Orwell (horse)
| Orwell | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Gainsborough |
| Grandsire | Bayardo |
| Dam | Golden Hair |
| Damsire | Golden Sun |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1929 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Colour | Brown |
| Owner | Washington Singer |
| Trainer | Joseph Lawson |
| Record | 11:8-0-1 |
| Earnings | £30,106 |
| Major wins | |
| National Breeders' Produce Stakes (1931) Champagne Stakes (1931) Imperial Produce Stakes (1931) Middle Park Stakes (1931) Greenham Stakes (1932) 2000 Guineas (1932) |
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| Awards | |
| Top-rated British Two-year-old (1931) | |
Orwell (1929–1948), also known as the Golden Hair Colt, was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a career that lasted from June 1931 to September 1932 he ran eleven times and won eight races. He was the leading British two-year-old of his generation, winning five successive races in 1931 including the Champagne Stakes and the Middle Park Stakes. During this season he was one of the last notable racehorses to race without being officially named. The following year he won the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket but was beaten when starting favourite for both the Epsom Derby and the St. Leger Stakes. At the end of 1932 he was retired to stud, where his record was disappointing.
Orwell was a good-looking, medium-sized bay horse with a "docile and sensible" temperament bred by the shipping magnate Marmaduke Furness, 1st Viscount Furness. As a yearling he was sent to the sales at Doncaster where he was bought for 3,000 guineas by Washington Singer. Singer sent the colt to be trained at Manton in Wiltshire by Joseph Lawson. Orwell was sired by the wartime Triple Crown winner Gainsborough out of the mare Golden Hair, a daughter of the sprinter Golden Sun.
Until 1913, there was no requirement for British racehorses to have official names and two-year-olds were allowed to run without names until 1946. The practice of running horses unnamed had once been common, but had largely fallen out of use by the early 20th Century. Singer however, delayed naming his horse, and the colt who would become Orwell raced throughout his first season under the descriptive name of "The Golden Hair Colt".
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