Windy City (horse)
| Windy City | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Wyndham |
| Grandsire | Blenheim |
| Dam | Staunton |
| Damsire | The Satrap |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1949 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Colour | Chestnut |
| Breeder | Lt.-Col. Hon. Herbrand Charles Alexander DSO |
| Owner | Ray Bell |
| Trainer |
Paddy Prendergast Willie Alvarado |
| Record | 9:6-2-0 |
| Major wins | |
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Phoenix Plate (1951) Gimcrack Stakes (1951) San Felipe Handicap (1952) San Gabriel Handicap (1952) |
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| Awards | |
| Top-rated two-year-old in Britain, France and Ireland (1951) Timeform top-rated horse (1951) Timeform rating 142 (1951) |
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Windy City (also known as Windy City II, 1949–1964) was a British-bred Irish-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He was the leading European two-year-old of 1951 when he won four races including the Gimcrack Stakes and was awarded a Timeform rating of 142, which remains one of the highest in the organisation's history. In the following season he was sold and exported to the United States where he twice defeated the future Kentucky Derby winner Hill Gail before his racing career was ended by injury. He was retired to stud where he had some success as a breeding stallion.
Windy City was a strongly built chestnut horse bred by Herbrand Charles Alexander the son of the 4th Earl of Caledon and the older brother of Field Marshal Alexander. He was by far the most successful horse sired by Wyndham, a sprinter whose most important wins came as a two-year-old in 1935, when he won the New Stakes at Royal Ascot and the National Breeders' Produce Stakes at Sandown Park. Windy City's dam, a French-bred mare named Staunton, came from a relatively undistinguished Thoroughbred family which had produced little of note since the 1901 Epsom Derby winner, Volodyovski.
As a yearling, Windy City was sent to the sales at Dublin where his modest pedigree meant that he attracted little interest. He was bought for 700 guineas by Paddy Prendergast on behalf of American owner Ray Bell. Prenderagst, a trainer noted for his handling of precocious two-year-olds, trained the colt at his stable at the Curragh, County Kildare.
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