- Slip Anchor
Slip Anchor, sired by
Shirley Heights and out of Sayonara (Birkhahn) was athoroughbred race horse foaled in1982 . He won theEpsom Derby in 1985. Owned by Lord Howard de Walden and trained at Newmarket byHenry Cecil , he led all the way at Epsom and won by seven lengths from Law Society. He was ridden by American jockeySteve Cauthen , who became the first rider to win both the Epsom Derby and theKentucky Derby , following his 1978 success onAffirmed in the American race.Slip Anchor was the first Epsom Derby winner whose sire (
Shirley Heights ) and paternal grandsire (Mill Reef ) were themselves winners of Britain's premier classic. Slip Anchor never won again after his Epsom success and was retired to Plantation Stud in Newmarket. His most notable offspring was the 1992Epsom Oaks andSt. Leger Stakes winner, andPrix de l'Arc de Triomphe runner-up, User Friendly.Pedigree
name = Slip Anchor
f =Shirley Heights
m = Sayonara
ff =Mill Reef
fm = Hardiemma
mf = Birkhahn
mm = Suleika
fff =Never Bend
ffm = Milan Mill
fmf = Hardicanute
fmm = Grand Cross
mff = Alchimist
mfm = Bramouse
mmf = Ticino
mmm = Schwarzblaurot
ffff =Nasrullah
fffm = Lalun
ffmf =Princequillo
ffmm = Virginia Water
fmff = Hard Ridden
fmfm = Harvest Maid
fmmf = Grandmaster
fmmm = Blue Cross
mfff = Herold
mffm = Aversion
mfmf = Cappiello
mfmm = Peregrine
mmff = Athanasius
mmfm = Terra
mmmf = Magnat
mmmm = Schwarzgold|
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