The Bug (horse)
| The Bug | |
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| Sire | Signal Light |
| Grandsire | Pharos |
| Dam | Flying Meteor |
| Damsire | Flying Orb |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1943 |
| Country | Ireland |
| Colour | Chestnut |
| Breeder | Mary Ellard or S. Donoghue |
| Owner | Norman Wachman |
| Trainer | Gerald Wellesley Marcus Marsh |
| Record | 14:10-1-0 |
| Earnings | £10,748 |
| Major wins | |
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Wokingham Stakes (1946) July Cup (1946) Nunthorpe Stakes (1946) Diadem Stakes (1946) Cork and Orrery Stakes (1947) |
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| Awards | |
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Timeform equal top-rated older horse (1947) Timeform rating 135 |
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The Bug (1943–1963) was an Irish-bred Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. A specialist sprinter, he was trained first in Ireland and then in Britain during a racing career which lasted from 1945 until September 1947. After being beaten in his first three races he recorded ten consecutive victories including the Wokingham Stakes, July Cup, Nunthorpe Stakes, Diadem Stakes and Cork and Orrery Stakes. He was then injured and finished unplaced in his comeback race, ending with a record of ten wins from fourteen races. He was retired to stud where he had little success as a sire of winners.
The Bug was an unimpressive-looking, lightly built chestnut horse, with a white blaze and a white sock on his right hind leg. He was bred in County Limerick, Ireland, by either Mary Ellard or S. Donoghue. As a yearling The Bug was sent to the Ballsbridge sales where he was bought for 700 guineas by the Hon. Gerald "Ginger" Wellesley, a relative of the Duke of Wellington. The colt raced in the colours of Norman Wachman, a boot and shoe manufacturer, as well as a noted gambler, and was trained by Wellesley at Castleknock, County Dublin.
The Bug was sired by Signal Light, an Irish-bred stallion who won the Craven Stakes at Newmarket Racecourse in 1939. Apart from The Bug, the best of his progeny was probably Big Dipper, the top-rated British two-year-old of 1950. His dam Flying Meteor came from an undistinguished branch of Thoroughbred family 2-d, although she was distantly related to the Derby Italiano winner Bellini.
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