Charlebelle

Charlebelle
Charlebelle at 1920 Epsom Oaks.
Sire	Charles O'Malley
Grandsire	Desmond
Dam	Bushey Belle
Damsire	Bushey Park
Sex	Mare
Foaled	1917
Country	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Colour	Black
Breeder	Mr. Alan R. Cunliffe
Owner	Mr. Alan R. Cunliffe
Trainer	Sandy Braime
Record	11:5-1-0
Major wins
Epsom Oaks (1920)

Charlebelle (1917 – 1931) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare that won the 1920 Epsom Oaks.

Background

Charlebelle was bred and owned by Alan Cunliffe. She was foaled in 1917 at Cunliffe's Greenfields Stud in Tipperary, Ireland.^[1] Her sire, Charles O'Malley was third to Lemberg in the 1910 Epsom Derby.^[2]

She was described as a "very delicate filly"^[3] and had a black coat with a small white star. As of 2000, Charlebelle was the last black horse to have won a British Classic race.^[4] Initially trained by Sandy Braime for her Oaks win, by 1922 she was trained by Morley at Woodford.^[5]

Racing career

1919: two-year-old season

In August, Charlebelle was the favourite for the International Two-year-old Plate run at Sandown Park. She ran "very badly", finishing unplaced to the winner Paragon.^[3] In September at Newbury, she won five-furlong Donnington Castle Maiden Two-year-old Plate against a large field of 19 horses, beating the colt Tetricus by a head.^[6] Charlebelle won the 300-sovereign Reading Nursery Handicap under a heavy weight penalty, carrying 116 pounds and winning by five lengths over Rothschild's grey filly Vinny.^[7] On 22 November at Manchester for her last outing of the season, Charlebelle contested the six-furlong Lancashire Nursery Handicap against a large field. She was favoured at 11-4 odds and won the race by a head over March Along after what was described as a "great race."^[8]

1920: three-year-old season

In her first start of the season in May at Hurst Park, Charlebelle was second to King's Idler by four lengths in the mile-long Holiday Handicap.^[9]

On 4 June, Charlebelle started in the Oaks Stakes in a field of 17 horses, Lord Glanley's Bright Folly scratching shortly before the running, over the one and a half mile course. The start of the race was delayed by Mr. Singer's filly Aeon refusing to join the starting line. From the start, Valescure set the pace with Sir Robert Jardine's Cinna and Charlebelle (ridden by A. Whalley) close behind. Valescure's stamina faltered at Tattenham Corner, allowing Cinna and Charlebelle to fight for the lead on the rail. Whalley forced Charlebelle into the front in the final seconds of the race, winning by a neck over Cinna. An inquiry was made over the unseating of one jockey, F. Fox who was riding Saffron, during the running but this was ruled accidental and did not affect the placings. Fox returned to the finish line riding a horse borrowed from a policeman.^[10]

In June, she was exported to France to run in the Grand Prix. After two false starts and receiving a kick from other horse on the starting line, Charlebelle lead the race for the initial moments before dropping back out of contention as the field entered the straight. She finished unplaced behind the winner Comrade.^[11]

1921–1922: four and five-year-old season

Remaining in training as a four-year-old, Charlebelle was unplaced in the Great Jubilee Plate at Kempton Park.^[12] She was entered for the Cambridgeshire Stakes, but was later withdrawn. She was also unplaced in the Manchester November Handicap.^[13] Returning in March 1922, Charlebelle was unplaced in the Lincolnshire Handicap at Lincoln, the Queen's Prize at Kempton in April^[14] and the June Rose Handicap at Sandown.^[15] In August, she won the 500-sovereign North Surrey Handicap.^[5] But following the win she continued with a string of losses, Charlebelle was unplaced in the Kempton Park Great Jubilee Handicap in September^[16] and in the Newbury Autumn Handicap.^[17]

Breeding career

Retired to broodmare duty, Charlebelle produced the colt International, a minor racing success, to the cover of Buchan and Sir Percival by Prince Galahad . Charlebelle was exported in 1926 to B. B. Jones' Audley Stud in Berryville, Virginia. She produced three fillies in the United States: Lillabelle by Buchan, Highland Belle by High Cloud and Lady Whelan by Bright Knight.^[18] Charlebelle died in 1931.^[19]

Pedigree

Pedigree of Charlebelle (IRE), black mare, 1917^[20]
Sire Charles O'Malley (GB) 1907	Desmond 1896	St. Simon	Galopin
		St. Simon	St. Angela
		L'Abbesse de Jouarre	Trappist
		L'Abbesse de Jouarre	Festive
	Goody Two Shoes bay 1899	Isinglass	Isonomy
		Isinglass	Dead Lock
		Sandal	Kisber (HUN)
		Sandal	Shoestring
Dam Bushey Belle (IRE) 1900	Bushey Park (GB) 1889	Hampton	Lord Clifden
		Hampton	Lady Langden
		Sunshine	Thormanby
		Sunshine	Sunbeam
	Lady Atheling (IRE) 1890	Atheling	Sterling
		Atheling	King Tom mare
		Lady Miltown	Wild Oats
		Lady Miltown	Down With the Dust (Family No. 1)

References

↑ Staff (7 June 1920). "Racing in England". The Argus. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
↑ Martiniak, Liz. "Desmond". Thoroughbred Heritage. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
1 2 Staff (Aug 14, 1919). "Racing At Sandown Park. Victory Of Paragon". The Times (42178). p. 4, col B.
↑ Hammond, Gerald (2000). The Language of Horse Racing. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn. p. 27. ISBN 1579582761.
1 2 Staff (Aug 8, 1922). "Racing. Sandown Park Meeting., Charlebelle Wins North Surrey Handicap". The Times (43104). p. 13, col A.
↑ Staff (Sep 27, 1919). "Racing At Newbury. Victory Of Silver Bridge". The Times (42216). p. 3, col A.
↑ Staff (Oct 23, 1919). "Racing At Newbury. Defeat Of Gay Lord". The Times (42238). p. 7, col A.
↑ Staff (Nov 22, 1919). "Racing At Manchester. To-Day's Great Race". The Times (42264). p. 5, col A.
↑ Staff (May 25, 1920). "Racing At Hurst Park. Defeat Of Wimasu". The Times (42419). p. 4, col B.
↑ "Racing At Epsom. A Great Race For The Oaks". The Times (42429). Jun 5, 1920. p. 6, col A.
↑ Staff (Jun 28, 1920). "Grand Prix. Comrade's Great Win., "A Short Head.", The Racing Boom In France". The Times (42448). p. 16, col A.
↑ Staff (May 9, 1921). "Victory Of Paragon At Kempton Park. A Fine Race". The Times (42715). p. 14, col B.
↑ "Meeting At Manchester. Victory Of Blue Dun". The Times (42889). Nov 28, 1921. p. 14, col B.
↑ Staff (Apr 18, 1922). "Racing. Golden Myth Wins The Queen's Prize., Trespasser Second". The Times (43008). p. 4, col A.
↑ Staff (Jun 26, 1922). "Sandown Park Meeting. Vilna Wins June Rose Handicap". The Times (43067). p. 18, col B.
↑ Staff (May 8, 1922). "Kempton Park Meeting. Silver Image Wins The Jubilee., Monarch Again Second". The Times (43025). p. 19, col B.
↑ Staff (Nov 6, 1922). "Racing. Newbury Meeting., Thoughtless Wins Autumn Handicap". The Times (43181). p. 7, col C.
↑ Jockey Club (1932). "Charlebelle". American Stud Book 15: 137.
↑ Jockey Club (1936). "Charlebelle". American Stud Book 16: 152.
↑ "Charlebelle". equineline.com. 2013-06-10. Retrieved 2013-06-10.

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