Colombo (horse)

Colombo
SireManna
GrandsirePhalaris
DamLady Nairne
DamsireChaucer
SexStallion
FoaledMarch 1931[1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
ColourBay
BreederSir Alec Black
OwnerLord Glanely
TrainerThomas Hogg
Record11:9-1-1
Earnings£26,227[2]
Major wins
New Stakes (1933)
National Breeders' Produce Stakes (1933)
Richmond Stakes (1933)
Imperial Produce Stakes (1933)
Craven Stakes (1934)
2000 Guineas (1934)
Awards
Top-rated British Two-year-old (1933)

Colombo (1931–1954) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a career that lasted from April 1933 to June 1934 he ran eleven times and won nine races. Colombo was an outstanding two-year-old, unbeaten in seven races in 1933 and drawing comparisons with champions such as Isinglass,[3] Persimmon and Bayardo.[4] In 1934 he maintained his unbeaten record by winning the Craven Stakes and the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket and then finished third as the favourite in The Derby. After one more unsuccessful race he was retired to stud, where he had some success as a sire of winners until his death in 1954.

  1. ^ "IN LINE FOR DERBY". Evening Post. 26 August 1933. Retrieved 2012-03-13.
  2. ^ "COLOMBO GOES TO STUD". Evening Post. 22 November 1934. Retrieved 2012-03-13.
  3. ^ "BEST SINCE ISINGLASS". Paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 1 May 1934. Retrieved 2012-03-13.
  4. ^ Mortimer, Roger; Onslow, Richard; Willett, Peter (1978). Biographical Encyclopedia of British Flat Racing. Macdonald and Jane's. ISBN 0-354-08536-0.