Blakeney (horse)

Blakeney
Racing silks of Arthur Budgett
SireHethersett
GrandsireHugh Lupus
DamWindmill Girl
DamsireHornbeam
SexStallion
Foaled1966
CountryUnited Kingdom
ColourBay
BreederArthur Budgett
OwnerArthur Budgett
TrainerArthur Budgett
Record12: 3-3-0
Earnings£83,655
Major wins
Epsom Derby (1969)
Ormonde Stakes (1970)
Timeform rating: 126
Last updated on 30 July 2024

Blakeney (28 March 1966 – 6 November 1992) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He won the Derby at Epsom in 1969 and was kept in training in 1970 aged four. He later had a successful stud career.

Background

Blakeney was bred by his owner and trainer Arthur Budgett at Kirtlington, Oxfordshire. He was the first of two Derby winners produced by the Oaks runner-up Windmill Girl, the other being Morston who won the race in 1973. His sire, Hethersett, was a top class racehorse who won the St Leger in 1962. Hethersett and Blakeney are representatives of the Byerley Turk sire line,[1] unlike more than 95% of modern thoroughbreds, who descend directly from the Darley Arabian.[2]

Blakeney, who was named after a village in Norfolk, was sent to the Newmarket Sales as a yearling. Shortly before the sale the colt was kicked by another horse and the resulting swelling deterred potential buyers[3] so that he failed to reach his reserve price of 5,000gns. Budgett therefore decided to train the colt himself at his Whatcombe Stables near Wantage. The colt's one eccentricity was that he refused to enter a horse box in the usual way, preferring to go in backwards.[4]

Racing career

1968: two-year-old season

Blakeney did not appear on the racecourse until the autumn of his first season. In September he finished fourth in the Clarence House Stakes at Ascot behind the future Coronation Cup winner Caliban. A month later, Blakeney, ridden by Ernie Johnson, recorded his first victory by winning the twenty-seven runner race at Newmarket.[5]

During the winter, Budgett claimed that he turned down a "big American offer" for the colt and backed him for the Derby at odds of 100/1.[4]

1969: three-year-old season

Blakeney took time to reach his peak in the spring of 1969, and did not appear until two weeks before the Derby, when he ran in the Lingfield Derby Trial. Ridden by Geoff Lewis, he had problems finding a clear run, but then finished strongly to finish second to The Elk. The performance convinced some observers that the colt had been a "desperately unlucky" loser and was a serious contender for the Derby.[6]

At Epsom, Blakeney was reunited with the twenty-one-year-old Ernie Johnson, who had been promised the ride after the win at Newmarket, and started at odds of 15/2. He was held up in the early stages as the pace was set by Moon Mountain. In the straight, Johnson made his challenge on the inside and drove Blakeney through a gap along the rails to take the lead inside the final furlong. The colt ran on strongly to win by a length from Shoemaker, with Prince Regent third.[4] After the race, Budgett described himself as "the luckiest man in the world."[7]

In his three remaining starts in 1969, Blakeney failed to reproduce his Derby-winning form. In the Irish Derby at the end of June he finished fourth of the fifteen runners behind Prince Regent. Blakeney did not have a particularly clear run in the St Leger in September, but his fifth place behind Intermezzo was a disappointment. On his final start he ran unplaced behind Levmoss in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.[5]

1970: four-year-old season

Blakeney started his four-year-old season disappointingly, finishing fifth in the Jockey Club Stakes at Newmarket in April. In May he recorded his first win since the Derby when taking the Ormonde Stakes at Chester. Budgett then took the unusual decision to move Blakeney up in distance for the two and a half mile Ascot Gold Cup, a race which had not been won by a Derby winner since Ocean Swell in 1945. He appeared to cope with the extreme distance, but finished second, beaten three quarters of a length by Precipice Wood.

Blakeney's best performance of the year came in defeat, when he ran in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot in July. Although he was no threat to the odds on favourite Nijinsky he kept on well under pressure to finish second, four lengths clear of the other runners who included Caliban (Coronation Cup), Crepellana (Prix de Diane) and the Washington, D.C. International winner Karabas.[8] On his final start he improved on his 1969 effort in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, finishing fifth of the twenty-four runners behind Sassafras.[5]

Assessment

Timeform rated Blakeney at 123 as a three-year-old (their lowest rating for a Derby winner) and 126 as a four-year-old.[9]

In their book A Century of Champions, John Randall and Tony Morris rated Blakeney a “poor” Derby winner.[10] Randall, writing in the Racing Post, rated Blakeney the third worst Derby winner since 1945.[11]

Arthur Budgett called him "a bloody good horse."[12]

Stud career

Blakeney stood as a stallion at the National Stud at Newmarket, where was later joined by his fellow Derby winners Mill Reef and Grundy. He made a successful start to his stud career, getting the Oaks winner Juliette Marny in his first crop of foals. His other notable winners included Julio Mariner, Tyrnavos, Mountain Lodge and Roseate Tern. Through his daughter Percy's Lass, he is the broodmare sire of the Derby winner Sir Percy.[13]

Blakeney was euthanized on 6 November 1992 and is buried at the National Stud.[14]

Sire line tree

  • Blakeney[15][16][17]
    • Norfolk Air
    • Charlotte's Choice
    • Coloso
      • Colosal
    • Julio Mariner
      • Sir Galahad
    • Roscoe Blake
    • Sexton Blake
      • Jung
    • Commodore Blake
    • Sheringham
    • Tyrnavos
      • Dihistan
    • Electric
      • Petrullo
      • Travelling Light
    • Band
    • Castle Rising
      • Abbas
    • Just David
    • Satco
      • Szolarisz
    • Dragon Negro
    • La Yegua
      • Toldeo

Pedigree

Pedigree of Blakeney (GB), bay stallion, 1966[18]
Sire
Hethersett (GB)
1959 		Hugh Lupus
1952 		Djebel Tourbillon
Loika
Sakountala Goya
Samos
Bride Elect
1952 		Big Game Bahram
Myrobella
Netherton Maid Nearco
Phase
Dam
Windmill Girl (GB)
1961 		Hornbeam
1953　 		Hyperion Gainsborough
Selene
Thicket Nasrullah
Thorn Wood
Chorus Beauty
1952　 		Chanteur Chateau Bouscaut
La Diva
Neberna Nearco
Springtime (Family: 20-c)[19]

References

  1. ^ "Byerley Turk Line". Tbheritage.com. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
  2. ^ "95% of thoroughbreds linked to one superstud". New Scientist. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
  3. ^ Horse Racing. "Arthur Budgett: A rare breed indeed". Telegraph. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  4. ^ a b c "Fairy Tale win for Blakeney". Glasgow Herald. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
  5. ^ a b c Mortimer, Roger; Onslow, Richard; Willett, Peter (1978). Biographical Encyclopedia of British Flat Racing. Macdonald and Jane’s. ISBN 0-354-08536-0.
  6. ^ "Blakeney taken to win Derby". Glasgow Herald. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
  7. ^ "Luck played a major role says owner". Spokesman-Review. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
  8. ^ "Nijinsky wins 10th". Daytona Beach Morning Journal. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
  9. ^ Morris, Tony; Randall, John (1990). Horse Racing: Records, Facts, Champions(Third Edition). Guinness Publishing. ISBN 0-85112-902-1.
  10. ^ Randall, J and Morris, T. Portway Press, 1999, p. 205
  11. ^ "Unbeaten Morston tops six worst Derby winners". Thefreelibrary.com. 2 June 2004. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  12. ^ Jon Lees (23 June 2011). "Derby legend Arthur Budgett dies aged 95 - Horse Racing News". Racing Post. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
  13. ^ "Blakeney Offspring". Pedigreequery.com. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
  14. ^ "Grave Matters National Stud". Tbheritage.com. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
  15. ^ Byerley Turk Line
  16. ^ Bylerley Turk Jump Sires
  17. ^ Bay Middleton Sire Line
  18. ^ "English Derby Winner: Blakeney". Chef-de-race.com. Archived from the original on 14 April 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
  19. ^ "Palmflower - Family 20-c". Bloodlines.net. Retrieved 24 August 2012.

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