Baguette (horse)
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Baguette was an Australia
n bred Thoroughbred
racehorse
that was undefeated as a two-year-old and became the first winner of the Two Year Old Triple Crown
. His wins included 14 Principal Races and he retired to become a good sire.
(IRE) (pictured). Dark Jewel produced 10 named foals for five stakes winners including Baguette’s full sisters, Birthright (won VRC Maribyrnong Plate) and Heirloom (won VRC Maribyrnong Plate, dead-heated for first in VATC One Thousand Guineas). Baguette was a half-brother to the stakes winners, Betelgeuse by Wilkes
(FR) (City Tattersall's Lightning Stakes and AJC The Shorts
) and Cabochon by Edmundo (AJC Epsom Handicap
, QTC Stradbroke Handicap
etc.) Dark Jewel’s progeny won over sixty-eight races for A$428,547 in prize-money in Australia and Malaysia.
. A consistent performer, Baguette, won all of his seven starts in his two-year old season and only once finished worse than third in his first 23 races when unplaced in the VATC Futurity Stakes.
Baguette won the following stakes races:
Golden Slipper Stakes, 1970 AJC Sires’ Produce Stakes, 1970 AJC Champagne Stakes and the 1971 VRC
Newmarket Handicap.
Baguette had a total of 31 starts for 15 wins, 7 seconds, 4 thirds for $195,200 in prize-money.
at Scone
in New South Wales
alongside Gunsynd
. Baguette's progeny included 18 stakes-winners which had 35 stakes wins between them.
They included the winners listed below.
Baguette’s daughters produced the good racehorses, Clan O’Sullivan, Diamond Shower, Paris Opera, Vain Karioi, etc.
Baguette died at the stud on 1 January 1984 after suffering a massive haemorrhage.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n bred Thoroughbred
Thoroughbred
The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word thoroughbred is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed...
racehorse
Horse
The horse is one of two extant subspecies of Equus ferus, or the wild horse. It is a single-hooved mammal belonging to the taxonomic family Equidae. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million years from a small multi-toed creature into the large, single-toed animal of today...
that was undefeated as a two-year-old and became the first winner of the Two Year Old Triple Crown
Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
The Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing consists of three races for three-year-old Thoroughbred horses. Winning all three of these Thoroughbred horse races is considered the greatest accomplishment of a Thoroughbred racehorse...
. His wins included 14 Principal Races and he retired to become a good sire.
Breeding
He was by the winner and good sire, Rego (IRE), his dam was the good broodmare, Dark Jewel by the outstanding sire, Star KingdomStar Kingdom
Star Kingdom was a Thoroughbred race horse bred in Ireland in 1946. Exported to Australia he was an outstanding sire, being the leading sire for five seasons, the leading sire of two-year-olds seven times as well as heading the broodmare sires' list three times.Foaled on 30 April 1946, Star...
(IRE) (pictured). Dark Jewel produced 10 named foals for five stakes winners including Baguette’s full sisters, Birthright (won VRC Maribyrnong Plate) and Heirloom (won VRC Maribyrnong Plate, dead-heated for first in VATC One Thousand Guineas). Baguette was a half-brother to the stakes winners, Betelgeuse by Wilkes
Wilkes (horse)
Wilkes was an French Thoroughbred racehorse who became a leading sire in Australia. He had two victories, over 1,500 metres in the Prix Sans Souci at Maisons-Laffitte and the 2,000 metres Prix Edgard de la Charm at Saint-Cloud, for 1,446,200 francs in stakes.-Breeding:He was by the successful...
(FR) (City Tattersall's Lightning Stakes and AJC The Shorts
The Shorts (Horse Race)
The Shorts is an AJC Group 2 Australian Thoroughbred horse race for three year olds and upwards, at set weights with penalties, over a distance of 1200 metres. It is held annually at Randwick Racecourse in Sydney in October...
) and Cabochon by Edmundo (AJC Epsom Handicap
Epsom Handicap
The Epsom Handicap is a Group 1 Australian Thoroughbred horse race held over 1,600 metres at Randwick Racecourse. It is one of the major races of the Sydney Spring Carnival. Many great milers have won the race, including Chatham, Gunsynd, and Super Impose, who was also a dual winner of the...
, QTC Stradbroke Handicap
Stradbroke Handicap
The Stradbroke Handicap is a Group 1 Australian Thoroughbred open handicap horse race, run on the first Saturday in June, over a distance of 1,400 metres at Eagle Farm Racecourse, Brisbane...
etc.) Dark Jewel’s progeny won over sixty-eight races for A$428,547 in prize-money in Australia and Malaysia.
Racing record
Baguette was trained by Fil Allotta at RandwickRandwick Racecourse
Royal Randwick Racecourse is a racecourse for horseracing in the Eastern Suburbs in Sydney, New South Wales. Randwick Racecourse, is operated by the Australian Jockey Club and known to many Sydney racegoers as headquarters...
. A consistent performer, Baguette, won all of his seven starts in his two-year old season and only once finished worse than third in his first 23 races when unplaced in the VATC Futurity Stakes.
Baguette won the following stakes races:
- 1969 AJC Breeders’ Plate (5f)
- 1969 STC Silver Slipper StakesSilver Slipper StakesThe Silver Slipper Stakes is a Group 2 Australian Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged two years old, over a distance of 1100 metres. It is held annually at Rosehill Racecourse in Sydney. The race is regarded as a traditional lead up race for the STC Golden Slipper Stakes.-Race history:1963 -...
(4½f) - 1969 VRC Maribyrnong Plate (5f)
- 1970 STC Golden Slipper Stakes (6f)
- 1970 AJC Sires Produce StakesAJC Sires Produce StakesThe AJC Sires Produce Stakes is a Group 1 Australian Thoroughbred horserace for two year olds at set weights run over a distance of 1,400 metres at Randwick Racecourse, Sydney in April. The race was first run over one mile in 1867 and won by Glencoe...
(7f) - 1970 AJC Champagne StakesChampagne Stakes (Australia)The Champagne Stakes is a Group 1 horse race in Australia for two-year-old Thoroughbreds at set weights run at Randwick Racecourse over a distance of 1,600 metres during the Sydney Autumn Carnival...
(6f) - 1970 AJC Hobartville StakesHobartville StakesThe Hobartville Stakes is a Group 2 Australian Thoroughbred horse race, for three-year olds at set weights, over a distance of 1400 metres. It is held at Randwick Racecourse in Sydney every February...
(7f) - 1971 VRC Newmarket HandicapNewmarket HandicapThe Newmarket Handicap is a VRC Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race held at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia. The event is an open handicap race over 1200 metres...
(6f) - 1971 BATC Doomben 10,000Doomben 10,000The Doomben 10,000 is a Group 1 Australian Thoroughbred Weight for Age horse race, run over a distance of 1350 metres at Doomben Racecourse, Brisbane in May. The race was originally called the T.M. Ahearn Memorial but was changed to the Doomben 10,000 after the 10,000 pounds prize money on offer. ...
(6¾f) - 1971 STC Canterbury StakesCanterbury StakesThe Canterbury Stakes is a Group 2 Australian Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged three years old and upwards at weight for age, over a distance of 1300 metres. It is held annually at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse in Sydney.-Race History:...
(6f) - 1971 STC Hill StakesHill StakesThe Hill Stakes is a STC Group 2 Australian Thoroughbred horse race at run at Weight for Age over a distance of 1900 metres at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse, Sydney in September.-Past winners:*2011 - Trusting *2010 - Descarado *2009 - Miss Marielle...
(8½f) - 1971 AJC George Main StakesGeorge Main StakesThe George Main Stakes is a Group 1 Australian Thoroughbred horse race run under Weight for Age conditions, over a distance of 1600 metres at RandwickRacecourse, Sydney in September. Total prize money for the race is A$303,300....
(1 mile) - 1971 BATC Booroolong Handicap (1,118 metres)
- 1971 STC Railway Quality Handicap (7f)
Summary
His major race victories include the 1970 STCSydney Turf Club
The Sydney Turf Club was founded in 1943 and is the youngest of Australia's Principal Race Clubs. It was formed following an Act passed by the New South Wales parliament called the Sydney Turf Club Act...
Golden Slipper Stakes, 1970 AJC Sires’ Produce Stakes, 1970 AJC Champagne Stakes and the 1971 VRC
Victoria Racing Club
The Victoria Racing Club was founded in 1864. It was formed following the disbanding of the Victoria Turf Club and the Victoria Jockey Club. A legacy passed from the Victoria Turf Club was the annual “race that stops a nation”, the Melbourne Cup, which was first contested in 1861.From its...
Newmarket Handicap.
Baguette had a total of 31 starts for 15 wins, 7 seconds, 4 thirds for $195,200 in prize-money.
Stud record
In 1972 Baguette was syndicated as a stallion into a total of forty-five shares at $7,300 which was then an Australian record of $328,500 for a stallion. He stood at the famous Kia Ora StudKia ora stud
The Kia-Ora Stud is a Thoroughbred horse stud situated near Scone in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales. Percy Miller purchased the cattle property Kia-Ora from the established Segenhoe Stud in 1914 and from there developed the Kia-Ora Stud....
at Scone
Scone, New South Wales
Scone is a town in the Upper Hunter Shire in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales, Australia. At the 2006 census, Scone had a population of 4,624 people. It is located on the New England Highway north of Muswellbrook about 270 kilometres north of Sydney, and is part of the Hunter and Upper...
in New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
alongside Gunsynd
Gunsynd
Gunsynd was a champion Australian Thoroughbred racehorse who won 29 races and A$280,455 in prizemoney. In his seven starts over one mile he was only once defeated, by half-a-head in the Epsom Handicap....
. Baguette's progeny included 18 stakes-winners which had 35 stakes wins between them.
They included the winners listed below.
- Crown Jester (STC Todman Slipper Trial, sire of the Golden Slipper winners Guineas and Rory's JesterRory's JesterRory’s Jester was a notable Australian Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. A chestnut son of Crown Jester from Rory’s Rocket by Roan Rocket, he was trained by Colin Hayes....
) - Dark Eclipse (5 wins including STC Golden Slipper Stakes, Tea Rose Stakes etc.)
- Fiancee (STC Silver Slipper StakesSilver Slipper StakesThe Silver Slipper Stakes is a Group 2 Australian Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged two years old, over a distance of 1100 metres. It is held annually at Rosehill Racecourse in Sydney. The race is regarded as a traditional lead up race for the STC Golden Slipper Stakes.-Race history:1963 -...
, AJC Gimcrack Stakes) - Hit It Benny (11 wins & $171,000 inc. BATC Rothman's "100 000")
- I Like Diamonds (AJC Champagne Stakes)
- Lady Manina (12 wins & $39,755 incl. 10 in succession inc. Tattersalls Carrington Stakes)
- Romantic Dream (14 wins, 900 to 1,600 m & $184,525 inc. QTC Sires Produce StakesQTC Sires Produce StakesThe QTC Sires Produce Stakes is a Group 2 Australian Thoroughbred horse race for two year olds run at set weights over 1400 metres, at Eagle Farm Racecourse in June each year...
, NJC Cameron Handicap etc.)
Baguette’s daughters produced the good racehorses, Clan O’Sullivan, Diamond Shower, Paris Opera, Vain Karioi, etc.
Baguette died at the stud on 1 January 1984 after suffering a massive haemorrhage.