Gainsborough
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Sire:	Bayardo
Dam:	Rosedrop
Damsire:	St. Frusquin
Sex:	Stallion
Foaled:	1915
Country:	Great Britain
Colour:	Bay
Breeder:	Lady James Douglas
Owner:	Lady James Douglas
Trainer:	Alec Taylor, Jr.
Record:	9: 5-1-1
Earnings:	US$72,400 (£ equivalent)
Major Racing Wins & Honours & Awards
Major Racing Wins
Autumn Stakes (1917) Two Thousand Guineas (1918) Epsom Derby (1918) St. Leger Stakes (1918) Ascot Gold Cup (1918)
Racing Awards
13th U.K. Triple Crown Champion (1918) United Kingdom Champion Sire (1932 & 1933)
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Owned and bred by Lady James Douglas (1854-1941), she named him for the town of Gainsborough, Lincolnshire because she liked how it sounded. Gainsborough was sired by Bayardo, who also sired the 1917 Triple Crown winner Gay Crusader, and was out of the mare Rosedrop who won the 1910 Epsom Oaks. Gainsborough's damsire was St. Frusquin who won the 1896 Two Thousand Guineas. Horse breeding is the process of using selective breeding to produce additional individuals of a given phenotype, that is, continuing a breed. ... Statistics Population: 19,110 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SK815901 Administration District: West Lindsey Shire county: Lincolnshire Region: East Midlands Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Lincolnshire Historic county: Lincolnshire Services Police force: Lincolnshire Police Ambulance service: East Midlands Post office and telephone Post town: GAINSBOROUGH... In the legends derived from the chansons de geste Bayard was a magic bay horse, renowned for his spirit, and who possessed the supernatural ability to adjust his size to his riders. ... The Oaks Stakes is a Group 1 United Kingdom flat racing horse race for three year old fillies run over a distance of 1 mile 4 furlongs at Epsom Downs during June. ... The Finish of the Two Thousand Guineas at Newmarket by Samuel Henry Alken (1810-1894) The Two Thousand Guineas Stakes is a Group 1 1 mile (1609 meters) thoroughbred flat racing horse race for 3-year-old colts and fillies run in May of each year over the Rowley Mile...

Lady Douglas sent Gainsborough to trainer Alec Taylor, Jr.'s training center in Manton, Wiltshire to prepare the colt for racing. Sent to the races at age two, Gainsborough made three starts at the Newmarket Racecourse but showed limited promise, winning just one race. As a three-year-old, Gainsborough's winning performance in the Two Thousand Guineas marked the first time a horse bred by a woman won one of the Classic Races and the first time a Classic winner carried a woman's colors. Ridden by jockey Joseph Childs, to help the War effort he donated his winnings to his 4th Hussars regiment to which he was attached. In horse racing, a trainer is responsible for preparing a horse for races. ... Manton, Wiltshire is a small village just off the A4 Bath Road on the outskirts of Marlborough. ... Newmarket Racecourse is located in Newmarket, England. ... The Finish of the Two Thousand Guineas at Newmarket by Samuel Henry Alken (1810-1894) The Two Thousand Guineas Stakes is a Group 1 1 mile (1609 meters) thoroughbred flat racing horse race for 3-year-old colts and fillies run in May of each year over the Rowley Mile... In British horse racing, the Classics are a series of horse races run over the flat (i. ... Toulouse-Lautrec - The Jockey (1899) This article is about the sports occupation. ... Combatants Allied Powers: Russian Empire France British Empire Italy United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary German Empire Ottoman Empire Bulgaria Commanders Nicholas II Aleksei Brusilov Georges Clemenceau Joseph Joffre Ferdinand Foch Herbert Henry Asquith Douglas Haig John Jellicoe Victor Emmanuel III Luigi Cadorna Armando Diaz Woodrow Wilson John Pershing Franz...

Following his win in the Two Thousand Guineas, Gainsborough won the most prestigious race in England, the Epsom Derby. He then earned victory in the Ascot Gold Cup at a distance of just over two miles and in September won the St. Leger Stakes by three lengths over a strong field to become the 13th U.K. Triple Crown Champion in history. Gainsborough finished second in the Jockey Club Stakes following which he was retired to Lady Douglas's newly established Harwood Stud horse breeding operation at Woolton Hill, near Newbury, Berkshire. Epsom Derby, Théodore Géricault, 1821. ... The Ascot Gold Cup, 1834 by James Pollard The Ascot Gold Cup is a Group 1 United Kingdom flat racing horse race for four year old and above horses run over a distance of 2 miles 4 furlongs at Ascot Racecourse during June. ... The St. ... The Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (Triple Crown for short, but the term is also used in other sports, and thus the full name should be used when it could cause confusion) consists of three races for three-year-old thoroughbred horses. ... The Jockey Club Stake is a Group 2 United Kingdom flat racing horse race for horses four years old and above run over a distance of 1 mile and 4 furlongs at Newmarket Racecourse during late April / early May. ... Horse breeding is the process of using selective breeding to produce additional individuals of a given phenotype, that is, continuing a breed. ... Newbury is the principal town in the west of the county of Berkshire in the United Kingdom. ...

Success as a sire

The Champion sire in England in 1932 and 1933, Gainsborough enjoyed a brilliant stud career. A breeding source for great stamina, he was the sire of a number of Classic Race winners such as:

• Hyperion - won the 1933 Epsom Derby and St. Leger Stakes and himself was a champion sire six times.
• Solario - winner of the 1925 St. Leger Stakes and the 1926 Ascot Gold Cup who went on to be 1937's leading sire in England
• Singapore - won the 1930 St. Leger Stakes
• Orwell - won the 1930 Two Thousand Guineas

Among Gainsborough's daughters were: Hyperion was a Thoroughbred racehorse and a successful sire. ...

• Mah Mahal, the dam of Mahmoud who won the 1936 Epsom Derby and was the Leading Sire in the United States in 1946
• Una Cameron - dam of 1931 Two Thousand Guineas winner Cameronian
• Painted Vale - bred to Nasrullah, she produced the 1949 One Thousand Guineas and Epsom Oaks winner, Musidora

In 1940, failing health forced Lady James Douglas to sell her Harwood Stud, including Gainsborough. Under an agreement with new owner Herbert Blagrave, Gainsborough remained there until his death in 1945. He is buried on the 120-acre Harwood property that was eventually renamed Gainsborough Stud in his honor and since 1981 has operated as Gainsborough Stud Management Ltd. under the ownership of Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum. Nasrullah (1940-1959) was a Brittish thoroughbred racehorse, and sire of 15 champions. ... The One Thousand Guineas Stakes is a Group 1 United Kingdom flat racing horse race for three year old fillies run over a distance of 1 mile at Newmarket Racecourse during May. ... The Oaks Stakes is a Group 1 United Kingdom flat racing horse race for three year old fillies run over a distance of 1 mile 4 furlongs at Epsom Downs during June. ... Wikinews has news related to this article: Dubai leader Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum dead Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum (1943 – 4 January 2006) (Arabic: الشيخ مكتوم بن راشد آل مكتوم) was the Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and the emir or ruler...

References

• Gainsborough's pedigree and racing stats
• Gainsborough at the United Kingdom's National Horseracing Museum