Slip Anchor

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Slip Anchor (b.c. Shirley Heights - Sayonara (Birkhahn)) was a thoroughbred racing stallion foaled in 1982. He won the Epsom Derby in 1985. Owned by Lord Howard de Walden and trained at Newmarket by Henry Cecil, he led all the way at Epsom and won by seven lengths from Law Society. He was ridden by American jockey Steve Cauthen, who became the first rider to win both the Epsom Derby and the Kentucky Derby, following his 1978 success on Affirmed in the American race.

Slip Anchor was the first Epsom Derby winner whose sire (Shirley Heights) and paternal grandsire (Mill Reef) were themselves winners of Britain's premier classic. Slip Anchor never won again after his Epsom success and was retired to Plantation Stud in Newmarket. His most notable offspring was the 1992 Epsom Oaks and St. Leger Stakes winner, and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe runner-up, User Friendly.

Pedigree of Slip Anchor
Sire Shirley Heights	Mill Reef	Never Bend	Nasrullah
			Lalun
		Milan Mill	Princequillo
			Virginia Water
	Hardiemma	Hardicanute	Hard Ridden
			Harvest Maid
		Grand Cross	Grandmaster
			Blue Cross
Dam Sayonara	Birkhahn	Alchimist	Herold
			Aversion
		Bramouse	Cappiello
			Peregrine
	Suleika	Ticino	Athanasius
			Terra
		Schwarzblaurot	Magnat
			Schwarzgold