Bruni (horse)
| Bruni | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Sea Hawk |
| Grandsire | Herbager |
| Dam | Bombazine |
| Damsire | Shantung |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1972 |
| Country | Ireland |
| Colour | Grey |
| Breeder | Barrettsown Castle Stud |
| Owner | Charles St. George |
| Trainer | Ryan Price |
| Record | 21: 5-6-0 |
| Major wins | |
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St. Leger Stakes (1975) Yorkshire Cup (1976) Cumberland Lodge Stakes (1976) Henry II Stakes (1977) (disqualified) |
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| Awards | |
| Timeform 132 | |
Bruni (1972 – after 1982), was an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. In a career which lasted from 1974 until September 1977, he ran 21 times and won 5 races. He recorded his most important victory when winning the Classic St. Leger Stakes by ten lengths, one of the biggest margins in the race's 200-year history. The following season he became a difficult and temperamental performer, but was one of the leading middle distance horses in Europe, winning two Group races and finishing second in Britain's most prestigious all-aged race, the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. He was retired to stud after an unsuccessful five-year-old season.
Bruni was a grey horse bred in County Kildare, Ireland by the Barretstown Castle Stud. As yearling he was sent to the Newmarket sales where he was bought for 7,800 guineas by the bloodstock agent J. T. Doyle on behalf of Charles St George. Unlike many grey thoroughbreds, Bruni was a very light colour from the start of his racing career. He was sired by the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud winner Sea Hawk, from whom he inherited his colour, out of Bombazine, a mare who had finished fourth in the Epsom Oaks. St George sent the colt into training with Captain Ryan Price at Downs House, Findon, West Sussex.
Bruni was very backward (immature) as a two-year-old. He made his only appearance of 1974 in a maiden race at Warwick Racecourse in which he finished unplaced.
In April 1975, Bruni finished second in a maiden race oven one mile at Sandown Park and then won a similar event at Salisbury in early May. Bruni entered contention for the Epsom Derby when he was moved up in distance to one and a half miles and finished second, beaten a short-head, to No Alimony in the Predominate Stakes at Goodwood. Bruni was already proving a quite difficult horse to train, and had to be exercised separately from Price's other horses.
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