Musidora (horse)
| Musidora | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Nasrullah |
| Grandsire | Nearco |
| Dam | Painted Vale |
| Damsire | Gainsborough |
| Sex | Mare |
| Foaled | 1946 |
| Country | Ireland |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | F. F. Tuthill |
| Owner | Norman Donaldson |
| Trainer | Charles Elsey |
| Record | 12: 4–?–? |
| Earnings | £24,007 |
| Major wins | |
|
1000 Guineas (1949) Epsom Oaks (1949) |
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| Honours | |
| Musidora Stakes at York Racecourse | |
Musidora (1946–c. 1968) was an Irish-bred British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare, best known for winning two Classics in 1949. The filly won four times from twelve races in a racing career which lasted from 1948 until September 1949. After winning once as a two-year-old she won her first three races as a three-year-old including the 1000 Guineas over one mile at Newmarket and at the Epsom Oaks over one and a half miles at Epsom Downs Racecourse a month later. In the latter race she narrowly defeated the French filly Coronation, who went on to win the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. She finished unplaced in her three subsequent races and was retired to stud, where she had limited success as a broodmare.
Musidora was a bay mare with a small white star bred in Ireland by F. F. Tuthill, who had bought her dam, an unraced and unbroken mare named Painted Vale for 220 guineas. Painted Vale produced several winners apart from Musidora, the most successful being the colt Sovrango, who won the Chester Vase,the Ormonde Stakes and the Oxfordshire Stakes. Musidora came from the second crop of foals sired by Nasrullah, a talented but temperamental racehorse who became a highly successful breeding stallion, especially following his export to the United States in 1950. He was the British champion sire in 1951 and the North American champion on five occasions.
In 1947 the yearling filly was sent to the Doncaster sales where she was bought for 4,700 guineas by the Scottish shipping magnate Norman Donaldson. Donaldson sent Musidora into training with Charles Elsey at his Highfield stables at Malton in Yorkshire. She became the first of five classic winners trained by Elsey between 1949 and 1959.
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