Rose Bowl (horse)
| Rose Bowl | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Habitat |
| Grandsire | Sir Gaylord |
| Dam | Roseliere |
| Damsire | Misti |
| Sex | Mare |
| Foaled | 24 May 1972 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Cragwood Estates |
| Owner | Jane Engelhard |
| Trainer | Fulke Johnson Houghton |
| Record | 16: 6–4–2 |
| Major wins | |
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Nell Gwyn Stakes (1975) Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (1975, 1976) Champion Stakes (1975) Clive Graham Stakes |
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| Awards | |
| Timeform rating 133 Timeform top-rated three-year-old filly (1975) |
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Rose Bowl (1972–1994) was an American-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. In a racing career which lasted from September 1974 until November 1976 she won six of her fourteen races and established herself as one of the best British racemares of the 1970s. After winning once as a two-year-old she won the Nell Gwyn Stakes on her first run in 1975 and then appeared to be a very unlucky loser of the 1000 Guineas. She returned from injury to show her best form in autumn, winning the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes over one mile and then defeated a top-class international field in the ten furlong Champion Stakes. She won a second Queen Elizabeth II Stakes and was narrowly beaten in the Champion Stakes in 1976, when her season was again disrupted by injury. She was then retired from racing and became a successful and influential broodmare.
Rose Bowl was a good-looking bay mare bred in Kentucky by the Engelhard family's Cragwood Estates. She was sired by Habitat, an American-bred, British-raced miler who became one of the leading European stallions of the 1970s and 1980s. His other progeny included Habibti, Marwell, Flying Water and Steinlen and he was the British Champion broodmare sire on three occasions. Rose Bowl's dam Roseliere was one of the leading fillies of her generation in Europe, winning the Prix de Diane and the Prix Vermeille. Timeform rated her the best three-year-old filly of 1968, with a rating on 127. Apart from Rose Bowl, Roseliere also produced the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes winner Ile de Bourbon. Both Habitat and Roseliere were owned by Charles W. Engelhard, Jr. (1917–1971) and Rose Bowl raced in the colours of his widow Jane.
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