A decent second of thirteen as favourite for a Lingfield handicap perhaps promised better than what ensued – unplaced efforts at Epsom and Ascot.Īnchora’s pedigree background was always going to make her an easy mare to mate, with several of Derby’s own stallions appealing as appropriate choices. For her first covering in 1913, she was matched with Chaucer, who was already exceeding expectations, having got an outstanding son in Stedfast from his first crop, and the outcome was a bonny filly called Scapa Flow, who took some time to persuade her breeder that the cross had been a success. Next came her sale, followed by three starts in the famous black and white livery. What attracted Derby to her is anybody’s guess. Her pedigree seemed about as moderate as her athletic ability, but she could at least be credited with toughness. As a 6-year-old she had a busy campaign of 15 races, registering two wins at Lingfield and another at Brighton.Īnchora had won a handicap at Birmingham on her first start in 1912, then ran down the field in the City and Suburban Handicap at Epsom’s spring meeting. Having started out in selling races, Anchora had run 48 times in her breeder’s colours, collecting eight wins as a modest handicapper most effective between ten and 12 furlongs.
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Renowned bloodstock writer Tony Morris with the 25th in his series celebrating 100 horses instrumental in shaping the Thoroughbred.įairway, br c, 1925, Phalaris – Scapa Flow, by Chaucerīritain’s premier owner-breeder in the 20th century, Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby, was indebted to the descendants of stock bred by his father, the 16th Earl, for much of the success that attended him over nearly four decades.īut the son also achieved outstanding results from families he introduced to the stud, two notable examples dating from purchases made at Tattersalls in 1912.Īt the December auction, he had the final bid at 1,550gns for William Hall Walker’s ten-year-old mare Gondolette, in foal to dual Classic winner Minoru. Inside her was Serenissima, who would became dam of Selene and grand-dam of Hyperion, among much else of serious quality.ĭerby had also been a buyer at the much less important auction staged during Newmarket’s second Spring meeting. There his somewhat surprising purchase, for 1,300gns, was Anchora, a 7-year-old racemare by Gold Cup winner Love Wisely.Īnchora had been bred by the celebrated theatre manager George Edwardes, who dabbled in bloodstock while earning renown as the ‘father of musical comedy’.
Fairway: Unlucky not to win the Triple Crown.
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