Polygamy (horse)

Polygamy
Sire	Reform
Grandsire	Pall Mall
Dam	Seventh Bride
Damsire	Royal Record
Sex	Mare
Foaled	16 March 1971
Country	United Kingdom
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Cliveden Stud
Owner	Louis Freedman
Trainer	Peter Walwyn
Record	10:5-1-2
Major wins
1000 Guineas Trial Stakes (1973) Oaks Stakes (1974)
Awards
Timeform rating 117 (1973), 120 (1974)

Polygamy (foaled 16 March 1971) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse, best known for winning the classic Epsom Oaks in 1974. As a two-year-old in 1973, she showed promise by winning three races and finishing fourth in the Criterium des Pouliches. In the following spring she won the 1000 Guineas Trial Stakes and was narrowly beaten in the 1000 Guineas before winning the Oaks. She was retired after being beaten in her only subsequent race and died without producing a foal.

Polygamy was a "light-framed" bay mare with no white markings bred in Berkshire by her owner, Louis Freedman's Cliveden Stud. She was unusually small for a Thoroughbred, reportedly standing only fifteen hands high as a three-year-old in 1974. She was sired by Reform an outstanding miler who won the St James's Palace Stakes, Sussex Stakes, Queen Elizabeth II Stakes and Champion Stakes in 1967. Polygamy was the first foal of her dam, Seventh Bride, a high-class racemare who won the Princess Royal Stakes and finished second in the Nassau Stakes in 1969. Seventh Bride went on to produce One Over Parr (also by Reform), a filly who won the Lancashire Oaks and was the female line ancestor of Camelot.

Polygamy was sent into training with Peter Walwyn at his Seven Barrows stable at Lambourn and was ridden in most of her races by the Irish jockey Pat Eddery.

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