Petition (horse)
| Petition | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Fair Trial |
| Grandsire | Fairway |
| Dam | Art Paper |
| Damsire | Artit's Proof |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1944 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Colour | Bay |
| Owner | Sir Alfred Butt |
| Trainer | Frank Butters |
| Record | 12: 7-2-2 |
| Major wins | |
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New Stakes (1946) Richmond Stakes (1946) Gimcrack Stakes (1946) Champagne Stakes (1946) Victoria Cup (1948) Eclipse Stakes (1948) |
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Petition (1944–1964) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He was officially rated the second-best two-year-old in Britain in 1946 when he won the New Stakes, Richmond Stakes, Gimcrack Stakes and Champagne Stakes. He won on his debut in 1947 but sustained an injury when finishing unplaced in the 2000 Guineas and failed to win in two subsequent races that year. In 1948 he returned to his best form to beat a strong field in the Eclipse Stakes. He was retired to stud where he became a successful and influential breeding stallion.
Petition was a brown horse bred by his owner, Sir Alfred Butt. He was sired by Fair Trial, whose other offspring included Palestine, Festoon and Court Martial. Petition's dam Art Paper, won two races and had produced the Dewhurst Stakes winner Paper Weight.
The colt was sent into training with Frank Butters at his Fitzroy stable in Newmarket, Suffolk.
As a two-year-old, Petition was ridden in most of his races by Harry Wragg. He made his racecourse debut at York Racecourse in May finishing third in the Eglington Stakes. In the following month, he was sent to Royal Ascot for the New Stakes (the race now known as the Norfolk Stakes) over five furlongs. He started at odds of 7/4 and won from Goldsborough with the future Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe Migoli in third. The opposition to Petition in the Richmond Stakes at Goodwood Racecourse was not strong and he won easily at odds of 1/5. In August he started 13/8 favourite for the Gimcrack takes over six furlongs at York and won from Sayajirao a colt who went on to win the Irish Derby and the St Leger Stakes in the following year. Petition ended his season in the Champagne Stakes at Doncaster Racecourse in September. Edgar Britt, an Australian jockey, took over from Wragg on Petition, and the colt won his fourth consecutive race at odds of 21/20.
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