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Donativum (horse)
Donativum is a British thoroughbred racehorse and winner of the 2008 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf. Background Donativum was a grey gelding bred in the United Kingdom by the Stratford Place Stud. He was one of the best horses sired by the sprinter Cadeaux Genereux. As a yearling (horse), yearling in October 1997 Donativum (then described as a "chestnut colt") was put up for auction at Tattersalls and bought for 120,000 Guinea (British coin), guineas by John Ferguson Bloodstock on behalf of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Sheikh Mohammed. Racing career 2008: two-year-old season As a juvenile, Donativum was beaten in maiden races on his first two starts and then finished seventh in the Windsor Castle Stakes at Royal Ascot in June. After recording his first victory in a maiden at Yarmouth Racecourse he started a 33/1 outsider for the valuable Timeform Million over seven furlongs at Newmarket on 4 October. Ridden by Martin Dwyer, he finished strongly and won by half a length from Cro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cadeaux Genereux
Cadeaux Genereux (22 March 1985 – 18 November 2010) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. A specialist sprinter, he came to prominence in 1988 when he won five races including the Criterion Stakes and the Diadem Stakes and was disqualified after finishing first in the Prix de l'Abbaye. After two disappointing efforts early in 1989 he established himself as the best sprinter in Europe with wins in the July Cup and the William Hill Sprint Championship. He was then retired to stud where he had considerable success as a sire of winners. Background Cadeaux Genereux was a chestnut horse with a small white star, bred at the Whitsbury Manor Stud in Hampshire by Helen and Major Bobby Kennard. He was sired by Young Generation, a horse whose wins included the Prix Jean Prat and the Lockinge Stakes in 1979. His dam, Smarten Up was a high-class racemare who dead-heated for the Temple Stakes in 1978. As a yearling, Cadeaux Genereux was sold to Maktoum Al Maktoum and sent into tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |