Aureole (horse)
| Aureole | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Hyperion |
| Grandsire | Gainsborough |
| Dam | Angelola |
| Damsire | Donatello |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1950 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Colour | Chestnut |
| Breeder | King George VI |
| Owner | Queen Elizabeth II |
| Trainer | Cecil Boyd-Rochfort |
| Record | 14:7-3-2 |
| Earnings | £36,224 |
| Major wins | |
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Lingfield Derby Trial (1953) Cumberland Lodge Stakes (1953) Victor Wild Stakes (1954) Coronation Cup (1954) Hardwicke Stakes (1954) King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (1954) |
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| Awards | |
| Timeform Rating 132 | |
Aureole (1950–1975) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire who was owned by Queen Elizabeth II. In a career which lasted from August 1952 until July 1954, he ran fourteen times and won eleven races. As a three-year-old in 1953, he won the Lingfield Derby Trial before finishing second to Pinza in both the Epsom Derby and the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. He reached his peak as a four-year-old in 1954 when he won his last four races: the Victor Wild Stakes at Kempton, the Coronation Cup at Epsom, the Hardwicke Stakes at Royal Ascot and Britain's most prestigious all-aged race, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. After retiring from racing he was sent to stud, where he became a successful sire of winners.
Aureole was a bright chestnut horse with a white blaze and three white socks, bred by King George VI. When the King died in 1952, the ownership of the unraced two-year-old colt passed to his daughter, Queen Elizabeth II. Aureole was sired by Hyperion who won the Derby and the St Leger in 1933 before becoming a highly successful breeding stallion. He was Leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland on six occasions. Aureole's dam, Angelola, finished second in the Epsom Oaks and came from the same branch of Thoroughbred Family 2-f which produced Round Table, Highclere and Pebbles.
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