Minuet (horse)
| Minuet | |
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| Sire | Waxy |
| Grandsire | Potoooooooo |
| Dam | Woodbine |
| Damsire | Woodpecker |
| Sex | Mare |
| Foaled | 1812 |
| Country | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton |
| Owner | 4th Duke of Grafton |
| Trainer | Robert Robson |
| Record | 21:9-7-3 |
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July Stakes (1814) Oaks Stakes (1815) Match against Fugitive (1816) King's Purse (Chelmsford) (1816) Trial Stakes (1816) Match against Duenna (1816) King's Plate (Newmarket) (1817) |
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Minuet (1812–1833) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare who won the classic Oaks Stakes at Epsom Downs Racecourse in 1815. In a racing career which lasted from July 1814 until October 1817 she competed twenty-one times, winning nine races and being placed on a further ten occasions. On her only race in 1814, she won the July Stakes, one of the year's most important races for two-year-olds. In the following year she finished second in the 1000 Guineas on her debut and then won her next three races including the Oaks. Minuet stayed in training for two further seasons, winning five more races including a victory over a strong field in the all-aged Trial Stakes in September 1816. After her retirement from racing she had some success as a broodmare, breeding several winners.
Minuet was a bay mare bred by her owner George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton at his stud at Euston Hall in Suffolk. Her dam, Woodbine was a half-sister to the good broodmare Hornby Lass and herself produced several other winners including the 1813 Oaks winner Music. Minuet 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. Grafton sent the filly to be trained at Newmarket by Robert Robson, the so-called "Emperor of Trainers".
In 1814 most Thoroughbreds began their careers as three-year-olds and races for two-year-olds were few. The longest established and most important race for juveniles was the July Stakes, run over five furlongs on the opening day of the Newmarket July meeting. The race attracted 19 entries in 1814, 13 of whom appeared for the race on 13 July. Minuet was made second favourite at odds of 4/1 and won the race, beating General Gower's unnamed chestnut filly. Minuet did not race again in 1814.
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