Corinne (horse)

Corinne
Sire	Waxy
Grandsire	Potoooooooo
Dam	Briseis
Damsire	Beningbrough
Sex	Mare
Foaled	1815
Country	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Colour	Brown
Breeder	Thomas Grosvenor
Owner	John Udney
Trainer	Robert Robson
Record	18:8-4-2
Earnings	£4,490
Major wins
Match against Screw (1818) 1000 Guineas (1818) Epsom Oaks (1818) Match against Steeltrap (1818) King's Purse (1820) Chelmsford Gold Cup (1820)

Corinne (1815–after 1832) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare, which in 1818 became the second filly to win both the 1000 Guineas at Newmarket Racecourse and the Oaks at Epsom Downs Racecourse. In a racing career which lasted from April 1818 until August 1820 she ran eighteen times and won eight races.

Corinne was a brown mare bred by Thomas Grosvenor at the Eaton Hall stud in Cheshire which was owned by his cousin Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster. Her dam Briseis, had won the Oaks in the Grosvenor colours in 1807 and became a successful broodmare: apart from Corinne she produced The Student, beaten favourite in the 1817 Derby and Abjer, second in the same race three years later. Corinne was sired by the 1790 Epsom Derby winner Waxy, who became an influential and important stallion, siring two additional Oaks winners and four winners of the Derby. Before her racing career began, Corinne was sold to Colonel John Udney. an Aberdeen-born soldier and diplomat who was a prominent member of the Jockey Club. Udney sent the filly to be trained at Newmarket by Robert Robson, the so-called "Emperor of Trainers".

Corinne made her first appearance on 17 April at the Newmarket Craven meeting. Racing over the Ditch Mile course, she won a 200 guinea match race against Mr Thornhill's colt Screw, which started 4/7 favourite. On May 1, at the next Newmarket meeting Corinne started the 7/1 third choice in the betting in a field of eight fillies for the 1000 Guineas Stakes, which despite its name, carried a prize of 1,400 guineas. Ridden by Francis Buckle, Corinne won the race, defeating the favourite Loo, a filly owned by the Duke of Grafton.

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