Rose of England (1927 – April 1947) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and

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. She was unraced as a two-year-old and finished fifth in the

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on her debut before recording her first and only win in the Epsom Oaks. She failed to win in four subsequent races and was retired from racing at the end of the year. She had considerable success as a dam of winners.

Background

Rose of England was a brown mare with a white blaze and a white

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on her right hind leg bred in the United Kingdom by Lady James Douglas. As a yearling in 1928 the filly was put up for auction and bought for 3,100 guineas by Lord Glanely. She was sent into training with Lord Glanely's private trainer Thomas Hogg at

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. She was sired by the French stallion Teddy who stood with great success in both France and the United States. His other offspring included Sir Gallahad,

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and

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. Rose of England's dam Perce-Neige produced several over winners including the winner Winterhalter ( Coronation Cup) and Star of England (

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Racing career

1930: three-year-old season

On 9 May 1930 Rose of England made her racecourse debut in the

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over the Rowley Mile course at Newmarket Racecourse and ran well to finish fifth behind Lord Derby's filly Fair Isle who won from Torchere and Sister Clover. On 6 of June the filly was stepped up in distance for the Oaks over one and a half miles at Epsom Racecourse in which she was partnered by Gordon Richards and started at odds of 7/1 in a fifteen-runner field. Fair Isle was made the 5/4 favourite. Rose of England won the race by three lengths from Wedding Favour with Micmac taking third place ahead of Fair Isle. Rose of England failed to win in four subsequent races. She finished unplaced behind The Pen in the Cambridgeshire Handicap at Newmarket in October.

Assessment and honours

In their book, ''A Century of Champions'', based on the Timeform rating system, John Randall and Tony Morris rated Rose of England a "poor" winner of the Oaks.

Breeding record

At the end of her racing career Rose of England was retired to become a broodmare for her owner's stud. After Lord Glanely's death in 1942 the mare was bought by Florence Nagle. She produced at least ten foals and five winners between 1932 and 1943: *Rosegain, a brown filly, foaled in 1932, sired by Gainsborough. Winner. *Eastern Rose, brown filly, 1933, by Singapore * Chulmleigh, bay colt, 1934, by Singapore. Won St Leger *Faerie Queene, brown filly, 1935, by Solario. Won Scottish Derby and Newmarket Oaks. *Rose of Kandy, brown filly, 1936, by Colombo *British Empire, bay colt, 1937, by Colombo. Won

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. *Rangoon, colt, 1939, by Singapore *Merchant Navy, bay colt, 1940, by

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*Coastal Traffic, bay colt, 1941, by Hyperion. Winner. *Westerlands Rose, bay filly, 1943, by Colombo Rose of England produced no living foals after 1943 and died in April 1947.

Pedigree

References

{{Epsom Oaks Winners 1927 racehorse births 1947 racehorse deaths Racehorses bred in the United Kingdom Racehorses trained in the United Kingdom Thoroughbred family 3-i Epsom Oaks winners