Nearula
| Nearula | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Nasrullah |
| Grandsire | Nearco |
| Dam | Respite |
| Damsire | Flag of Truce |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1950 |
| Country | Ireland |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Roderick More O'Ferrall and C. Sweeney |
| Owner | William Humble |
| Trainer | Charles Elsey |
| Record | 13:7-1-3 |
| Earnings | £27,351 |
| Major wins | |
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Middle Park Stakes (1952) Thirsk Classic Trial (1953) 2000 Guineas (1953) St. James's Palace Stakes (1953) Champion Stakes (1953) March Stakes (1954) Burwell Stakes (1954) |
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| Awards | |
| Timeform rating 132 | |
| Honours | |
| Top-rated British two-year-old (1952) Timeform top-rated two-year-old (1952) |
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Nearula (1950–1960) was an Irish-bred British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire, best known for winning the classic 2000 Guineas in 1953. Trained in Yorkshire, he was the top-rated British two-year-olds of 1952 when he won the Middle Park Stakes. In the following year he won the 2000 Guineas and the St. James's Palace Stakes over one mile and the Champion Stakes against older horses over ten furlongs. He won two further races as a four-year-old before being retired to stud, where he had some success as a sire of winners before dying at the age of ten.
Nearula was a "compact, medium-sized" bay horse with a narrow white blaze and a white sock on his right hind leg, bred by Roderick More O'Ferrall and C. Sweeney at the Kildangan Stud, County Kildare, Ireland. As a yearling he was offered for sale and bought for 3,000 guineas by William Humble. The colt was sent into training with Captain Charles Elsey at his Highfield stable near Malton, North Yorkshire. Elsey had been training racehorses since 1911 and had recorded his first classic winner with Musidora in 1949. Nearula was ridden in most of his races by the Australian jockey Edgar Britt.
Nearula was from the second-last crop of foals sired by Nasrullah before his export to the United States. His dam Respite won only one minor race, but became a successful broodmare, producing seven other winners including the sprinter Drum Beat, whose wins included the King's Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot in 1958. Respite's dam Orama was also the female-line ancestor of the 1000 Guineas winner Waterloo and the Australian champion Todman.
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