Slip Anchor
| Slip Anchor | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Shirley Heights |
| Grandsire | Mill Reef |
| Dam | Sayonara |
| Damsire | Birkhahn |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1982 |
| Country | Great Britain |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Plantation Stud |
| Owner | Lord Howard de Walden |
| Trainer | Henry Cecil |
| Record | 9: 4-3-1 |
| Earnings | £296,722[1] |
| Major wins | |
|
Heathorn Stakes (1985) Epsom Derby (1985) |
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| Horse (Equus ferus caballus) | |
| Last updated on January 2, 2010 | |
Slip Anchor (foaled 1982 in England) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse.
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[edit] Background
Slip Anchor, a bay horse with notable white mark on his forehead that looked like a lightning bolt, was sired by Shirley Heights and out of Sayonara (Birkhahn). He was bred and raced by Lord Howard de Walden and trained at Newmarket by Henry Cecil. Slip Anchor was the fifth Epsom Derby winner whose sire (Shirley Heights) and paternal grandsire (Mill Reef) were themselves winners of Britain's premier classic.
[edit] Racing career
He won the 1985 Lingfield Derby Trial by ten lengths and then the Epsom Derby.[2] In the Derby he led all the way at Epsom and won by seven lengths from Law Society. He was ridden by American jockey Steve Cauthen, who became the first rider to win both the Epsom Derby and the Kentucky Derby, following his 1978 success on Affirmed in the American race.
After the Derby, Slip Anchor injured himself in his box and was never the same.[3] Although he never won again, in 1986 he earned a second in the Jockey Club Stakes at Newmarket.
[edit] Stud career
Retired to stud duty at his owner's Plantation Stud at Exning near Newmarket,[4] Slip Anchor's most notable offspring was the 1992 European Horse of the Year, User Friendly. He also sired Posidonas, whose wins included the Group One Gran Premio d'Italia in Italy, and Princess of Wales's Stakes and Hardwicke Stakes in England.
Slip Anchor died just shortly before the age of 30 years old on the 22nd September 2011 at Plantation Stud at Exning. His body was cremated and his remains were laid next to champion miler Kris.
[edit] Pedigree
| Sire Shirley Heights |
Mill Reef | Never Bend | Nasrullah |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lalun | |||
| Milan Mill | Princequillo | ||
| Virginia Water | |||
| Hardiemma | Hardicanute | Hard Ridden | |
| Harvest Maid | |||
| Grand Cross | Grandmaster | ||
| Blue Cross | |||
| Dam Sayonara |
Birkhahn | Alchimist | Herold |
| Aversion | |||
| Bramouse | Cappiello | ||
| Peregrine | |||
| Suleika | Ticino | Athanasius | |
| Terra | |||
| Schwarzblaurot | Magnat | ||
| Schwarzgold |
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.pedigreequery.com/slip+anchor Slip Anchor's pedigree and partial racing stats
- ^ http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FAohAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bXIFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2457,1334774&dq=slip-anchor&hl=en
- ^ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/racing/article-458434/Cauthen-remembers-glory-years.html
- ^ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/horseracing/2357787/End-of-line-for-Plantation-Stud.html April 6, 2005 article in the Telegraph on Plantation stud
