Thrown In

Thrown In
Sire Beau Bill
Grandsire William the Third
Dam La Vargo
Damsire Long Tom
Sex Gelding
Foaled 1916[1]
Country United Kingdom
Colour Chestnut
Owner Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Baron Stalbridge
Trainer Owen Anthony
Major wins
Cheltenham Gold Cup (1927)

Thrown In (foaled 1916) was a British racehorse who won the 1927 Cheltenham Gold Cup. He won several other races but failed in two attempts at the Grand National.

Background

Thrown In was a chestnut gelding bred in England. He was the only horse of any consequence sired by Beau Bill, a son of the Ascot Gold Cup winner William the Third. His dam Va Largo was a descendant of the successful broodmare Elf.[2]

Racing career

Thrown In was originally owned by Fred Gunt before being acquired by G. Sanday for whom he won seven races before being bought by Lord Stalbridge for £1000 in 1925.[3] After being gelded he was sent to the stable of Owen Anthony who trained for Stalbridge at Pounds Farm at Eastbury in Berkshire. Anthony had been a successful amateur jockey before taking up training and winning the 1922 Grand National with Music Hall.[4] Thrown In won a further seven races as well as finishing seventh in the 1926 Grand National.[5] In the same year Stalbridge reportedly turned down an offer of 4000 guineas from America for the gelding.[3]

In the fourth running of the Cheltenham Gold Cup on 9 March 1927 he was ridden by his owner's son Hugh Grosvenor, a relatively inexperienced amateur who was recovering from a broken collar bone.[3] The favourite was Silvo, the winner of the Grand Steeplechase de Paris who started at odds of 13/8 ahead of Amberwave and the five-year-old Grakle with Thrown In starting a 10/1 outsider in an eight-runner field. After Amberwave fell early in the contest, the race was dominated by Thrown In, Grakle and Silvo before the favourite began to struggle two fences out. Thrown In outjumped Grakle at the final fence and drew away to win by two lengths.[3][4] Just over two weeks after his win in the Gold Cup, Thrown In started 100/8 third favourite for the 1927 Grand National but fell early in the race.[5]

Thrown In was sold again at the end of the 1927 season and was exported to Denmark.[4] Hugh Grosvenor, who rode him to his greatest success, was killed in an air crash in January 1930.[6]

Assessment and honours

In their book, A Century of Champions, based on the Timeform rating system, John Randall and Tony Morris rated Thrown In a "poor" Gold Cup winner.[7]

Pedigree

Pedigree of Thrown In (GB), chestnut gelding, 1916[1]
Sire
Beau Bill (GB)
1911
William the Third (GB)
1898
St Simon Galopin
St Angela
Gravity Wisdom
Enigma
La Belle France (GB)
1904
Melton Master Kildare
Violet Melrose
Silver Sea Hermit
Stray Shot
Dam
Va Largo (GB)
1910
Long Tom (GB)
1899
Ladas Hampton
Illuminata
Fuse Bend Or
Fusee
Bess Demdyke (GB)
1902
Sir Hugo Wisdom
Manoeuvre
Elf Galopin
Queen of the Meadows (Family 4-g)[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Thrown In pedigree". Pedigree Online. 2016-03-19. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
  2. 1 2 "Queen of the May - Family 4-g". Thoroughbred Bloodlines. Retrieved 2012-06-30.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Sporting". Otago Daily Times. 12 May 1927.
  4. 1 2 3 Harman, Bob (2000). The Ultimate Dream: The History of the Cheltenham Gold Cup. Mainstream Publishing. ISBN 1-84018-381-0.
  5. 1 2 Green, Reg (1993). The History of the Grand National: A Race Apart. Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN 0-340-58515-3.
  6. "Captain Grosvenor". Evening Post (New Zealand). 7 January 1930.
  7. Morris, Tony; Randall, John (1999). A Century of Champions. Portway Press,. ISBN 9781901570151.


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