Pretty Polly (horse)

:"This article is about the racehorse, for the folksong, see Pretty Polly (ballad)"

Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename = Pretty Polly


caption =
sire = Gallinule
grandsire = Isonomy
dam = Admiration
damsire = Saraband
sex = Filly
foaled = 1901
country = Ireland flagicon|Ireland
colour = Chestnut
breeder = Eustace Loder
owner = Eustace Loder
trainer = Peter Gilpin
record = 24: 22-2-0
earnings = $4,489,475
race = Champagne Stakes (1903)
Cheveley Park Stakes (1903)
Middle Park Plate (1903)
1,000 Guineas (1904)
Epsom Oaks (1904)
Coronation Stakes (1904)
Nassau Stakes (1904)
St. Leger Stakes (1904)
Coronation Cup (1905, 1906)
Champion Stakes (1905)
awards=
honours = Pretty Polly Stakes at Newmarket Racecourse
Pretty Polly Stakes at the Curragh
updated= February 18, 2007

Pretty Polly (1901- August 17, 1931), was an outstanding English Thoroughbred racehorse.

Owned by Major Eustace Loder and trained by Peter Gilpin, she won nine races from nine starts as a two-year-old in 1903.

The following year, Pretty Polly won the 1,000 Guineas as 1-4 favourite, winning easily by three lengths in record time. Other wins as a three-year-old were the Epsom Oaks, the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot, the Nassau Stakes at Goodwood, the St. Leger Stakes (completing the fillies' Triple Crown) and the Park Hill Stakes with jockey William Lane.

Pretty Polly stayed in training as a four and five-year-old, winning six more races, including the Coronation Cup in 1905 and 1906.

In total, the horse won 22 of her 24 races, losing only in Paris in 1904 and in the 1906 Ascot Gold Cup.

As a broodmare, Pretty Polly's offspring were unsuccessful in racing. However, all four daughters were successful as broodmares, founding the Pretty Polly family which remains important in the Stud Book. Descendants of Pretty Polly include Brigadier Gerard and the Derby winner St. Paddy.

External links

* [http://sport.independent.co.uk/general/article1219663.ece Pretty Polly article]
* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/pretty+polly Pretty Polly's pedigree and partial racing stats]