Pastille (horse)

Pastille
Sire	Rubens
Grandsire	Buzzard
Dam	Parasol
Damsire	Potoooooooo
Sex	Mare
Foaled	1819
Country	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Colour	Bay
Breeder	George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton
Owner	Duke of Grafton
Trainer	Robert Robson
Record	13:8-2-3
Major wins
2000 Guineas (1822) Oaks Stakes (1822) Post Sweepstakes (1823) Match against Premium (1824)

Pastille (foaled 1819) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare who won two British Classic Races. In a career which lasted from April 1822 until November 1824 she won eight of her thirteen races and was placed second or third in the other five. On her second racecourse appearance in she became the first filly to win the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket and went on to win the Oaks Stakes at Epsom Downs Racecourse a month later. She won once as a four-year-old in 1823 and was unbeaten in three starts in 1824. After her retirement from racing she had some success as a broodmare.

Pastille was a bay mare bred by her owner George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton at his stud at Euston Hall in Suffolk. Her sire, Rubens was a successful racehorse, who at the time of Pastille's conception was covering mares at Newmarket at a fee of 25 guineas. He sired two other classic winning fillies in Landscape, who won the Oaks in 1816 and Pastille's contemporary and stable companion Whizgig. Rubens was champion sire in 1815, 1821 and 1822. Pastille's dam, Parasol was a daughter of Prunella, described as one of the most important broodmares in the history of the Thoroughbred breed, making her a half-sister to 1809 Derby winner Pope and the mares Pope Joan, Penelope and Prudence. Parasol was a top-class racemare who became a successful broodmare in her own right, producing, in addition to Pastille, the 2000 Guineas winner Pindarrie and the leading stallion Partisan. Grafton sent the filly to be trained at Newmarket by Robert Robson, the so-called "Emperor of Trainers".

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