My Love (horse)
| My Love | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Vatellor |
| Grandsire | Vatout |
| Dam | For My Love |
| Damsire | Amfortas |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1945 |
| Country | France |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Leon Volterra |
| Owner | Leon Volterra Aga Khan III |
| Trainer | Richard Carver |
| Record | 8: 3-2-1 |
| Earnings | £ |
| Major wins | |
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Prix Hocquart (1948) Epsom Derby (1948) Grand Prix de Paris (1948) |
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My Love (1945–after 1962) was a French Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a career that lasted from 1947 to 1948 he ran eight times and won three races. In the summer of 1948 he became the third French-trained horse to win the Epsom Derby and the fifth horse to win both the Derby and the Grand Prix de Paris. At the end of the season he was retired to stud but he had little success before or after being exported to Argentina in 1951.
My Love was bred in France by his original owner Leon Volterra, who later sold a half share in the colt to the Aga Khan. The colt was trained at Chantilly by Richard “Dick” Carver an Englishman whose family had been based in France for many years. Carver had never been to Epsom before My Love ran in the 1948 Derby.
My Love’s sire, Vatellor was a high class racehorse who won eight races in France including the race now called the Prix Jean Prat. He later became a successful stallion being Champion sire in France in 1956 and getting such notable performers as Pearl Diver, Nikellora (Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe) and Vattel (Grand Prix de Paris). My Love’s dam, For My Love was bred by Volterra and won two small races, but produced no other horses of importance.
My Love provided little evidence of potential as a two-year-old in 1948. He ran twice without winning, although he was beaten only a head on his debut.
In the spring of 1948, My Love ran in the major French middle-distance trial races (Poules des Produits). In April he finished second to Flush Royal in the Prix Noailles over 2200m at Longchamp and then finished third to Rigolo and Flush Royal in the Prix Greffulhe. At this point in the season, My Love was not considered a serious Derby contender and was available at odds of 100/1. On his next start on May 9 he was moved up in distance for the Prix Hocquart over 2400m and showed improved form, winning in "brilliant" style from Turmoil and Flush Royal. Shortly after the race the Aga Khan, reportedly acting on the advice of My Love’s Australian jockey Rae Johnstone, bought a half share in the colt for £15,000.
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