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Courtesy of the Telegraph Chronicle of Horse Racing, I can tell you he won the 1946 July Cup at Newmarket as a 3-y-old, ridden by Charlie Smirke, starting 8/11 fav, beating the 1945 winner Honeyway, who had to give him 18lbs.
It mentions that The Bug was trained in Ireland, but doesn’t name the trainer.
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He also won the 1946 Wokingham Stakes (no info on trainer or jockey) as a 3-y-o carrying 8st 7lb at 7/1 against 20 opponents.
He must have raced on for a few more seasons as his first crop raced in 1951. He had 7 runners representing him and he finished 7th in the list of 1st season sires. His progeny won 4 races that year in GB & Ireland (1 colt and 2 fillies were winners), earning a total of £1,770. His stud fee was £199 – 1 shilling.
Can’t get any more details yet (all this was from "The Racing Review 1952). He had a yearling sell at Goffs ( a chestnut colt) to Sir V. Sassoon for 1,600gns – the mare was Hunter’s Cloud.
Haven’t had time to delve around too much, hope to have a bit more time next week, but have got rid of a lot of my old racing books so am not too optimistic of finding much.
I have a sneaky feeling that this animal, in spite of being a sprinter, features in the pedigree of an outstanding NH performer. Haven’t a clue why I think that, it just rings a bell.From googling:-www.racenewsonline…
"Irish punters took some £50000 out of the betting ring in 1946 when The Bug won the Wokingham at 7/1."
"David Wachman
David Wachman is not the first member of his family to make a splash in the racing world. His grandfather Norman was a famous punter who owned The Bug, a sprinter who cantered home in the 1946 Wokingham Handicap at Royal Ascot as a three-year-old to land a gamble that would be worth more than �1 million in today�s money. The Bug went on to win the July Cup, Nunthorpe Stakes and Diadem Stakes"From carlow.tcm:-
The war put a stop to Royal Ascot until 1946. However, ‘Ginger’ Wellesley, then training in the Phoenix Park, had a ‘flying machine’ in The Bug, owned by David Wachman’s grandfather, Norman Wachman. Set to defy a weight at which no three-year-old had ever won the Wokingham Handicap, The Bug made all under Charlie Smirke to land his owner’s gamble at 7/1.1946 July Cup
1946 The Bug 3-8-04 Norman Wachman Gerald Wellesley IRE Charlie Smirke 8/11F 3
Better still, have a gander at this:-
http://www.galopp-sieger.de/galoppsieger/en/pferd_html?pschl=The%20BugSignal%20LigThe Bug was the horse that helped to get Charlie Smirke’s career going after the war. He’d been having weight problems through lack of rides and rode over hurdles for a while.
SIGNAL LIGHT Sire
THE BUG
FLYING METEOR Dam
b 1943
Poss American horse.No, UK and Irish breeding – the first American horse in his pedigree is Rhoda B, 4 generations back.
We’ve come across Orby on the Classic Winning Owners’ Colours thread.
Orby was owned by Richard Croker, who was a big wheel in Tammany Hall until basically he did a runner over here.
Despite winning the Derby, Orby set up a line of sprinters.
He was mated with Rhoda B in The Bug’s pedigree. . .
[edit: sorry, on the Stella. Rhoda B was the dam of Orby, which makes it more likely that she was Croker’s.]presumably, Rhoda B was owned by Richard Croker, and he brought her over here?
Yes, he brought her over along with Americus and also Dobbins, the horse that dead-heated with Domino in the famous match race but broke down before he could run here.
There would be a good film to be made about "Boss" Croker.
Stupid question Venusian, but you wouldn’t happen to know what Croker’s colours were, would you?
Venusian
No, UK and Irish breeding – the first American horse in his pedigree is Rhoda B, 4 generations back.
Strange coincidence same name same year of birth.
Who have you got as sire and dam?Here is The Bug’s pedigree: http://www.pedigreequery.com/the+bug
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