Tarantella (horse)
| Tarantella | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Tramp |
| Grandsire | Dick Andrews |
| Dam | Katherine |
| Damsire | Soothsayer |
| Sex | Mare |
| Foaled | 1830 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Colour | Chestnut |
| Owner | T. H. Cookes |
| Trainer | John Robinson |
| Record | 9:4-0-0 |
| Major wins | |
| 1000 Guineas (1833) | |
Tarantella (foaled 1830) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare who won the classic 1000 Guineas at Newmarket Racecourse in 1833. After winning the Guineas in her third race, Tarantella was unplaced when favourite for the Oaks Stakes and was well-beaten in two other races later that year. She won two minor races in the following year and was retired from racing having won four times from nine starts between October 1832 and August 1834. She was later exported to France where she proved to be a successful broodmare.
Tarantella was a long-striding chestnut mare bred by her owner Mr Cookes. She was sired by the Yorkshire-bred stallion Tramp, a successful racehorse and sire whose other progeny included the Epsom Derby winners St. Giles and Dangerous as well as the filly Charlotte West, the winner of the 1000 Guineas in 1830.
Tarantella's dam Katherine, won the Albany Stakes for her owner the Duke of Rutland in 1824 and went on to become a successful broodmare. Apart from Tarantella she produced the Riddlesworth Stakes winner Viator and the champion sire Taurus.
Tarantella made her only appearance as a two-year-old in the Clearwell Stakes at Newmarket on 16 October 1832. She started 9/2 second favourite in a field of fifteen colts and fillies but finished unplaced behind Lord Orford's colt grey colt who was later named Clearwell.
On 12 April at the Newmarket Craven meeting Tarantella ran against two opponents in a Sweepstakes over the Ditch Mile course. Ridden by Teddy Wright, she was made the 4/5 favourite and won by three lengths from Lord Exeter's filly Amima. Two weeks later, racing over the same course and distance, Tarantella was one of ten fillies to contest the 1000 Guineas Stakes. She started the 2/1 favourite ahead of Sir Mark Wood's Vespa. Partnered again by Wright, Tarantella won the classic by a length from Falernia with Vespa in third place. Although she won very easily, the Sporting Magazine suggested that she had been flattered by the moderate standard of the opposition and by the very soft ground which suited her "stilty joints". Tarantella was moved up in distance to contest the Oaks Stakes over one and a half miles at Epsom Downs Racecourse on 24 May. In a field of nineteen runners, she started the 2/1 favourite but was beaten before the horses entered the straight and finished unplaced behind Vespa.
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