Pretty Polly
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- This article is about the racehorse, for the folksong, see Pretty Polly (ballad)
| Pretty Polly | ||
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| Sire: | Gallinule | |
| Dam: | Admiration | |
| Damsire: | Saraband | |
| Sex: | Filly | |
| Foaled: | 1901 | |
| Country: | Ireland | |
| Colour: | Chestnut | |
| Breeder: | Eustace Loder | |
| Owner: | Eustace Loder | |
| Trainer: | Peter Gilpin | |
| Record: | 24: 22-2-60 | |
| Earnings: | $4,489,475 | |
| Major Racing Wins & Honours & Awards | ||
| Major Racing Wins | ||
| Champagne Stakes (1903) One Thousand Guineas (1904) Epsom Oaks (1904) Coronation Stakes (1904) Nassau Stakes (1904) St. Leger Stakes (1904) Coronation Cup (1905) Champion Stakes (1905) |
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| Pretty Polly Stakes at Newmarket Racecourse Pretty Polly Stakes at the Curragh |
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Infobox last updated on: October 3, 2006. |
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Pretty Polly (1901- August 17, 1931), a 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 One Thousand 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.
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 Shergar.
