Queen of Trumps | |
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Sire | Velocipede |
Grandsire | Blacklock |
Dam | Princess Royal |
Damsire | Castrel |
Sex | Mare |
Foaled | 1832 |
Country | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
Colour | Brown |
Breeder | Edward Lloyd-Mostyn |
Owner | Edward Lloyd-Mostyn |
Trainer | John Blenkhorn |
Record | 11: 10-1-0 |
Major wins | |
Holywell Champagne Stakes (1834) Oaks Stakes (1835) Knowsley Dinner Stakes (1835) St Leger Stakes (1835) Chieftain Stakes (1835) Chester Stand Cup (1836) Marquis of Westminster's Plate (1836) Newton Borough Cup (1836) |
Queen of Trumps (1832–1843) was a British thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare best known for winning the classic Oaks and St Leger Stakes in 1835, becoming the first horse to win both races. In a racing career which lasted from October 1834 until October 1836 she won ten of her eleven races. After being successful in her only race as a two-year-old, she defeated the 1000 Guineas winner Preserve in the Oaks on her three-year-old debut. Later that year she started as favourite for the St Leger and won from a field which included Preserve and The Derby winner Mundig. Queen of Trumps sustained her only defeat a few days later when she was attacked by a dog in the closing stages of the Scarborough Stakes. She was retired to stud after winning all four of her races in 1836. Queen of Trumps died in 1843 at the age of eleven. She was described by a contemporary writer as "certainly the most extraordinary mare these our days have seen".[1]
Queen of Trumps.