Pearl Cap
Pearl Cap | |
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Pearl Cap and owner Mlle Esmond | |
Sire | Le Capucin |
Grandsire | Nimbus |
Dam | Pearl Maiden |
Damsire | Phaleron |
Sex | Filly |
Foaled | 1928 |
Country | France |
Colour | Bay |
Breeder | Edward Esmond |
Owner | Mlle Diana Esmond |
Trainer | Frank Carter |
Record | Not found |
Earnings | Not found |
Major wins | |
Prix Herod (1930) Prix Robert Papin (1930) Prix Morny (1930) Prix La Rochette (1930) Poule d'Essai des Pouliches (1931) Prix de Diane (1931) Prix de Minerve (1931) Prix Jacques Le Marois (1931) Prix Vermeille (1931) Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (1931) | |
Honours | |
Prix Pearl Cap at Saint-Cloud Racecourse | |
Last updated on June 1, 2007 |
Pearl Cap (foaled 1928) was a French champion Thoroughbred racehorse who is considered one of her country's greatest racing fillies.
Background
Owned and bred by the Esmond family, she was raced under the name of Miss Diana Esmond. She was trained by Frank Carter, a member of the prominent racing family that began in France with Thomas Carter (1805-1879), who immigrated from Peckleton, Leicestershire in England in 1831 and founded the English Racing Colony in Chantilly, Oise.
Pearl Cap is described by France Galop as being "light-framed" and "lop-eared." On the race track, she won races from 1100 metres to 2400 metres. (0.68 to 1.5 miles).
Racing career
Racing at age two in 1930, Pearl Cap won five races, including victories over colts in the Prix Robert Papin as well as in the prestigious (now Group One), Prix Morny. Her performances that year earned her France's champion two-year-old filly honors. In her three-year-old season, the filly again beat her male counterparts in major races. She finished second to Prince Rose in the Grand International d'Ostende at Hippodrome Wellington in Ostend, Belgium, a race her sire Le Capucin won in 1924. After winning three Group One (today) races in France, including the Prix de Diane, in October Pearl Cap defeated Prince Rose at Longchamp Racecourse in Paris when she became the first filly to ever win the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.
Breeding record
Retired to broodmare duties, Pearl Cap was a disappointment as a broodmare until the age of sixteen, when she produced the 1947 Epsom Derby winner, Pearl Diver.
Pedigree
Sire Le Capucin b. 1920 | Nimbus b. 1910 | Elf ch. 1893 | Upas |
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Analogy | |||
Nephte ch. 1903 | Flying Fox | ||
Fanny | |||
Carmen b/br. 1905 | Sidus br. 1897 | St. Simon | |
Star Of Fortune | |||
La Figlia b. 1897 | Saraband | ||
Vivandiere | |||
Dam Pearl Maiden br. 1918 | Phaleron b. 1906 | Gallinule ch. 1884 | Isonomy |
Moorhen | |||
Mrs Butterwick b. 1890 | St. Simon | ||
Miss Middleton | |||
Seashell ch. 1908 | Orme b. 1889 | Ormonde | |
Angelica | |||
Rydal Fell b. 1903 | Ladas | ||
Rydal (Family 16-b) |
Pearl Cap was inbred 4 × 4 to St. Simon, meaning that St. Simon appears twice in the fourth generation of her pedigree.
References
- Pearl Cap's pedigree and partial racing stats
- Specific
- ^ http://www.equineline.com/Free-5X-Pedigree.cfm/=Pearl%20Cap%20(FR)?page_state=DISPLAY_REPORT&reference_number=373175®istry=T&horse_name==Pearl%20Cap%20(FR)&dam_name==Pearl%20Maiden%20(GB)&foaling_year=1928&include_sire_line=Y
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- 1920 Comrade
- 1921 Ksar
- 1922 Ksar
- 1923 Parth
- 1924 Massine
- 1925 Priori
- 1926 Biribi
- 1927 Mon Talisman
- 1928 Kantar
- 1929 Ortello
- 1930 Motrico
- 1931 Pearl Cap ♥
- 1932 Motrico
- 1933 Crapom
- 1934 Brantôme
- 1935 Samos ♥
- 1936 Corrida ♥
- 1937 Corrida ♥
- 1938 Eclair au Chocolat
- 1941 Le Pacha
- 1942 Djebel
- 1943 Verso
- 1944 Ardan
- 1945 Nikellora
- 1946 Caracalla
- 1947 Le Paillon
- 1948 Migoli
- 1949 Coronation ♥
- 1950 Tantieme
- 1951 Tantieme
- 1952 Nuccio
- 1953 La Sorellina ♥
- 1954 Sica Boy
- 1955 Ribot
- 1956 Ribot
- 1957 Oroso
- 1958 Ballymoss
- 1959 Saint Crespin
- 1960 Puissant Chef
- 1961 Molvedo
- 1962 Soltikoff
- 1963 Exbury
- 1964 Prince Royal
- 1965 Sea Bird
- 1966 Bon Mot
- 1967 Topyo
- 1968 Vaguely Noble
- 1969 Levmoss
- 1970 Sassafras
- 1971 Mill Reef
- 1972 San San ♥
- 1973 Rheingold
- 1974 Allez France ♥
- 1975 Star Appeal
- 1976 Ivanjica
- 1977 Alleged
- 1978 Alleged
- 1979 Three Troikas ♥
- 1980 Detroit ♥
- 1981 Gold River ♥
- 1982 Akiyda ♥
- 1983 All Along ♥
- 1984 Sagace
- 1985 Rainbow Quest
- 1986 Dancing Brave
- 1987 Trempolino
- 1988 Tony Bin
- 1989 Carroll House
- 1990 Saumarez
- 1991 Suave Dancer
- 1992 Subotica
- 1993 Urban Sea ♥
- 1994 Carnegie
- 1995 Lammtarra
- 1996 Helissio
- 1997 Peintre Celebre
- 1998 Sagamix
- 1999 Montjeu
- 2000 Sinndar
- 2001 Sakhee
- 2002 Marienbard
- 2003 Dalakhani
- 2004 Bago
- 2005 Hurricane Run
- 2006 Rail Link
- 2007 Dylan Thomas
- 2008 Zarkava ♥
- 2009 Sea the Stars
- 2010 Workforce
- 2011 Danedream ♥
- 2012 Solemia ♥
- 2013 Treve ♥
- 2014 Treve ♥
- 2015 Golden Horn
- 2016 Found ♥
- 2017 Enable ♥
- 2018 Enable ♥
- 2019 Waldgeist
- 2020 Sottsass
- 2021 Torquator Tasso
- 2022 Alpinista ♥
- 2023 Ace Impact