Sun Chariot (horse)

Sun Chariot (horse)

Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename = Sun Chariot


caption =
sire = Hyperion
grandsire = Gainsborough
dam = Clarence
damsire = Diligence
sex = Filly
foaled = 1939
country = Ireland flagicon|Ireland
colour = Bay
breeder = National Stud
owner = King George VI
trainer =
record = 10: 8 - 0 - 1
earnings = $26,270
race = Queen Mary Stakes (1941)
Middle Park Stakes (1941)
1,000 Guineas (1942)
Oaks (1942)
St. Leger (1942)
awards =
honours = Sun Chariot Stakes at Newmarket Racecourse
updated= January 15, 2008

Sun Chariot, one of those horses who was bred by the National Stud and raced for King George VI, was a filly of great talent but very difficult temperament. Before she ever appeared on a racecourse, she displayed such a lack of promise that she was nearly returned to Ireland, where the stud then was. She topped the Free Handicap after winning the Middle Park Stakes, Queen Mary Stakes and two other races. However, in her first start as a three-year-old, she refused to make any effort and was beaten for what turned out to be the only time. She won the 1,000 Guineas, Oaks (despite steering a most wayward course) and the St. Leger, in which she beat the Derby winner, Watling Street. In retirement, she bred some good winners at stud before her death in 1963, including: Blue Train, whose unsoundness prevented him from doing himself justice; Laudau, who inherited something of his dam's temperament but showed smart form in spite of this; and Pindari, whose successes included the King Edward VII Stakes and Great Voltigeur Stakes.

References

* The Complete Encyclopedia of Horse Racing - written by Bill Mooney and George Ennor
* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/sun+chariot Sun Chariot's pedigree and racing stats]


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