Diamond Jubilee (horse)
| Diamond Jubilee | |
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| Sire | St. Simon |
| Grandsire | Galopin |
| Dam | Perdita |
| Damsire | Hampton |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1897 |
| Country | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Prince of Wales |
| Owner | Prince of Wales Duke of Devonshire (leased 1901) |
| Trainer | Richard Marsh |
| Record | 16:6-4-1 |
| Earnings | £28,185 |
| Major wins | |
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2000 Guineas (1900) Newmarket Stakes (1900) Epsom Derby (1900) Eclipse Stakes (1900) St. Leger (1900) |
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| Awards | |
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9th U.K. Triple Crown Champion (1900) Leading Sire in Argentina (1915, 1916, 1917, 1921) |
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Diamond Jubilee (1897 – 10 July 1923) was a British-bred and British-trained Thoroughbred race horse and sire. In a career which lasted from June 1899 until October 1901 he ran sixteen times and won six races.
He showed modest form as a two-year-old in 1899 but improved to be the leading colt of his generation in 1900 when he won the British Triple Crown. His other wins included the Eclipse Stakes, then one of the most valuable horse races in the world. He was retired to stud at the end of the 1901 season and was later exported to Argentina.
Diamond Jubilee was noted throughout his life for his unpredictable and sometimes violent temperament.
Diamond Jubilee was bred by his owner, the Prince of Wales. He was foaled in the year of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.
Diamond Jubilee's sire, St. Simon was an undefeated racehorse who was considered one of the best British runners of the 19th Century. In an outstanding stud career he won nine sires’ championships, having sired ten Classic winners. Perdita, the dam of Diamond Jubilee was a successful racehorse who was bought by the Prince on the advice of John Porter. As a broodmare she produced, in addition to Diamond Jubilee, the 1896 Derby winner Persimmon and the Jockey Club Cup winner Florizel II. Such was the quality of Diamond Jubilee's pedigree, and the status of his owner, that his birth was noted in the press.
Diamond Jubilee won only one of his six races as a two-year-old. He was strongly fancied to win the Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot on 13 June, starting 6/5 favourite but finished unplaced behind the gelding Democrat, after behaving badly in the paddock and before the start. Among other unpleasant traits he kicked a spectator, delayed the start of the race by repeatedly "rearing" and attempted to attack and bite his own jockey, the highly experienced John Watts. In the July Stakes at Newmarket the "ramapagious beast" threw Watts and galloped free for several minutes prior to the start before finishing unplaced again. It was decided to replace Watts with Morny Cannon. Gelding the colt was also a possible solution, but a veterinary examination revealed that the colt had an undescended testicle, making the operation difficult and potentially dangerous. With Cannon as his jockey, Diamond Jubilee showed much improved form to finish second to Epsom Lad in a Prince of Wales's Stakes at Goodwood in late July, but even then his courage was questioned by critics who accused him of showing "the white feather."
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