Baguette (horse)

Baguette
Star Kingdom, the sire of Dark Jewel, dam of Baguette.
Sire	Rego (IRE)
Grandsire	Nasrullah (IRE)
Dam	Dark Jewel
Damsire	Star Kingdom (IRE)
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1967
Country	Australia
Colour	Brown
Breeder	Mr & Mrs Peter G. Tait
Owner	1. Mr & Mrs Peter G. Tait 2. A syndicate
Trainer	Fil Allotta
Record	31: 15-7-4
Earnings	A$195,200
Major wins
1970 STC Golden Slipper Stakes 1970 AJC Sires’ Produce Stakes 1970 AJC Champagne Stakes 1971 VRC Newmarket Handicap.
Last updated on 16 August 2010

Baguette was an Australian 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.

He was by the winner and good sire, Rego (IRE), his dam was the good broodmare, Dark Jewel by the outstanding sire, Star Kingdom (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 Tattersalls Club 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.

Baguette was trained by Fil Allotta at Randwick. 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:

His major race victories include the 1970 STC 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.

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 Stud 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.