- Pretendre
Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename = Pretendre
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sire = Doutelle
grandsire =Prince Chevalier
dam = Limicola
damsire =Verso II
sex = Stallion
foaled = 1963
country =Great Britain
colour = Chestnut
breeder = H. R. H. The Princess Royal
owner = J. A. Claude Lilley
trainer = Jack Jarvis
record = 12: 6-2-1
earnings = ₤44,414
race = Observer Gold Cup (1965)Dewhurst Stakes (1965)Blue Riband Trial Stakes (1966)King Edward VII Stakes (1966)
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updated= CURRENTTIME, CURRENTDAYNAMECURRENTMONTHNAME CURRENTDAY CURRENTYEAR (UTC )Pretendre (1963-1972) was a British
Thoroughbred racehorse who came within a neck of winning the 1966Epsom Derby . Bred by The Princess Mary, Princess Royal, Pretendre's damsire wasVerso II , winner of the 1943Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe . He was sired by Doutelle, a multiple stakes winning son ofPrince Chevalier . Racing in France in 1945/46, Prince Chevalier's wins included what are nowGroup One races, thePrix du Jockey Club andPrix Lupin . Prince Chevalier was the sire of the 1951 Epsom Derby winner,Artic Prince . In 1960, Prince Chevalier was theLeading sire in France andLeading broodmare sire in Great Britain & Ireland in 1972.Pretendre was purchased by J. A. Claude Lilley, a textile manufacturer and the proprietor of Quarry Stud on Duffield Bank in Makeney,
Derbyshire . Conditioned for racing by Jack Jarvis, the colt was one of the top two-year-olds racing in 1965. After winning theBlue Riband Trial Stakes as a three-year-old he went into the 1966 Epsom Derby as the betting favourite. In a fierce stretch run, Pretendre finished second by a neck toCharlottown . That year Pretendre won theKing Edward VII Stakes atAscot Racecourse and was third in theEclipse Stakes atSandown Park Racecourse .ire of a Kentucky Derby/Preakness Stakes winner
Retired after the 1966 racing season, Pretendre was sent to the United States to stand at stud in
Kentucky . Part of his first crop foaled in 1968 was a bay colt born with a noticeably crooked foreleg. Considered to have no future in racing, he was sold as a yearling for a mere $1,200 at the Keeneland sales. Acquired byVenezeula n interests, the horse was named Canonero and raced at age two in Venezuela where it earned an undistinguished record. At age three, because of his American birth, the colt was sent to run in the 1971 U.S. Triple Crown series. Canonero stunned the racing world when he won bothKentucky Derby and thePreakness Stakes , the latter in race record time.Pretendre was returned to stud duty in England. In 1970 he became one of the first stallions to be shuffled across the world when he was sent to stand at Waikato Stud in Waikato,
New Zealand . Of his offspring there, he was the damsire of Leica Pretender, the dam of the Autralian horseNothin' Leica Dane who won the Group OneVictoria Derby and Group OneSpring Champion Stakes .Pretendre unexpectedly died in 1972 at the age of nine.
References
* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/pretendre Pretendre's pedigree and partial racing stats]
* [http://www.youandyesterday.co.uk/articles/Horse_Racing:_So_near_yet_so_far_for_the_great_Pretendre "Daily Telegraph" newspaper article on Claude Lilley and Pretendre]
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