Circus ring

Circus Ring
Sire	High Top
Grandsire	Derring-Do
Dam	Bell Song
Damsire	Tudor Melody
Sex	Mare
Foaled	8 February 1979
Country	United Kingdom
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Snailwell Stud
Owner	Snailwell Stud
Trainer	Michael Stoute
Record	4: 3-0-0
Major wins
Princess Margaret Stakes (1981) Lowther Stakes (1981)
Awards
Top-rated European two-year-old filly (1981) Timeform top-rated two-year-old filly (1981) Timeform rating 122 (1981)

Circus Ring (8 February 1979–25 November 2009) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. Despite never contesting a Group One race she was the leading two-year-old filly in the United Kingdom in 1981 when she was unbeaten in three races including the Princess Margaret Stakes (by ten lengths) and the Lowther Stakes. She then developed injury problems and finished unplaced in her only appearance in 1982. Circus Ring later became a successful broodmare and was the direct female-line ancestor of the Hong Kong Horse of the Year Viva Pataca. She died in 2009 at the age of 30.

Circus Ring was a dark-coated bay filly with no white markings, bred and owned by the Snailwell Stud of Newmarket, Suffolk. She was sired by High Top, who won the 2000 Guineas in 1972 and later became a successful breeding stallion. His other progeny included the St Leger Stakes winner Cut Above, the Oaks winner Circus Plume and the Prix du Jockey Club winner Top Ville. Circus Ring's dam Bell Song was a great-granddaughter of the 1000 Guineas winner Campanula, whose other descendants have included Athens Wood, Tony Bin, Dibidale (Irish Oaks), Vitiges (Champion Stakes) and Bolkonski.

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