Pebbles (horse)

Pebbles (horse)

Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename = Pebbles


caption =
sire = Sharpen Up
grandsire = Atan
dam = La Dolce
damsire = Connaught
sex = Filly
foaled = 1981
country = Great Britain flagicon|UK
colour = Chestnut
breeder = Warren Hill Stud & Mimika Financiera
owner = Marcos Lemos
Sheikh Mohammed al Maktoum
trainer = Clive Brittain
record = 15: 8-5-0
earnings = ₤1,182,140
race = Nell Gwyn Stakes (1984)
1,000 Guineas (1984)
Sandown Mile (1985)
Eclipse Stakes (1985)
Champion Stakes (1985)
Breeders' Cup Turf (1985)
awards = U.S. Champion Female Turf Horse (1985)
honours =
updated= November 22, 2006

Pebbles (1981-2005) was a champion British-bred Thoroughbred race horse, the first British-trained racehorse to win a Breeders' Cup race.

She was foaled in 1981 and was initially owned by her breeder, Marcos Lemos. Lemos sold her to Sheikh Mohammed after her 1,000 Guineas win.

Racing career

As a two-year-old in 1983 Pebbles won two races and finished fourth in the Lowther Stakes at York Racecourse and a close second in the Cheveley Park Stakes at Newmarket Racecourse.

Pebbles began her three-year-old season in 1984 by returning to Newmarket to win the Nell Gwyn Stakes. In her next race she won the 1,000 Guineas, beating the favourite Mahogany by three lengths with Desirable, who had won the 1983 Cheveley Park Stakes a neck further back in third. Pebbles raced twice more in 1984; she was beaten one and half lengths by Katies, winner of the Irish 1,000 Guineas in the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot, and then finishing second by a neck to Palace Music in the Champion Stakes at Newmarket. In the official International Classification for 1984 she was rated 82, 16 pounds behind the top-rated El Gran Senor.

At four years old in 1985 Pebbles won the Eclipse Stakes, the first filly ever to win that race, beating subsequent Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner Rainbow Quest. Later that season she won the Champion Stakes, beating the Derby winner Slip Anchor, before culminating her career with her Breeders' Cup win at Aqueduct.

1985 Breeders' Cup

In the Breeders' Cup Turf, Pebbles went up against the males in a field of 13 starters. Among the starters was Lashkari, winner of the year's prior and inaugural running of the BC Turf. This was her first attempt at the distance of 1 1/2 miles. Ridden by Pat Eddery, she was his only mount of the day, they went off as the betting favorite. She was in 13th place (last) after the first 1/2 mile but worked her way up methodically to surge to the front in the final stretch.

Pebbles held off Strawberry Road II ridden by Steve Cauthen to win by a measured neck. Her winning time of 2:27 established a new Aqueduct course record, lowering the previous mark by 1 1/5 seconds.

On the strength of that single victory in the US, she was awarded the 1985 Eclipse Award for outstanding turf female.

The award was well deserved as her effort that year was spectacular. In 1985, Pebbles defeated the winners of the Epsom Derby, Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, Juddmonte International, Irish Champion Stakes, English Champion Stakes, Epsom Oaks, Arlington Million, Hollywood Gold Cup, and Breeders' Cup Turf.

Personality

Pebbles in addition to her success as a racer, made for an interesting media story because of her assorted unqiue quirks. She was frequently accompanied by a gelding partner: Come On The Blues whom escorted her to America for the first running of the Breeders' Cup. She also was known for consuming a pint of Guinness beer a day.

Retirement

Pebbles died at the Fukumitsu Stud in Japan in September 2005.

External Videos

* [http://www.breederscup.com/greatestmoments.aspx?year=1985&divisionname=turf Pebbles' Breeders Cup win video from www.breederscup.com]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bcX2E4lQ68&feature=related Youtube.com '1985 Breeders' Cup Turf' video length 03:13]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnOeySWSQEE&feature=related Youtube.com Part 1 'Story of Horse of the Year Pebbles' video length 06:42]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kas6ASMybfU&feature=related Youtube.com Part 2 'Story of Horse of the Year Pebbles' video length 07:39]

References

* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/pebbles3 Pebbles' pedigree and racing stats]

Pedigree
name = Pebbles
f = Sharpen Up
m = La Dolce
ff = Atan
fm = Rocchetta
mf = Connaught
mm = Guiding Light
fff = Native Dancer
ffm = Mixed Marriage
fmf = Rockefella
fmm = Chambiges
mff = St. Paddy
mfm = Nagaika
mmf = Crepello
mmm = Arbitrate
ffff = Polynesian
fffm = Geisha
ffmf = Tudor Minstrel
ffmm = Persian Maid
fmff = Hyperion
fmfm = Rockfel
fmmf = Majano
fmmm = Chanterelle
mfff = Aureole
mffm = Edie Kelly
mfmf = Goyama
mfmm = Naim
mmff = Donatello
mmfm = Crepuscule
mmmf = Arbar
mmmm = Above Board


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