Who's the Famous Thoroughbred? (November 2009 edition)

re: Who's the Famous Thoroughbred? (November 2009 edition)

Ann in Lexington — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:38:53 GMT

St. Germans still didn't win ANY of the most important races at 3, these being the Guineas, Derby, St. Leger (at Doncaster!), not to mention the best wfa races. He won a Guineas trial, the Craven; he ran 2nd by 6 in the Derby, he was 2nd by 2 in the St. James Palace S, was beaten 5 in the Eclipse S. He won a bunch of second level races in the autumn, a couple of which had only two runners, having shown himself not quite up to the top level at that time. Like Lost Code, who won 7 stakes races as a 3yo, most of them second level, he couldn't quite beat the best horses. Admirable seasons they each had at 3 but not the best of their year.

re: Who's the Famous Thoroughbred? (November 2009 edition)

Janesville Liz — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:57:32 GMT

The answers are:

ANITA PEABODY

BATTLESHIP

HOLYSTONE

HIGH STREET

ARTFUL

CHALLENGER II

re: Who's the Famous Thoroughbred? (November 2009 edition)

nyfalcon — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:43:47 GMT

#2 battleship

#5 artful

#6 sir gallahad3

re: Who's the Famous Thoroughbred? (November 2009 edition)

Ashley — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:10:22 GMT

1: Anita Peabody

2: Battleship

3: Holystone

4: Highstreet

5: Artful

6: St Germans

re: Who's the Famous Thoroughbred? (November 2009 edition)

Miss Woodford — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:46:44 GMT

1st-Anita Peabody

2nd-Battleship

3rd-Holystone

4th-Recherche

5th-Artful

6th-St. Germans

re: Who's the Famous Thoroughbred? (November 2009 edition)

Ann in Lexington — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:07:27 GMT

1. Anita Peabody, by Luke McLuke (the good sire nobody knows) by Ultimus by Commando by DOMINO - easy with the family number given

2. Battleship - who doesn't everybody know about him?

3. Holystone - harder

4. High Street, by Porterhouse-Recherche, by Easy Mon. Where the heck was she from 1965 to 1983? Producing QHs?

5. Artful

6. St. Germans (per previous post)

re: Who's the Famous Thoroughbred? (November 2009 edition)

Ann in Lexington — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:33:15 GMT

First of all, I can't see how you can say that St. Germans won "about every great race in England in 1924". He won the Coronation Cup and Doncaster Cup as a 4yo 1924, but he didn't win the Eclipse S, or Ascot Gold Cup (third at even money), or the Princess of Wales S (third, beaten 5 lengths by Solario) nor the Jockey Club S (second to a 3yo filly). Good but no world beater.

As to his sire line, the last good sire from the line was Pepenador, a top sire in Argentina, a son of Lucky Debonair. His offspring included Regidor (GP Carlos Pelligrini), Madrugador (Polla=2000 Guineas),Triplicador (won two major Derby preps), Evaluado (SW, 2nd Derby), Double Paid (GP 25 de Mayo, etc.) and some top fillies. None of his sons except Triplicador has made much of a splash at stud, and he was not a huge success.

Scot's reply: I believe St. Germans was a 3-year-old (not 4) in 1924 when he won the Craven, Lowther, Royal Post, Limekiln, Liverpool St. Leger, and Hampton Court Great Three-Year-Old Stakes. His Burwell Stakes and Coronation and Doncaster Cups came at 4.

re: Who's the Famous Thoroughbred? (November 2009 edition)

CL — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:04:01 GMT

Battleship is the name of the Grand National winner, the second photo.

re: Who's the Famous Thoroughbred? (November 2009 edition)

CL — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:02:11 GMT

Battleship is the name of the Grand National winner in the second photo.

re: Who's the Famous Thoroughbred? (November 2009 edition)

sceptre — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:48:47 GMT

Hi Scot,

Well, you drove me crazy with this one, today. Instead of readying for Keeneland, I spent my time on this. I knew three off the top of my head (#s 2,5,6). #3 was easy to find; #1 took some work-until I noticed "1927" at bottom of picture; but #4 took a bit of deduction followed by produce record research on Pedigree Query (which failed to show any produce on the likely candidate-followed by checking a CD. Anyway, I have all six:

#1- Anita Peabody

#2-Battleship

#3-Holystone

#4-High Street

#5-Tanya

#6-St Germans

re: Who's the Famous Thoroughbred? (November 2009 edition)

Greg J. — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:13:35 GMT

lol, It finally came to me, The filly in the first picture is "Anita Peabody"...

re: Who's the Famous Thoroughbred? (November 2009 edition)

Carissa — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:55:17 GMT

1. Anita Peabody

2. Battleship

3. Holystone

4. High Street

5. Artful

6. St. Germans

re: Who's the Famous Thoroughbred? (November 2009 edition)

LACS70 — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:16:00 GMT

Here are my picks:

#1 Not sure #2 Battleship #3 Annapolis #4 Dont know #5 Frizette #6 Blenheim(2)

re: Who's the Famous Thoroughbred? (November 2009 edition)

ash — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:53:38 GMT

As for nbr 4 (i got the others except this one). I am trying to figure out if either grandsires you listed- Endeavour II and Easy Mon's offsprings who sire this filly well known or not? Can you offer more hints regarding to this photo?

re: Who's the Famous Thoroughbred? (November 2009 edition)

MidnightHill — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:13:26 GMT

Wow! This was fun!

Here is my go on this.

1)Anita Peabody

2)Battleship

3)Holystone

4)??? - this was a tricky one!

5)Artful

6)St Germans

re: Who's the Famous Thoroughbred? (November 2009 edition)

Vince — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:22:50 GMT

battleship is 2. st germmans 6?

re: Who's the Famous Thoroughbred? (November 2009 edition)

nyfalcon — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:56:01 GMT

#2 battleship, #5artful #6 sir gallahadIII and that as far as I have gotton thus far .nyfalcon

re: Who's the Famous Thoroughbred? (November 2009 edition)

MRO — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:47:06 GMT

Is photo #2 Battleship c 1927 Man O' War - Quarantaine by Sea Sick?

re: Who's the Famous Thoroughbred? (November 2009 edition)

LACS70 — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:34:51 GMT

Ok, I'm going to try this out...

#1 I'm guessing she is descended from Commando, but that is as good as it gets.

#2 Battleship

#3 Annapolis

#4 No idea!

#5 Frizette

#6 Blenhiem(2)

re: Who's the Famous Thoroughbred? (November 2009 edition)

MRO — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:21:00 GMT

Photo 5 is Artful f 1902 Hamburg-Martha

re: Who's the Famous Thoroughbred? (November 2009 edition)

ny falcon — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:18:03 GMT

well this ones hard , ive got 3 of the six and am stumpes for a little bit , back to the research!!

re: Who's the Famous Thoroughbred? (November 2009 edition)

Phil — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:00:43 GMT

OK....this was TOO HARD! hahaha So I only went after two horses...

the 2nd photo is Battleship (?)....the 6th photo is Hyperion (?).

Probably wrong, but this one (without a great memory, or lotsa research!) was a bit too tough for me!

re: Who's the Famous Thoroughbred? (November 2009 edition)

Greg J. — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:17:47 GMT

Scot, What happened to my comments? Just Curious? Should I post my answers again?, Thanks...

re: Who's the Famous Thoroughbred? (November 2009 edition)

Susan W. — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:40:18 GMT

#2 --- Battlefield

#3 --- Blockade

Ask me anything about Man 'O War and I will, in all likelihood, know it!

re: Who's the Famous Thoroughbred? (November 2009 edition)

Squarky — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:00:50 GMT

1. Anita Peabody

2. Battleship

3. Holystone

4. High Street

5. Artful

6. St.Germans