Ginevra (horse)

Ginevra
Sire	Shantung
Grandsire	Sicambre
Dam	Zest
Damsire	Crepello
Sex	Mare
Foaled	1969
Country	United Kingdom
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Earl of Suffolk
Owner	1) Charles St. George and Peter Richards 2) T. Hoshikawa (Mrs. Asano)
Trainer	Ryan Price
Record	10: 4 wins
Earnings	£46, 141^[1]
Major wins
Epsom Oaks (1972) Ladbrokes Oaks Trial (1972)

Ginevra (1969 – 18 March 1982) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare best known for winning the 1972 Epsom Oaks. After winning two minor races as a two-year-old she improved in 1972 to win the Ladbrokes Oaks Trial before taking the Oaks. She went on to finish third in the Yorkshire Oaks and the St Leger. At the end of the year she was sold to a Japanese breeding syndicate and exported to Japan. Ginevra did not produce any notable offspring, although two of her daughters had some success as broodmares.

Background

Ginevra was foaled at the Earl of Suffolk's stud in Gloucestershire. Her sire, Shantung, was a winner of the 1959 Prix La Rochette, the Prix Edgard de la Charme and was the second leading sire in France in 1969.^[2] Ginevra's dam, Zest, was an unsuccessful racehorse that was bought by the Earl of Suffolk in 1967^[3] for 1,200 guineas.^[4] Ginevra was entered in the Newmarket Houghton sale as a yearling in 1970 but failed to make her reserve price of 2,500 guineas, the bidding having stopped at 1,300 guineas.^[4] She was later was sold privately to the racing partnership of St. George and Richards for 2,000 guineas.^[3]

Ginevra was a bay filly with no white markings.^[5] Trained by Ryan Price throughout her career, Ginevra had a difficult and unpredictable personality. She was prone to escaping from her paddock and once jumped the fence three days before the running of the Oaks to graze on a nearby carriageway. Price often had to chase after her himself, noting, "You never knew which direction she was going to go. I must have walked hundreds of miles after the bitch."^[6]

Racing career

1971: two-year-old season

Ginevra ran five times as a two-year-old.^[7] She won a minor race at Newmarket Racecourse in early June^[4] and finished third to Padrona in the Cherry Hinton Stakes at the same course later that month.^[8] Ridden by Lester Piggott Ginevra was unplaced in the Knavesmire Nursery Handicap in October at York. In October at Ascot, Ginevra beat Grey Gaston and Carcosa in the Tankerville Nursery Handicap.^[9] In the Free Handicap, a rating of the best juveniles to race in Britain, she was allotted a weight of 113 pounds, 20 pounds behind the top-rated colt Crowned Prince and fourteen pounds behind the top-rated filly Rose Dubarry.^[4]^[10]

1972: three-year-old season

Ginevra began her second season by finishing unplaced in a handicap race but then won the Ladbrokes Oaks Trial at Lingfield Park in May 1972.^[11] On 10 June, Ginevra started in the Oaks Stakes at 8-1 odds, the race favourite being Arkadina (the future dam of Irish St. Leger winner Dark Lomond). Ridden by Tony Murray, Ginevra was last of the field for the first half mile until six furlongs from the finish whereby she rapidly passed second-place finisher Regal Exception to win easily by 1.5 lengths. Murray commented on the difficulty of training Ginevra after the running, "She has been a most difficult filly to train. The captain [Ryan Price] has handled her in miraculous fashion throughout and spent a tremendous amount of time on her. I have never seen a feat of training to equal this."^[12]

Ginevra was beaten in her three remaining races. She finished third to Attica Meli in the Yorkshire Oaks in August and then took third place behind the colts Boucher and Our Mirage in the St Leger Stakes at Doncaster Racecourse in September. Shipped to Longchamp Racecourse in September for her last career start, Ginevra finished a disappointing fourth to San San and Paysanne in the Prix Vermeille.^[13]

Breeding career

Ginevra was retired from racing at the end of her three-year-old season and was sold to a Japanese breeding syndicate for 106,000 guineas at the December Sales. She was the first British Classic winner just out of training that had been sold at the December Sales since Festoon was sold in 1954.^[5] Ginevra did not produce successful racers in Japan and died at the Yoshida Stud Farm on 18 March 1982 while foaling her last foal, Mrs. Ginevra.^[14]

Foals

Kyoei Monarch, 1977, bay colt by Contrite. Winless in two starts in 1981.^[14]
Grand Prima, 1978, bay filly by Contrite. Two wins from 11 starts. Produced the multiple stakes winner Tsukino Maihime (Gifu Okan Sho and Gifu Kin Sho).^[15]
Ginevra O, 1979, bay colt by My Swallow. Seven wins from 15 starts.
Unnamed colt, 1980, by Contrite. Died young.
Mrs. Ginevra, 1982, bay filly by Contrite. Unraced. Produced the multiple stakes winner Type Swallow (Kaisetsu Kinen and Oguri Cap Kinen).^[16]

Tabulated pedigree

Pedigree of Ginevra (GB), Bay Filly, 1969
Sire Shantung (FR) Brown, 1956	Sicambre Brown, 1948	Prince Bio	Prince Rose
		Prince Bio	Biologie
		Sif	Rialto
		Sif	Suavita
	Barley Corn (GB) Bay, 1950	Hyperion	Gainsborough
		Hyperion	Selene
		Schiaparelli	Schiavoni
		Schiaparelli	Aileen
Dam Zest (GB) Bay, 1961	Crepello Chestnut, 1954	Donatello	Blenheim
		Donatello	Delleana
		Crepuscule	Mieuxce
		Crepuscule	Red Sunset
	Mary Brandon Bay, 1949	Owen Tudor	Hyperion
		Owen Tudor	Mary Tudor
		Nipotina	Felicitation
		Nipotina	Figliastra (Family 3-d)^[17]

Ginevra was inbred 3 × 4 to Hyperion, meaning that this stallion appears in both the third and fourth generations of her pedigree

Epsom Oaks winners

1779 Bridget 1780 Tetotum 1781 Faith 1782 Ceres 1783 Maid of the Oaks 1784 Stella 1785 Trifle 1786 Yellow Filly 1787 Annette 1788 Nightshade 1789 Tag 1790 Hippolyta 1791 Portia 1792 Volante 1793 Caelia 1794 Hermione 1795 Platina 1796 Parisot 1797 Nike 1798 Bellissima 1799 Bellina 1800 Ephemera 1801 Eleanor † 1802 Scotia 1803 Theophania 1804 Pelisse 1805 Meteora 1806 Bronze 1807 Briseis 1808 Morel 1809 Maid of Orleans 1810 Oriana 1811 Sorcery 1812 Manuella 1813 Music 1814 Medora 1815 Minuet 1816 Landscape 1817 Neva 1818 Corinne 1819 Shoveler 1820 Caroline 1821 Augusta 1822 Pastille ‡ 1823 Zinc 1824 Cobweb 1825 Wings 1826 Lilias 1827 Gulnare 1828 Turquoise 1829 Green Mantle 1830 Variation 1831 Oxygen 1832 Galata 1833 Vespa 1834 Pussy 1835 Queen of Trumps 1836 Cyprian 1837 Miss Letty 1838 Industry 1839 Deception 1840 Crucifix ‡ 1841 Ghuznee 1842 Our Nell 1843 Poison 1844 The Princess 1845 Refraction 1846 Mendicant 1847 Miami 1848 Cymba 1849 Lady Evelyn 1850 Rhedycina 1851 Iris 1852 Songstress 1853 Catherine Hayes 1854 Mincemeat 1855 Marchioness 1856 Mincepie 1857 Blink Bonny † 1858 Governess 1859 Summerside 1860 Butterfly 1861 Brown Duchess 1862 Feu de Joie 1863 Queen Bertha 1864 Fille de l'Air 1865 Regalia 1866 Tormentor 1867 Hippia 1868 Formosa ₩ ‡ 1869 Brigantine 1870 Gamos 1871 Hannah ₩ 1872 Reine 1873 Marie Stuart 1874 Apology ₩ 1875 Spinaway 1876 Camelia (dh) 1876 Enguerrande (dh) 1877 Placida 1878 Jannette 1879 Wheel of Fortune 1880 Jenny Howlet 1881 Thebais 1882 Geheimniss 1883 Bonny Jean 1884 Busybody 1885 Lonely 1886 Miss Jummy 1887 Reve d'Or 1888 Seabreeze 1889 L'Abbesse de Jouarre 1890 Memoir 1891 Mimi 1892 La Fleche ₩ 1893 Mrs Butterwick 1894 Amiable 1895 La Sagesse 1896 Canterbury Pilgrim 1897 Limasol 1898 Airs and Graces 1899 Musa 1900 La Roche 1901 Cap and Bells II 1902 Sceptre ₩ ‡ 1903 Our Lassie 1904 Pretty Polly ₩ 1905 Cherry Lass 1906 Keystone II 1907 Glass Doll 1908 Signorinetta † 1909 Perola 1910 Rosedrop 1911 Cherimoya 1912 Mirska 1913 Jest 1914 Princess Dorrie 1915 Snow Marten 1916 Fifinella † 1917 Sunny Jane 1918 My Dear 1919 Bayunda 1920 Charlebelle 1921 Love in Idleness 1922 Pogrom 1923 Brownhylda 1924 Straitlace 1925 Saucy Sue 1926 Short Story 1927 Beam 1928 Toboggan 1929 Pennycomequick 1930 Rose of England 1931 Brulette 1932 Udaipur 1933 Chatelaine 1934 Light Brocade 1935 Quashed 1936 Lovely Rosa 1937 Exhibitionnist 1938 Rockfel 1939 Galatea II 1940 Godiva 1941 Commotion 1942 Sun Chariot ₩ 1943 Why Hurry 1944 Hycilla 1945 Sun Stream 1946 Steady Aim 1947 Imprudence 1948 Masaka 1949 Musidora 1950 Asmena 1951 Neasham Belle 1952 Frieze 1953 Ambiguity 1954 Sun Cap 1955 Meld ₩ 1956 Sicarelle 1957 Carrozza 1958 Bella Paola 1959 Petite Etoile 1960 Never Too Late 1961 Sweet Solera 1962 Monade 1963 Noblesse 1964 Homeward Bound 1965 Long Look 1966 Valoris 1967 Pia 1968 La Lagune 1969 Sleeping Partner 1970 Lupe 1971 Altesse Royale 1972 Ginevra 1973 Mysterious 1974 Polygamy 1975 Juliette Marny 1976 Pawneese 1977 Dunfermline 1978 Fair Salinia 1979 Scintillate 1980 Bireme 1981 Blue Wind 1982 Time Charter 1983 Sun Princess 1984 Circus Plume 1985 Oh So Sharp ₩ 1986 Midway Lady 1987 Unite 1988 Diminuendo 1989 Snow Bride 1990 Salsabil 1991 Jet Ski Lady 1992 User Friendly 1993 Intrepidity 1994 Balanchine 1995 Moonshell 1996 Lady Carla 1997 Reams of Verse 1998 Shahtoush 1999 Ramruma 2000 Love Divine 2001 Imagine 2002 Kazzia 2003 Casual Look 2004 Ouija Board 2005 Eswarah 2006 Alexandrova 2007 Light Shift 2008 Look Here 2009 Sariska 2010 Snow Fairy 2011 Dancing Rain 2012 Was 2013 Talent 2014 Taghrooda 2015 Qualify

Legend - ₩ = Fillies Triple Crown Winners, † = Epsom Derby Winners, ‡ = 2,000 Guineas Stakes Winners

References

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↑ John Karter. "Master trainer Ryan Price looks ahead to a kind of retirement." Times [London, England] 28 Oct. 1982: 19. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 13 Nov. 2015.
↑ Baerlein, Richard (9 April 1972). "Beating his Waterloo: RACING". The Observer. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
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↑ Phillips, Michael (19 October 1971). "Europeans must swing pendulum their way.". Times (London).
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↑ Staff (13 May 1972). "Lingfield Park results". London Times.
↑ Baerlein, Richard (11 June 1972). "It's Ginevra by a dash". The Observer. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
↑ Baerlein, Richard (25 September 1972). "English fillies disappoint in Prix Vermeille". The Observer. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
1 2 "Ginevra". Studbook Database. Japan Association for International Racing and Stud Book. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
↑ Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association. "Tsukino Maihime (JPN)". jbis.jp.
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↑ "Brown Bess - Family 3-d". Thoroughbred Bloodlines.

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