Hours. New York: George H. Doran Co. pp. 207–211.
- ^ Staff (2 July 1918). "Sires of the season". Sydney Mail. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
- ^ Staff (7 June 1907). "The English Derby". The Mercury. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
- ^ a b Staff. "Wool Winder". The National Horseracing Museum. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
- ^ . Retrieved 24 May 2013.
- ^ Staff (16 May 1907). "The turf". The Advertiser. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
- ^ Staff (7 July 1907). "The English Derby". Bendigo Advertiser. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
- ^ "Derby Favourite's Downfall". Auckland Star. 20 July 1907. Retrieved 2013-09-09.
- ISBN 0-354-08536-0.
- ^ Sentinel (1 August 1907). "Sporting and sports". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 2013-09-09.
- ^ . Retrieved 24 May 2013.
- ^ Pakeha (17 June 1908). "Sporting". Examiner. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
- ^ Staff (May 8, 1908). "Newmarket Meeting, Thursday". The Times. No. 38641. p. 17.
- ^ Staff (7 March 1908). "Turf Topics". Free Lance. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
- ^ Staff (June 3, 1908). "The Epsom Summer Meeting, Tuesday". The Times. No. 38663. p. 19.
- ^ Staff (10 November 1908). "Sporting Intelligence". Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
- ^ "Racing. The Newmarket Meeting, Thursday". The Times. No. 38947. April 30, 1909. p. 24.
- ^ Staff (May 28, 1909). "Racing". The Times. No. 38971. p. 18.
- ^ Staff (8 September 1909). "In a nutshell". Otago Witness. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
- ^ . Retrieved 26 May 2013.
- ^ Beacon (28 July 1917). "Stud notes". Leader. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
- ^ Staff (1928). The Bloodstock Breeder's Review. 17: 380.
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