| The English Classics |
| By Clive Bettison & David Boyd |
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Introduction
We all have particular memories of our favourite 'Classic' winners, their jockeys and trainers too. What about each of the owner's colours-was it a blue or a red cap? How many of us recall the riders of Khalid Abdullah's three Derby winners each wearing a different coloured cap, or Lester donning a white cap on the Queen's first Oaks winner, or with Kahyasi carrying the famous chocolate & green hoops of the present Aga Khan's grandfather? All a fascination to those wondering what the colours of yesteryear were. The modern-day facility of trainers' open days and stable visits give a great insight into their profession. But where were the locations of those classic winning horses of the past? Many of them were stabled at famous centres such as Newmarket, Middleham, Malton, Epsom and Lambourn. But where exactly? Others in more isolated yards such as Beckhampton, Whatcombe, Manton or the secretive Druids Lodge. Which of the Stoute winners came from Beech Hurst and which from Freemason Lodge? That Cumani's were all stabled, not at Bedford House, but at Kremlin Cottage, and were Hannon's from East Everleigh or Herridge? The object of this work is hopefully to answer the majority of these questions. The result is a culmination of decades of accumulated knowledge and research, including accessing historic racing volumes and newspaper archives. It has been a practice throughout the project to consult as many sources as possible regarding each entry, and certainly not to rely solely on any singular internet information. |
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| Iroquois was the first American bred to win the Derby. Fred Archer also rode him to victory in the St Leger, the colours being cherry, black hooped sleeves, black cap of Pierre Lorillard whose trainer, Jacob Pincus, became the first American to train the winner of an English classic. In the background of the picture is the Guineas winner and Derby runner-up Peregrine, owned by Hon. Captain Robert Grosvenor, a first cousin to the Duke of Westminster, from whom he purchased the horse the previous Autumn. He ran in the rarely seen colours of chocolate, red cap under Captain Grosvenor's nom-de-course of 'Mr Norman'. It is noted that several modern references mistakenly list the 3-y-o Peregrine as owned by the Duke of Westminster. |
| © Clive Bettison, David Boyd, John Slusar 2023 |
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