Ambrosio (horse)
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Ambrosio, a bay stallion, the property of Thomas Haworth by George Stubbs
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| Sire | Sir Peter Teazle |
| Grandsire | Highflyer |
| Dam | Tulip |
| Damsire | Damper |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1793 |
| Country | Kingdom of Great Britain |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | J Lowther |
| Owner | Joseph Cookson |
| Trainer | Frank Neale |
| Record | 23: 15-3-3 |
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St Leger Stakes (1796) Oatlands Stakes (1797, 1798, 1798) Match against Lop (1797) Jockey Club Plate (1798) Great Subscription Purse (1799) Match against Wonder (1799) |
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Ambrosio (foaled 1793) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire best known for winning the classic St Leger Stakes in 1796. In a racing career which lasted from May 1796 until September 1799 he won fifteen of his twenty-three races. As a three-year-old he was based in Yorkshire, where he won his first three races before justifying his position as odds-on favourite for the St Leger, beating six opponents. In the next two years he competed mainly at Newmarket, where his victories three divisions of the Oatlands Stakes and the Jockey Club Plate. He returned to Yorkshire as a six-year-old to win a division of the Great Subscription Purse at York before being retired to stud. Ambrosio stood as a breeding stallion in Great Britain and Ireland, but had little success as a sire of winners.
Ambrosio was a bay horse with a small white sire bred by J Lowther. His sire, Sir Peter Teazle (or simply "Sir Peter") won the Epsom Derby in 1787 and became the most successful stallion of the time, winning the title of Champion sire on ten occasions between 1799 and 1809. Ambrosio was the second foal of his dam, Tulip, an influential broodmare whose other descendants included the Derby winner Pyrrhus the First and the 1000 Guineas winner Galantine.
Ambrosio made his first appearance at York Racecourse on 27 May, when he ran in a weight-for-age sweepstakes run in a series of ten furlong heats, with the prize going to the first horse to win twice. He finished fourth in the first heat, but won the next two. Following this race he was sold by Lowther to James Cookson. He made his first appearance for his new owner at York in August, when he won a two-mile sweepstakes from Giles Crompton's colt Cardinal and a similar race three days later.
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