Zoe (horse)
| Zoe | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Orville |
| Grandsire | Beningbrough |
| Dam | Nina |
| Damsire | Selim |
| Sex | Mare |
| Foaled | 1825 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale |
| Owner | Joseph Rogers Charles Greville Arthur Molony |
| Trainer | Robert Pettit |
| Record | 9:5-1-1 |
| Major wins | |
| Underley Stakes (1828) 1000 Guineas (1828) |
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Zoe (1825–1842) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare who won the classic 1000 Guineas at Newmarket Racecourse in 1828. As a two-year-old Zoe won three of her four races and was sold twice after being successful in claiming races. In the following spring the filly won the 1000 Guineas but was unplaced when favourite for the Oaks Stakes, and was retired from racing after two defeats at Ascot Racecourse. Contemporary sources usually printed the horse's name as Zoè.
Zoe was a bay mare bred by William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale in 1825. Zoe was sired by Orville, a successful staying racehorse who excelled over extreme distances, winning the St Leger and Doncaster Cup in 1802. At stud he was Champion sire in 1817 and 1822 and sired the Classic winners Octavius (Derby), Emilius (Derby), Charlotte (1000 Guineas) and Ebor (St Leger).
Zoe was not a particularly attractive filly: a writer in the Sporting Magazine described her as "a lath-and-plaster thing...one of the worst to the eye I have ever seen".
Zoe began her racing career at the Newmarket Second October meeting in the ownership of either Lord Lowther or Mr J Rogers. In the Clearwell Stakes over five furlongs she finished unplaced behind Thomas Thornhill's colt Merchant. Two weeks later, at the Newmarket Houghton meeting Zoe was entered in a Sweepstakes which carried the stipulation than the winner had to be offered for sale for 100 guineas. Ridden by Will Wheatley, Zoe won the race at odds of 6/5 from six opponents and was sold to Charles Greville. Two days later Zoe ran twice on the final day of the meeting, beginning with a win in a match race in which she defeated a three-year-old filly named Garnish. Later the same afternoon she ran in a Sweepstakes for two and three-year-olds, the winner of which was to be offered for sale for 200 guineas. Zoe won from a three-year-old gelding named Nonsuit and was sold for the second time in less than a week. The filly passed into the ownership of Arthur Molony although in some of her subsequent races she was described as being owned by her trainer Robert Pettit.
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