Slip Anchor
| Slip Anchor | |
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| Sire | Shirley Heights |
| Grandsire | Mill Reef |
| Dam | Sayonara |
| Damsire | Birkhahn |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 5 April 1982 |
| Country | Great Britain |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Plantation Stud |
| Owner | Lord Howard de Walden |
| Trainer | Henry Cecil |
| Record | 9: 4-3-1 |
| Earnings | £296,722 |
| Major wins | |
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Heathorn Stakes (1985) Lingfield Derby Trial (1985) Epsom Derby (1985) |
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| Awards | |
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Timeform rating 136 Top-rated European Racehorse (1985) Timeform top-rated racehorse (1985) |
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| Last updated on 2 January 2010 | |
Slip Anchor (1982–2011) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 1985 Epsom Derby by seven lengths. After showing some promise as a two-year-old he showed unusual improvement in the spring of 1985, winning the Derby Trial at Lingfield Park Racecourse by ten lengths before recording a rare start-to-finish win in the Derby. He was rated the best racehorse in Europe in 1985. His subsequent career was disrupted by injury and he finished second in his other three races before being retired to stud. He had some success as a breeding stallion and died in 2011.
Slip Anchor was the fifth Epsom Derby winner whose sire (Shirley Heights) and paternal grandsire (Mill Reef) were themselves winners of Britain's premier classic.
Slip Anchor, was a "tall, rangy" bay horse with an irregular white star on his forehead in the shape a lightning bolt. He was bred by Lord Howard de Walden in whose apricot colours he competed throughout his racing career. Slip Anchor was sent into training with Henry Cecil at his Warren Place stable in Newmarket and was ridden in all of his major races by the American jockey Steve Cauthen.
Slip Anchor, was sired by the 1978 Derby winner Shirley Heights. His dam was Sayonara a German-bred mare who produced several other winners including the Lancashire Oaks winner Sandy Island.
As a two-year-old in 1984, Slip Anchor finished fourth on his debut. In October he ran in a ten furlong race at Nottingham Racecourse, and, despite showing inexperience ("running green"), he won by four lengths from Rushad. At the end of the year he was given a rating of 91 by Timeform, whose editor described him as "sure to go on to better things".
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