- My Babu
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My Babu Sire Djebel Grandsire Tourbillon Dam Perfume II Damsire Badruddin Sex Stallion Foaled 1945 Country France Colour Bay Breeder not found Owner HH Maharaja of Baroda Trainer Sam Armstrong Record 16: 11-2-0 Earnings £29,830 Major wins Champagne Stakes (1947)
British Classic Race wins:
New Stakes (1947)
Woodcote Stakes (1947)
Craven Stakes (1948)
Sussex Stakes (1948)
Victoria Cup Handicap Stakes (1949)
2,000 Guineas Stakes (1948)Horse (Equus ferus caballus) Last updated on January 23, 2010 My Babu (1945–1970) was a French-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who became one of the most influential sires in American breeding of show jumpers, eventers and hunters. His descendants include Bruce Davidson's former eventing mount JJ Babu, Anky van Grunsven's dressage horse Bonfire, and puissance and grand prix jumper Sympatico. Also, the grand prix jumper Napur is related to him through his sire Damascus dam Kerala. My Babu was the sire of Kerala, and therefore one of Napur's grandsires.
During My Babu's racing career in England, the bay colt had 16 Starts, 11 Wins, 2 Places, and 0 Shows, with career earnings of £29,830. His most important win came in the 1948 Classic, the 2,000 Guineas Stakes in which he set a new stakes record time.[1] He was later sold in 1955 to Americans Leslie W. Combs II and John W. Hanes for over $600,000,[2][3] the highest price ever paid for a Thoroughbred imported to the United States. The stallion stood at Spendthrift Farm in Kentucky during his breeding career.
My Babu was a sire of 47 stakes winners and was a broodmare sire of 95 winners. He earned the title of Leading Juvenile Sire in 1960. His son, Better Boy, was the Leading sire in Australia four times.[4] By 1965, his racing descendants had won over $3,000,000. My Babu was the grandsire of National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame inductee Precisionist, and the damsire of Hall of Fame inductees Damascus and Gamely as well as the damsire of Little Current, the 1974 American Champion Three-Year-old Colt and winner of the Preakness and Belmont Stakes.
Pedigree of My Babu Sire
Djebel
b. 1937Tourbillon
b. 1928Ksar
ch. 1918Bruleur Kizil Kourgan Durban
b. 1918Durbar Banshee Loika
ch. 1926Gay Crusader
b. 1914Bayardo Gay Laura Coeur A Coeur
ch. 1921Teddy Ballantrae Dam
Perfume
gr. 1938Badruddin
gr. 1931Blandford
br. 1919Swynford Blanche Mumtaz Mahal
gr. 1921The Tetrarch Lady Josephine Lavendula
br. 1930Pharos
br. 1920Phalaris Scapa Flow Sweet Lavender
ch. 1923Swynford Marchetta References
- ^ My Babu Wins 2,000 Guineas, The Miami News, April 28, 1948, accessed April 13, 2010.
- ^ French Bred Stallion Sold For $600,000, Kentucky New Era, September 16, 1955, accessed April 13, 2010.
- ^ $600,000 Paid for Sire; My Babu, British Stallion Sold to Combs and Hanes, New York Times, June 22, 1956, accessed April 13, 2010.
- ^ Nearly 50 Years On, Djebel blood to fore in Australian classic, The Sydney Morning Herald, November 21, 1988, accessed April 13, 2010.
Categories:- 1945 racehorse births
- 1970 racehorse deaths
- Influential sport horse sires
- Thoroughbred racehorses
- French racehorses
- British racehorses
- Racehorses trained in the United Kingdom
- Racehorses bred in France
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