Humble Duty
| Humble Duty | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Sovereign Path |
| Grandsire | Grey Sovereign |
| Dam | Flattering |
| Damsire | Abernant |
| Sex | Mare |
| Foaled | 28 April 1967 |
| Country | Ireland |
| Colour | Grey |
| Breeder | Frank Tuthill |
| Owner | Jean, Lady Ashcombe |
| Trainer | Peter Walwyn |
| Record | 11: 8-1-1 |
| Earnings | £63,896 |
| Major wins | |
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Lowther Stakes (1969) Cheveley Park Stakes (1969) 1000 Guineas (1970) Coronation Stakes (1970) Sussex Stakes (1970) Wills Mile (1970) |
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| Honours | |
| Top-rated British two-year-old filly (1969) Timeform rating: 127 |
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Humble Duty (1967–1975) was an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. In a racing career lasting from May 1969 until September 1970, the filly ran eleven times and won eight races. As a two-year-old she was rated the best of her age and sex in Britain after winning the Lowther Stakes at York and the Cheveley Park Stakes at Newmarket. In the following season she won five races, all over one mile, including the 1000 Guineas at Newmarket, the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot and the Sussex Stakes at Goodwood. She was retired to stud at the end of that season, but had little chance to make an impact as a broodmare, dying in 1975 at the age of eight.
Humble Duty was a grey filly bred at the Owenstown Stud at Maynooth in County Kildare, Ireland by Frank Tuthill. Her sire Sovereign Path, from whom she inherited her colour, was a top class miler who won the Lockinge Stakes and the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes. Humble Duty's dam, Flattering was placed in the Cheveley Park Stakes and was out of Flatter, a moderate race mare but a half-sister to the Epsom Derby runner-up Gay Time.
As a yearling, Humble Duty was sent to the Newmarket sales where she was bought for 17,000 guineas by the British Bloodstock Agency, acting on behalf of Jean, Lady Ashcombe, the widow of Roland Cubitt, 3rd Baron Ashcombe. Humble Duty was sent into training with Peter Walwyn at his Seven Barrows stable at Lambourn.
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