Blue Light (horse)
| Blue Light | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Chop Chop |
| Grandsire | Flares |
| Dam | Blen Lark |
| Damsire | Blenheim |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1958 |
| Country | Canada |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | E. P. Taylor |
| Owner | Col. Kenric R. Marshall |
| Trainer | Patrick MacMurchy |
| Record | not found |
| Earnings | Can$ not found |
| Major wins | |
| Queen's Plate (1961) | |
| Last updated on February 18, 2010 | |
Blue Light (foaled 1958 in Ontario) was a Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse who showed little promise as a two-year-old in 1960 but who won the 1961 Queen's Plate, Canada's most prestigious race and North America's oldest annually run stakes race.[1]
Bred by E. P. Taylor, Blue Light was sired by Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Chop Chop. His dam, Blen Lark, was a daughter of Blenheim, the 1930 Epsom Derby winner and Leading sire in North America in 1941. Blue Light was purchased and raced by eighty-one-year-old Col. Kenric R. Marshall, a decorated World War I soldier who later commanded the 48th Highlanders of Canada, who was a highly successful businessman. A long time participant in the Canadian racing industry, Marshall served as Chairman of the Ontario Jockey Club and owned 1957 Canadian Horse of the Year, Hartney.
References
- Blue Light's pedigree and partial racing stats
- Cauz, Louis E. The Plate (1984) Deneau Publishers ISBN 0-88879-104-6
- June 19, 1961 Ottawa Citizen article on Blue Light winning the Queen's Plate