Pivotal (horse)

Pivotal
Sire	Polar Falcon
Grandsire	Nureyev
Dam	Fearless Revival
Damsire	Cozzene
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	19 January 1993
Country	United Kingdom
Colour	Chestnut
Breeder	Cheveley Park Stud
Owner	Cheveley Park Stud
Trainer	Sir Mark Prescott
Record	6: 4-0-0
Major wins
King's Stand Stakes (1996) Nunthorpe Stakes (1996)

Pivotal is a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a racing career restricted to six races between October 1995 and August 1996 he established himself as one of the leading sprinters in Europe. His most important wins came in the King's Stand Stakes and the Nunthorpe Stakes as a three-year-old in the summer of 1996. He was then retired to stud where he became an exceptionally successful breeding stallion.

Pivotal is a chestnut horse bred and owned by the Cheveley Park Stud. He was sired by Polar Falcon, an American-bred horse who won the Lockinge Stakes and the Haydock Sprint Cup in England in 1991. The colt was sent into training with Sir Mark Prescott at the Heath House stable in Newmarket. He was ridden in all but the first of his races by the British jockey George Duffield.

Pivotal did not appear on the racecourse until the late autumn of 1995. At Newbury Racecourse on 19 October he started a 16/1 outsider for a six furlong maiden race and finished ninth of the twenty runners behind the Barry Hills-trained Fly Tip. Eleven days later, Pivotal recorded his first success in a six furlong maiden race at Newcastle Racecourse. Ridden for the first time by George Duffield he took the lead inside the final furlong and won by two and a half lengths from Domak Amaam. In November, Pivotal was brought back in distance for a five furlong race at Folkestone Racecourse. He took the lead approaching the final furlong and accelerated clear of the field to win by four lengths in "impressive" style.

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