Entreaty was a black
New Zealand-bred
Thoroughbred mare, who was unplaced in her only race start. She produced twelve horses, one of which was
Phar Lap.
Entreaty's first
foal
A foal is an equine up to one year old; this term is used mainly for horses, but can be used for donkeys. More specific terms are colt for a male foal and filly for a female foal, and are used until the horse is three or four. When the foal i ...
, Fortune's Wheel, a filly by
Night Raid
Night Raid (foaled 1918 in England) was a Leading sire in Australia of Thoroughbred racehorses. He sired two leading racehorses, namely Phar Lap and Nightmarch.
Background
He was sired by the Doncaster Cup and Goodwood Cup winner, Radium and h ...
, showed no potential as a racehorse. After Phar Lap's success Fortune's Wheel was put back to work again but was unplaced in three race starts. Entreaty had ten more foals after Phar Lap but none possessed anything like Phar Lap's extraordinary ability. Entreaty produced seven siblings to Phar Lap, Fortune's Wheel, Nea Lap (won 5 races), Nightguard (won 9 minor races), All Clear, Friday Night, Te Uira and Raphis, none of which won a principal (stakes) race. Phar Lap was a half-brother to another four horses, only two of which were able win any races at all.
[Pring, Peter; ''Analysis of Champion Racehorses'', The Thoroughbred Press, Sydney, 1977, ]
Her daughter Raphis was a good broodmare who produced the following horses:
*Count Cyrano (
AJC Metropolitan Handicap)
*Bobalong, dam of Monte Carlo (
Australian Derby,
AJC Metropolitan Handicap,
LKS Mackinnon Stakes,
Victoria Derby, AJC St Leger Stakes etc.)
*John O'London (CJC Champagne Stakes)
*Swingalong (ARC Great Northern Oaks)
[McFadden, B.V.Sc., W.J.; "Thoroughbred Families of Australia and New Zealand", Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1969]
Entreaty died in 1943.
See also
Thoroughbred racing in New Zealand
References
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1920 racehorse births
1943 racehorse deaths
Racehorses bred in New Zealand
Racehorses trained in New Zealand
Thoroughbred family 2-r