Orange Bay (horse)
| Orange Bay | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Canisbay |
| Grandsire | Doutelle |
| Dam | Orange Bay |
| Damsire | Molvedo |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1972 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Colour | Bay |
| Owner | Carlo Vittadini |
| Trainer | Mario Benetti Peter Walwyn |
| Record | 21:9–4–4 |
| Major wins | |
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Premio Emanuele Filiberto (1975) Derby Italiano (1975) Jockey Club Stakes (1976) Hardwicke Stakes (1976) Cumberland Lodge Stakes (1977) |
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| Awards | |
| Timeform rating 123 (1975), 129 (1976), 131 (1977) Top-rated European Older Horse (1977) |
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Orange Bay (foaled 1972) was a British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He was originally trained in Italy, where he was one of the leading colts of his generation in 1974 and 1975, winning the Premio Emanuele Filiberto and the Derby Italiano and being placed in the Gran Criterium, Gran Premio d'Italia and Gran Premio di Milano. He was moved to England in the late summer of his three-year-old season and subsequently emerged as one of the leading middle distance horses in Europe. In 1976 he won the Jockey Club Stakes and Hardwicke Stakes and finished a close third in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, In the following year he won the Cumberland Lodge Stakes and produced his best effort when beaten a short head by The Minstrel in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. He was retired from racing at the end of 1977 to become a breeding stallion but made no impact as a sire of winners.
Orange Bay was an exceptionally good-looking bay horse with no white markings bred in the United Kingdom by his owner Dr Carlo Vittadini (1915–2007). He was from the last crop of foals sired in Britain by the Eclipse Stakes winner Canisbay, who was then exported to Italy. Orange Bay's dam, Orange Triumph, failed to win a race, but came from an established Italian family, being a granddaughter of the Oaks d'Italia winner Fior d'Orchidea whose other descendants included Ovac (Premio Parioli), Oise (Gran Premio di Milano, Orsa Maggiore (Oaks d'Italia, Gran Premio di Milano), Premio Roma) and Orvieto (Gran Criterium). The colt was sent into training with Mario Benetti in Italy.
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