April the Fifth

Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename = April the Fifth


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sire = Craig an Eran
grandsire = Sunstar
dam = Sold Again
damsire = Call o'the Wild
sex = Stallion
foaled = 1929
country = Great Britain flagicon|UK
colour = Brown
breeder = Sydney McGregor
owner = Tom Walls
trainer = Tom Walls
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earnings =
race = Lingfield Derby Trial (1932)
Epsom Derby (1932)
awards =
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updated= June 14, 2007

April the Fifth (1929-1954) was a thoroughbred racehorse who was bred and trained in England. He won the 1932 Epsom Derby.

Breeding

April the Fifth was sired by Craig an Eran, winner of the 1921 2,000 Guineas and Eclipse Stakes and runner-up by a neck in the Epsom Derby. April the Fifth was bred by Sydney McGregor from his mare, Sold Again, at his stud in Leamington Spa. He was foaled on 5th April, which was also his breeder's birthday. [ [http://www.horseracinghistory.co.uk/hrho/action/viewDocument?id=1128 Sydney McGregor at the National Horseracing Museum] ]

Racing career

He ran in the name of the actor Tom Walls and was trained by him at his stables at Epsom. April the Fifth won the inaugural running of the Lingfield Derby Trial in 1932 and went on to win the Epsom Derby itself at odds of 100 to 6. He was ridden in the Derby by Fred Lane. April the Fifth was injured and failed in the St. Leger Stakes and never ran again. He remains the last Epsom Derby winner trained at Epsom.

Retirement

At stud he was a useful sire of National Hunt horses and Sydney McGregor bred the 1958 Ascot Gold Cup winner Gladness from a mare by April the Fifth.

He died in 1954.

External links

* [http://www.horseracinghistory.co.uk/hrho/action/viewDocument?id=1017 April the Fifth at the National Horseracing Museum]

References