Pelisse (horse)
| Pelisse | |
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| Sire | Whiskey |
| Grandsire | Saltram |
| Dam | Prunella |
| Damsire | Highflyer |
| Sex | Mare |
| Foaled | 1801 |
| Country | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
| Colour | Brown |
| Breeder | Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton |
| Owner | Duke of Grafton General Gower Richard Watt Mr Fermor Mr Forth Lord Lowther |
| Trainer | Robert Robson |
| Record | 35:13-11-4 |
| Major wins | |
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Oaks Stakes (1804) Match against Harefoot (1804) Match against Bustard (1805) October Oatlands Stakes (1806) Match against Witchcraft (1806) Subscription Handicap Plate (1806) Egham Town Plate (1807) Match against Morel (1809) Match against Miltonia (1809) |
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Pelisse (1801–1810) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse who won the classic Oaks Stakes at Epsom Downs Racecourse in 1804. In a long racing career which lasted from April 1804 until April 1809 she had at least six different owners and ran thirty-five times, winning thirteen races and finishing second on eleven occasions. The Oaks was her second race and first win. In the succeeding years she competed at distances from five furlongs to four miles, racing mainly at Newmarket Racecourse, often in match races. She died in 1810, a year after being retired from racing.
Pelisse was a brown mare bred by Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton at his stud at Euston Hall in Suffolk. Her sire Whiskey was a successful racehorse before breaking down in a race at Lewes. At stud he sired 148 winners including the Epsom Derby winner Eleanor and the dams of the Derby winners Phantom and Priam. Pelisse's dam Prunella has been described as "one of the most significant mares in the history of the breed", producing the Derby winner Pope and the broodmares Penelope, Parasol, Pawn, Prudence and Pope Joan, all of whom produced classic winners. Grafton sent the filly to be trained at Newmarket by Robert Robson, the so-called "Emperor of Trainers".
Pelisse was scheduled to make her debut on 3 April in a match race at the Newmarket Craven meeting, but was able to claim the prize without racing when her opponent, a colt owned by Sir Charles Bunbury, 6th Baronet was withdrawn. Two weeks later, she started the 4/6 favourite for the Newmarket Stakes but finished second to a colt named Prospero. Pelisse's next race was the Oaks Stakes for three-year-old fillies over one and a half miles at Epsom on 18 May. Ridden by Bill Clift, she started 4/5 favourite in a field of eight and won from Lord Egremont's unnamed filly by Precipitate. On 10 July Pelisse ran against colts again and finished fourth in the Newmarket Town Plate.
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