Pidget
| Pidget | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Fortino |
| Grandsire | Grey Sovereign |
| Dam | Primlace |
| Damsire | Chamossaire |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1969 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Colour | Grey |
| Breeder | Norman Frank Butler |
| Owner | Norman Frank Butler |
| Trainer | Kevin Prendergast |
| Record | 17: 6-3-2 |
| Major wins | |
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Irish 1000 Guineas (1972) Pretty Polly Stakes (1972) Irish St Leger (1972) |
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| Awards | |
| Timeform rating 120 (1972), 109 (1973) | |
Pidget (1969 – after 1984) was a British-bred, Irish-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. In 1972 she completed a unique double when she won both the Irish 1000 Guineas and the Irish St Leger. After showing some promise when winning a minor race as a juvenile in 1971, she won two of her first three races the following spring before recording an upset win in the Irish 1000 Guineas. In the summer of 1972 she won the Pretty Polly Stakes and was placed in both the Irish Oaks and the Desmond Stakes. On her final run of the year she took her second Irish Classic when she defeated male opponents in the Irish St Leger. She failed to win in the following year and was retired from racing. As a broodmare she produced two minor winners including the Group-placed Fenney Mill.
Pidget was a "tall" grey mare bred in the United Kingdom by her owner Norman Frank Butler. During her racing career she was trained in Ireland by Kevin Prendergast.
She inherited her grey coat from her sire Fortino, a French sprinter whose wins included the Prix de l'Abbaye as a three-year-old in 1962. As a breeding stallion, Fortino was best known as the sire of Caro. Her dam Primlace was a minor winner over middle distances and produced several other winners. She was a granddaughter of the Prix Morny winner Necklace who was in turn a daughter of The Oaks winner Straitlace.
After finishing third on her racecourse debut, Pidget recorded her first success in a maiden race over seven furlongs. On her final appearance of the year he was brought back in distance and finished sixth in a race over five furlongs.
Pidget began her second season by winning the Spring Stakes over seven furlongs at Baldoyle Racecourse, beating French Oyster by three quarters of a length. She was then moved up in class to contest the Group 3 Athasi Stakes over the same distance at the Curragh in April and was beaten two lengths into second place by the Vincent O'Brien-trained favourite Arkadina. She then returned to winning form at Phoenix Park Racecourse where she won the Bedford Guineas Trial by a neck from Moppett's Pride. On 13 May she was stepped up to the highest class for the Group 1 Irish 1000 Guineas over one mile soft ground at the Curragh. The betting saw Arkadina made the 7/4 favourite ahead of Princess Bonita (fourth in the English 1000 Guineas) and Klairlone (winner of the Mulcahy Stakes) whilst Pidget started a 20/1 outsider in a sixteen-runner field. Ridden by Wally Swinburn she tracked the leaders before overtaking Arkadina to gain the advantage three furlongs out and although the favourite rallied strongly, Pidget stayed on well to win by half a length.
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