Call Boy (horse)
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Call Boy
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| Sire | Hurry On |
| Grandsire | Marcovil |
| Dam | Comedienne |
| Damsire | Bachelors Double |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1924 |
| Country | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
| Colour | Chestnut |
| Breeder | Frank Curzon |
| Owner | Frank Curzon |
| Trainer | Jack Watts |
| Record | 7: 4-2-1 |
| Earnings | £ |
| Major wins | |
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Middle Park Stakes (1926) Newmarket Stakes (1927) Epsom Derby (1927) |
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Call Boy (1924–1940) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse. In a career which lasted from July 1926 to June 1927, he ran seven times winning four races. His most notable success came in the 1927 Epsom Derby, which he won in record time. Partly because of the death of his owner, Call Boy never ran again after his win at Epsom.
Call Boy, a chestnut horse with a white blaze and two white socks, was bred by his owner, the actor and theatre manager Frank Curzon at his Primrose Cottage Stud. He was sired by the unbeaten champion, Hurry On, making him a representative of the Godolphin Arabian sire line. Apart from Call Boy, Hurry On sired the winners of seven Classics including the Derby winners Captain Cuttle and Coronach. Call Boy’s dam, Comedienne, a daughter of the Irish Derby winner Bachelor's Double, had been bought by Curzon for 130gns. In addition to Call Boy, she produced the Great Yorkshire Stakes winner Comedy King.
Curzon sent Call Boy to be trained by Jack Watts at his Lansdowne House Stable at Newmarket, Suffolk.
Call Boy made his racecourse debut in the prestigious July Stakes at Newmarket in which he finished third to The Satrap and Sickle. In the Champagne Stakes at Doncaster he produced a strong finish to reverse the form with Sickle but narrowly failed to catch Damon. At Newmarket in October he recorded his first win in the Linton Stakes and then returned to the same course later in the month for the Middle Park Stakes, one of the most important two-year-old races of the season. Call Boy established himself as one of the year’s leading juveniles by winning by a head from Sickle. In the Free Handicap, an annual rating of the best British two-year-olds, Call Boy was ranked fifth.
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