![]() ![]() He started poorly and never looked likely to win, finishing fourteenth of the fifteen runners. On his only other start of the season, Compton Place started favourite for the Nunthorpe Stakes at York Racecourse in August. He went to the front approaching the final furlong and won by one and three quarter lengths from Royal Applause, with Indian Rocket three lengths back in third. At half way the two groups came together and Compton Place began to make rapid progress. The field initially split into two groups with Compton Place being restrained by Sanders behind Indian Rocket and Coastal Bluff who set the pace for the group on the far side (the left side from the jockey's viewpoint) whilst Royal Applause led on the stands side. The 11/10 favourite was Royal Applause whilst the other contenders were Bahamian Bounty, Blue Goblin, Indian Rocket ( Mill Reef Stakes), Coastal Bluff ( Ayr Gold Cup, Stewards' Cup), Easycall, Lucayan Prince ( Jersey Stakes) and Rambling Bear ( King George Stakes). On 10 July, Compton Place started a 50/1 outsider for the July Cup over six furlongs on firm ground at Newmarket Racecourse. After leading in the early stages he faded badly in the final furlong and finished twelfth of the eighteen runners behind the French-trained outsider Don't Worry Me. Three weeks later, the colt was sent to Royal Ascot to contest the King's Stand Stakes over five furlongs on good to soft ground. He started joint-favourite and raced prominently but was beaten two and a half lengths into second place by the four-year-old Almaty. 1997: three-year-old season Ĭompton Place began his second season in the Achilles Stakes over five furlongs at Kempton Park Racecourse on 31 May. He led from the start but was headed by Easycall inside the final furlong and finished second, beaten a length and a half by the winner. At Doncaster Racecourse in September, Compton Place started 9/4 favourite for the Group To Flying Childers Stakes over five furlongs. The favourite The West finished third ahead of the Richmond Stakes winner Easycall. Starting a 12/1 outsider in a nine-runner field he led for most of the way before being overtaken in the closing stages and beaten half a length by Abou Zouz. Three weeks after his win at Salisbury, Compton Place was moved up in class for the Group Two Gimcrack Stakes at York Racecourse. ![]() After pulling hard in the early stages he took the lead at half way and won by two lengths from Dalmeny Dancer. On 1 August, the colt started 5/4 favourite against three opponents in a minor race at Salibury. Three weeks later, Compton Place was moved up in class for the Listed Dragon Stakes at Sandown Park Racecourse and was beaten a head into second place by the filly Vax Star. W J O'Connor rode the horse on this occasion but Seb Sanders partnered him in all his subsequent races. Racing career 1996: two-year-old season Ĭompton Place never contested a maiden race, making his debut in a minor stakes event over five furlongs at Bath Racecourse on 15 June and winning by a head from Ride Sally Ride. ![]() The colt was named after Compton Place, a country house in East Sussex owned by the Dukes of Devonshire. Compton Place entered the ownership of Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire and was sent into training with James Toller in Newmarket, Suffolk. Īs a yearling, the colt was sent to the Goffs sale in Ireland in October 1995 and was bought for IR£92,000 by the bloodstock agent Charles Gordon-Watson. She was a great-great granddaughter of Benane who was a half-sister of the St Leger winner Turkhan and the Ascot Gold Cup winner Ujiji. Compton Place's dam, Nosey, won three races as a two-year-old in Ireland in 1983. Indian Ridge was a representative of the Byerley Turk sire line, unlike more than 95% of modern thoroughbreds, who descend directly from the Darley Arabian. He was sired by Indian Ridge, a sprinter who won the King's Stand Stakes in 1989, before becoming a successful breeding stallion best known for siring the outstanding filly Ridgewood Pearl. He later became a successful breeding stallion.Ĭompton Place was a chestnut horse with a white blaze and three white socks bred in England by R. He failed to display his best form in four subsequent races and was retired in August 1998. In the following year he was beaten in his first two starts before defeating a strong field including Royal Applause and Bahamian Bounty to win the July Cup. As a juvenile in 1996 he won two minor races and finished second in both the Gimcrack Stakes and the Flying Childers Stakes. British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse Compton PlaceĬompton Place (20 April 1994 – 21 September 2015) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse, best known for his 50/1 upset victory in the 1997 July Cup. ![]()
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