Tranquil Star
| Tranquil Star | |
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| Sire | Gay Lothario (GB) |
| Grandsire | Gay Crusader |
| Dam | Lone Star |
| Damsire | Great Star (GB) |
| Sex | Mare |
| Foaled | 1937 |
| Country | Australia |
| Colour | Chestnut |
| Breeder | St Albans Stud |
| Owner | Mr T. G. Jones and Arthur Cobden |
| Trainer | Ron Cameron |
| Record | 111 starts: 23-20-12 |
| Earnings | £26,690 |
| Major wins | |
| 1940 Edward Manifold Stakes 1941 & 1944 St George Stakes 1941 VRC St Leger Stakes 1941 AJC Chipping Norton Stakes 1942 & 1944 LKS Mackinnon Stakes 1942 Alister Clark Stakes 1942 Caulfield Stakes 1942 Caulfield Cup 1942 & 1944 Cox Plate 1945 VATC Memsie Stakes 1946 MVRC William Reid Stakes |
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| Honours | |
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Australian Racing Hall of Fame VATC Tranquil Star Stakes |
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| Last updated on 12 June 2010 | |
Tranquil Star (foaled in 1937) was one of the hardiest and best performed Australian-bred Thoroughbred race-mares. She is the only mare to have won the double of the Caulfield Stakes, now known as the Yalumba Stakes, and the Cox Plate, which is the most prestigious weight-for-age (wfa) race in Australia. Tranquil Star had 111 starts and won over distances ranging from 5 furlongs (1,000 metres) to 14 furlongs (2,800 metres). She was later inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame.
She was bred by Messrs H. G. Raymond and H. B. Ranken at St Albans Stud near Geelong, Victoria and was by the good imported sire, Gay Lothario (sire of winners of £266,000), her dam was the non-winner, Lone Star, who was by a good sire in Great Star (GB). Tranquil Star was a sister to the non stakes-winners, Sun Beau (four wins), Paringa (two wins), Flighty (unplaced) and The Ritz (six wins), who were indifferent racehorses. She was also a half-sister to Only Star, by Enfield, who was unable to win a race in 13 starts. Tranquil Star descended from Daffodils Dam through Lady Vivian (GB), who were from the Bruce Lowe family 20.
Tranquil Star was sold at Mackinnon and Cox's 1939 yearling sales and was purchased by the partners Messrs R. Cobden and T. G. Jones for 600 guineas.
Front cover of the 1944 L.K.S. Mackinnon Stakes racebook.
Inside cover showing raceday officials.
Starters and results of the 1944 L.K.S.Mackinnon Stakes showing the winner,Tranquil Star.
Back cover showing Entrance & Railway charges.
She was owned by Mr T. G. Jones in partnership with Arthur Cobden and trained by Ron Cameron during her racing career.
As a two-year-old Tranquil Star had 13 race starts for two wins, in the V.R.C. Ottawa Stakes and Williamstown Juvenile Handicap, plus four seconds for that season.
In her three-year-old racing season Tranquil Star had 15 race starts for wins in the V.R.C. Edward Manifold Stakes, the V.A.T.C. St George Stakes, VRC St Leger Stakes and in her only trip to Sydney, she took out the now graded Group one (G1), A.J.C. Chipping Norton Stakes plus the Cumberland Plate. She was the only filly in the field when she finished second to Lucrative in the Victoria Derby and was second again when defeated by a neck in the VRC Oaks during the season.
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