Hever Golf Rose
| Hever Golf Rose | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Efisio |
| Grandsire | Formidable |
| Dam | Sweet Rosina |
| Damsire | Sweet Revenge |
| Sex | Mare |
| Foaled | 22 February 1991 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Ronald Popely |
| Owner | Ronald Popely M P Hanson Hever Racing Club |
| Trainer | Joe Naughton |
| Record | 66: 17-11-10 |
| Earnings | £676,149 |
| Major wins | |
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Silberne Peitsche (1994) Premio Melton (1995) Holsten Trophy (1995) King George Stakes (1995) Täby Open Sprint Championship (1995) Goldene Peitsche (1995) Prix de Seine-et-Oise (1995) Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp (1995) Prix de Saint-Georges (1997) Prix du Petit Couvert (1997) |
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| Awards | |
| European Champion Sprinter (1995) | |
| Last updated on December 27, 2006 | |
Hever Golf Rose (22 February 1991 – September 1999) was a thoroughbred racehorse who was bred and trained in the United Kingdom, and campaigned throughout Europe in a career that lasted from 1993 to 1998. She was a specialist sprinter, showing her best form over distances of five and six furlongs (1000m and 1200m), who was known for her consistency and durability, and was particularly effective on soft ground. In a six-year career, she ran in sixty-six races and won seventeen. In her best season in 1995 she won six Group races and was named European Champion Sprinter. A year after her retirement, Hever Golf Rose died after failing to recover from the anaesthetic following an operation on a joint injury.
Hever Golf Rose was bred by Ronald Popely who named her after his Hever Castle Golf Club. She was sired by Efisio out of the mare Sweet Rosina. Efisio, who was also owned by Popely for part of his stud career, sired the winners of almost a thousand races including twelve at Group One level. Sweet Rosina went on to produce the successful handicappers Go Hever Golf and Play Hever Golf.
Popely sent Hever Golf Rose to the Doncaster St Leger sales as a yearling but bought her in for 6,000 gns when she failed to attract interest. Popely later sold her privately to Michael P Hanson for a reported fee of £100,000.
Hever Golf Rose was trained throughout her career by Joe Naughton at The Durdans stables at Epsom, Surrey. Naughton had begun training in 1991 and Hever Golf Rose was his first important winner. She had many jockeys but was most closely associated with Jason Weaver, who rode her for eleven of her thirteen races in her championship season of 1995.
Hever Golf Rose made her debut when finishing fourth in a maiden race at Leicester in May and was runner-up in a similar event at Chepstow in July. In the next sixteen days she recorded her first two wins in a maiden race at Doncaster and a Nursery (a handicap for two-year-olds) at Newmarket.
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