Sansovino (horse)

Sansovino
Sire	Swynford
Grandsire	John O’Gaunt
Dam	Gondolette
Damsire	Loved One
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1921
Country	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Lord Derby
Owner	Lord Derby
Trainer	George Lambton
Record	12: 6-1-1
Major wins
Gimcrack Stakes (1922) Epsom Derby (1924) Prince of Wales's Stakes (1924)

Sansovino (1921–1940) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a career which lasted from 1922 to 1924 he ran twelve times and won six races. His most significant victory came as a three-year-old in 1924 when he won the Epsom Derby by six lengths in some of the most difficult conditions in the race’s history. He went on to have a modestly successful career at stud.

Sansovino, a big, powerful bay horse, was one of sixteen Classic winners bred by his owner Lord Derby, who named the colt after the sixteenth-century Italian architect Jacopo Sansovino.

Sansovino’s sire, Swynford, who was also owned by Lord Derby, was an excellent racehorse who won the St Leger in 1910 and went on to be a Champion sire in 1923. Apart from Sansovino, he sired the dual classic-winning fillies Saucy Sue (1000 Guineas, Oaks) and Tranquil (Oaks, St Leger) and the three-time Champion sire Blandford. Sansovino’s dam Gondolette has been described as “one of the most famous mares in the Stud Book”. She was the dam of Sansovino’s full sister Ferry (1000 Guineas) and the direct, female-line ancestor of such notable thoroughbreds as Hyperion, Sickle, Pharamond, Big Game and Snow Knight.

Sansovino was trained throughout his career by Lord Derby’s private trainer George Lambton at the Stanley House stable at Newmarket, Suffolk.

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