Classic Winners – Owners Colours

[slewman]

Hi Ivanjica. To your comment about the Wildenstein epaulets showing up on French tracks. The only things I can think of is the Wildensteins are running two stables in two different names OR the Ecurie Wildenstein stable has folded????
1. Ecurie Wildenstein: Royal Blue, Light Blue Cap
2. Wildenstein Stables Limited: Royal Blue, Light Blue Epaulets and Cap.
Yes, and great to see the All Red silks coming back under Haras du Quesnay (the Head family). Certainly have fond memories of Ravinella.

[laticsfan]

I was hunting for Grand National winners (Rob Jones kindly sent me a number a year or so back) and realised we don’t have a list as with the other big races. So here’s my list going back to 1915. Sorry if it’s already posted:

1915 Ally Sloper
White, light blue sash and cap

1916 Vermouth
Navy blue, white braces

1917 Ballymacad
Cerise, purple sleeves

1918 Poethlyn
Yellow, dark blue belt (sash) and cap

1919 Poethlyn
Yellow, dark blue belt (sash) and cap

1920 Troytown
Black, Eton blue collar and cuffs, quartered cap

1921 Shaun Spadah
McAlpine tartan, gold cap

1922 Music Hall
Mauve, white crescents and cap

1923 Sergeant Murphy
Yellow and black stripes, white cap

1924 Master Robert
White, tartan sash, green cap

1925 Double Chance
Silver grey, copper sleeves and cap

1926 Jack Horner
White, red spots and cap – only from photo

1927 Sprig
Canary, scarlet and violet quartered cap

1928 Tipperary Tim
Purple and yellow stripes, purple sleeves, yellow cap

1929 Gregalach
Tangerine, black striped sleeves, white cap

1930 Shaun Goilin
Bronze, white crossbelts and cap

1931 Grakle
Orange, black collar, cuffs and cap

1932 Forbra
French grey, dark blue sleeves, red cap

1933 Kelsboro’ Jack
Light blue, canary sleeves, braid and cap

1934 Golden Miller
Blue, yellow hoop on body and sleeves, yellow cap, blue hoop

1935 Reynoldstown
Straw, pale blue sleeves and cap

1936 Reynoldstown
Straw, pale blue sleeves and cap

1937 Royal Mail
Black, light blue cuffs and cap

1940 Bogskar
Dark blue, orange sash and cap

1946 Lovely Cottage
Pearl grey, grass green hooped sleeves, grass green cap

1947 Caughoo
Green and blue halved, white sleeves and cap

1948 Sheila’s Cottage
Black and white halved, sleeves reversed, gold cap

1949 Russian Hero
Black and white check, black sleeves, quartered cap

1950 Freebooter
Blue and silver halved, blue sleeves, scarlet cap

1951 Nickel Coin
Black and lilac halved, lilac cap

1952 Teal
Navy blue, old gold spots, quartered cap

1953 Early Mist
Blue and red halves (horizontal), yellow sleeves, red, yellow and blue quartered cap

1954 Royal Tan
Blue and red halves (horizontal), yellow sleeves, red, yellow and blue quartered cap

1955 Quare Times
Red, white and blue hoops, blue sleeves, red cap

1956 ESB
Green, white hoop and armlets

1957 Sundew
Flame, emerald green sleeves, flame cuffs

1958 Mr What
Maroon, maroon and yellow hooped sleeves, yellow cap, maroon hoop

1959 Oxo
Green, pink and white striped sleeves, pink cap

1960 Merryman II
White, tartan sash, red cap

1961 Nicolaus Silver
Light blue, pink hoop and armlets, quartered cap

1962 Kilmore
Blue, white diamond and hoops on sleeves, amber cap

1963 Ayala
Brown and blue halved, sleeves reversed, quartered cap

1964 Team Spirit
Yellow, red, white and blue hooped sleeves, blue cap

1965 Jay Trump
Light blue, yellow crossbelts, black cap

1966 Anglo
Blue, white diamond and hooped cap, amber sleeves

1967 Foinavon
Black, red and yellow braces, hooped cap

1968 Red Alligator
Blue, green sleeves, striped cap

1969 Highland Wedding
Blue, white sleeves, red cap

1970 Gay Trip
White, red crossbelts and blue hoops on sleeves. White cap, red spots

1971 Specify
Green, blue sleeves, white cap with green spots

1972 Well To Do
Maroon, amber sleeves, hooped cap

1973 Red Rum
Maroon, yellow diamond and cap

1974 Red Rum
Maroon, yellow diamond and cap

1975 L’Escargot
Light blue and brown hoops, white cap

1976 Rag Trade
Brown and blue halved, sleeves reversed, quartered cap

1977 Red Rum
Maroon, yellow diamond and cap

1978 Lucius
Black, white braid and sleeves, black cap, white spots

1979 Rubstic
Light blue, green cross of Lorraine, white cap

1980 Ben Nevis
Dark green and white halved, striped sleeves, white cap

1981 Aldaniti
White with blue sash, armlets and cap

1982 Grittar
Mauve and white hoops, quartered cap

1983 Corbiere
Light blue, orange chevrons

1984 Hallo Dandy
Black, green spots on cap

1985 Last Suspect
Yellow, black hoop and cap with gold tassle

1986 West Tip
light blue, black sash, armlets and hoop on cap

1987 Maori Venture
Black, red cap

1988 Rhyme n Reason
Pink, purple stars. Purple cap, pink star

1989 Little Polveir
Light blue, red sleeves, light blue cap, black stripe

1990 Mr Frisk
Red and green quarters, yellow sleeves, red cap

1991 Seagram
Light blue, white crossbelts, red cap

1992 Party Politics
Pink, purple crossbelts, hoops on sleeves, purple cap

1993 void race

1994 Miinnehoma
Red, yellow star and sleeves and cap with red star

1995 Royal Athlete
Dark blue, white sleeves with dark blue seam. Red cap with dark blue spots

1996 Rough Quest
Dark blue with green sash, red cap

1997 Lord Gyllene
Green and white stripes, black and white striped sleeves, green and whote striped cap

1998 Earth Summit
Black with yellow seams and sleeves, quartered cap

1999 Bobbyjo
Red, yellow cross of Lorraine and sleeves, green and yellow striped cap

2000 Papillon
Green with white (possibly sky blue) seams and star on cap

2001 Red Marauder
Red, blue hoop, hoops on sleeves, hooped cap

2002 Bindaree
Green white stars and star on cap

2003 Monty’s Pass
Green, red stars, white sleeves and cap with red stars

2004 Amberleigh house
Black, red and white striped sleeves and hooped cap

2005 Hedgehunter
Green and yellow quarters, white sleeves, green cap

2006 Numbersixvalverde
Green, black sleeves, white cap

2007 Silver Birch
Black, light blue star, light blue sleeves with black stars, light blue cap

2008 Comply or die
Blue, green sleeves. White cap with green spots

2009 Mon Mome
Green with purple armlets

2010 Don’t Push It
Green and gold hoops, white cap

2011 Ballabriggs
Green and yellow quarters, white sleeves, white cap

2012 Neptune Collonges
Yellow, red star, yellow sleeves, white armlets, yellow cap, red star

2013 Auroras Encore
Royal blue, yellow diamond, checked sleeves, royal blue cap, yellow diamond

[ENE]

Laticsfan,
Thanks for posting the Grand National colours. I had seen snippets on this thread but never a comprehensive list.

I have converted to SVG graphics (IE9, Firefox, Chrome etc) at:

http://www.jockeycolours.com/JockeyColo … columns=10

[ivanjica]

I am in the process of collating the Coronation Stakes list.

So far I have these gaps (any help gratfeully appreciated as always!):

1846 – Guaracha – G S FORD

1879 – Lelia – J H HOULDSWORTH = Raciana has the colours listed as "Green and Gold, Green Cap" – but without pictorial evidence this not sure if it means halved, hoops, quarters or what.

1891 – Cereza – W B CLOETE – similar to above – "Crimson, black and white sleeves, black cap" – does this mean stripes, hoops or halved??

1972 – Calve – LORD GRANARD – can only find colours registered to Lady Granard (black, red stars and cap)

1983 – Flame Of Tara – MISS P O’KELLY – I have "Light blue cap with Cerise Hoop" form the 1984 Craven Stakes Blaze Of Tara ran in. The colours are not clearly described – I am presuming it is a light blue jacket with a light blue cap and cerise hoop on the cap only.

[isinglass]

Hi , hope the following helps.

1846 Guaracha Ford – 1843 Oaks winner , Poison , was owned by George Ford , colours described as Blue – the following link backs that up.

http://www.donaldheald.com/prints/Poiso … ernr=13115

1879 Lelia – may be helpful , maybe not . 1836 1000 Guineas winner was Destiny owned by T Houldsworth Green & Gold stripes but with a gold/yellow cap ???

1891 Cereza Cloete had hooped sleeves as per Paradox ( 2000 Gns ) & Cherimoya ( Oaks ) Google Image Cherimoya Oaks and you should get the evidence straight away.

Never seen a mention of Lord Granard but will keep looking – likewise for Flame of Tara.

cheers
I.

[isinglass]

Shouldn’t have been in such a rush to post.

Google tara miss p o’kelly cerise light blue

I know it’s convoluted but …… you don’t have to look far. Scroll down to find a heading – 7.40 Dundalk 28th November 2008 – what do you think ?

[ENE]

J H HOULDSWORTH and W B CLOETE colours can both be seen in the Pall Mall Gazette of 1912

http://www.jockeycolours.com/pdf/pallmall1912.pdf

[slewman]

FLAME OF TARA: CERISE, CERISE CAP with LIGHT BLUE HOOP

[slewman]

Apologies …… Cerise, light blue cap, cerise hoop.

[ivanjica]

Thanks guys, great work as always.

ENE, that Pall Mall pdf is brilliant – how did you unearth that??
From their depitcion of the Houldsworth colours it would seem some years later the jackey would be registered to E R More-O’Ferrall.

Slewman, obviously that Craven Stakes racecard ommitted the cerise jacket. I did find on youtube today Sadlers Wells’ Phoenix Champion Stakes in which Flame Of Tara ran and although the pictures are hardly ideal, if does show the jacket to be Cerise. I guess the cap has changed over time as on the RP site the more recent versino seems to inddicate a green cap with cerise spots.

Isinglass, great investigative work on google as always! The Ford colours look identical to Godolphin’s – I wonder if the Dubai powerhouse are aware of the lineage?

[ile de bourbon]

I know its being pedantic but the 1983 Coronation Stakes racecard officially describes Miss O’Kelly’s colours (Flame of Tara) as
CERISE jacket and sleeves, SKY BLUE cap with CERISE hoop, just in case anybody is that meticulous!

[ENE]

Ivanjica,
I found the Pall Mall Gazette at Greg Way’s brilliant bookshop in Newmarket. Sadly it seems that the 1912 edition was the only one published.

[ile de bourbon]

LORD GRANARD did indeed have the same colours as Lady Granard – BLACK, RED stars and cap. Lady Granard (or Beatrice Forbes) was the daughter of Ogden Mills and had a huge racehorse string for many years until her death in January 1992, when her son Arthur (who by now was Lord Granard as his father had died) inherited the horses. They included Calve and a few average ones trained by John Dunlop in the 80s (Bold Rex?). I have a racecard from Haydock in 1985 that confirms the colours

[ivanjica]

Thanks again everyone.

I have discovered some more gaps in the Coronation Stakes which are:

1934 – Foxcraft – M FIELD

1957 – Toro – W R JOHNSTONE

1960 – Barbaresque – W GUEST

1962 – Display – MRS B GRANARD (I wonder is this Lady Grandard prior to becoming titled?)

Once I have these I think I will have nailed it – will post the full list up here presently.

[isinglass]

Hi ,

1934 Foxcroft Marshall Field Straw Straw & Cherry hooped cap.

In the 1959 Ruffs Guide it has a Lady Granard listed with usual Black Red Stars Red cap

Interestingly , her steeplechase colours were Black Silver braid Cerise cap.

Would assume the B Granard in 1962 is a different lady – wouldn’t she have had a completely different name before becoming Lady Granard ? keep digging.

Also a Lady Granard had the winner of the 1937 French Oaks carrying Black Garnet Cap which ties in with the Ogden Phipps colours in American racing.

Incestuous world isn’t it ?

Agree the Pall Mall download is very good. Have a couple more to post soon that I’ve found for the Irish classics from way back and also will be calling in a favour for some Grand National runners – will be easy for you folks.

cheers
I.

[slewman]

I would think that 1960 – Barbaresque – W GUEST is William Guest or W.F.C. Guest, brother to Raymond Guest of Sir Ivor fame.
William Guest also raced Gyr in Nijinsky’s Derby.
His colours were YELLOW, CHOCOLATE SLEEVES and CAP.

[ivanjica]

Thanks Slew and IDB – the W Guest one is plausible.

So I have just the two left to get –

1957 – Toro – W R JOHNSTONE & 1962 – Display – MRS B GRANARD

Also, staying on the Royal Ascot theme, I am still having no luck in tracking down the following St James’s Palace Stakes ones:

1928: Royal Minstrel G P Gough
1927: Kincardine A Barclay
1887: Florentine Lord Calthorpe
1859: Cynricus J Wyndham

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