Royal Rebel
| Royal Rebel | |
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| Sire | Robellino |
| Grandsire | Roberto |
| Dam | Greenvera |
| Damsire | Riverman |
| Sex | Gelding |
| Foaled | 29 March 1996 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Bloomsbury Stud |
| Owner | Peter Savill |
| Trainer | Mark Johnston |
| Record | 39:7-5-4 |
| Earnings | £470,278 |
| Major wins | |
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Ballycullen Stakes (1999) Saval Beg Stakes (2000) Goodwood Cup (2000) Lonsdale Stakes (2000) Ascot Gold Cup (2001, 2002) |
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Royal Rebel (foaled 29 March 1996) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse. A gelding who excelled over extreme distance, he is best known for winning consecutive runnings of the two and a half mile Gold Cup at Royal Ascot in 2001 and 2002. In a career which lasted from July 1998 until June 2005 he ran thirty-nine times and won seven races. Apart from the Gold Cup, he also won the Ballycullen Stakes, Saval Beg Stakes, Goodwood Cup and Lonsdale Stakes.
Royal Rebel is a bay gelding with a narrow white blaze and a white sock on his left hind leg bred by Lady Tavistock's Bedfordshire-based Bloomsbury Stud. He was sired by Robellino, a son of Roberto who won the Royal Lodge Stakes and sired several good winners including Mister Baileys (2000 Guineas) and Rebelline (Tattersalls Gold Cup). Royal Rebel's dam, Greenvera was a great-granddaughter of Glaneuse, a broodmare whose other descendants included Gold River and Goldikova.
As yearling, Royal Rebel was sent to the Tattersalls sales in October 1997 where he was bought for 145,000 guineas by the bloodstock agent Charlie Gordon-Watson. He entered into the ownership of Peter Savill, the chairman of the British Horseracing Board and was sent into training with Mark Johnston at Middleham, North Yorkshire.
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