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{{Infobox thoroughbred racehorse
{{Short description|French-bred Thoroughbred racehorse}}

{{Infobox racehorse
| horsename = My Babu
| horsename = My Babu
| image =
| image =
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| country = France
| country = France
| colour = [[Bay (horse)|Bay]]
| colour = [[Bay (horse)|Bay]]
| breeder = Peter Beatty<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/my-babu-fr.html|title = My Babu (Horse)}}</ref>
| breeder = not found
| owner = [[Pratap Singh Gaekwad of Baroda|HH Maharaja of Baroda]]
| owner = [[Pratap Singh Gaekwad of Baroda|HH Maharaja of Baroda]]
| trainer = Sam Armstrong
| trainer = Sam Armstrong
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| race = [[Champagne Stakes (Great Britain)|Champagne Stakes]] (1947)<br>[[Norfolk Stakes (Great Britain)|New Stakes]] (1947)<br>[[Woodcote Stakes]] (1947)<br>[[Craven Stakes]] (1948)<br>[[Sussex Stakes]] (1948)<br>Victoria Cup Handicap Stakes (1949)
| race = [[Champagne Stakes (Great Britain)|Champagne Stakes]] (1947)<br>[[Norfolk Stakes (Great Britain)|New Stakes]] (1947)<br>[[Woodcote Stakes]] (1947)<br>[[Craven Stakes]] (1948)<br>[[Sussex Stakes]] (1948)<br>Victoria Cup Handicap Stakes (1949)


'''[[British Classic Races|British Classic Race]] wins:'''<br>[[2,000 Guineas Stakes]] (1948)
'''[[British Classic Races|British Classic Race]] wins:'''<br>[[2000 Guineas Stakes]] (1948)
| awards= [[Timeform]] top-rated two-year-old colt (1947)<ref name="Guinness">{{cite book|last1=Morris|first1=Tony|last2=Randall|first2=John| title=Horse Racing: Records, Facts, Champions (Third Edition)|publisher=Guinness Publishing |page=46|year=1990|isbn=0-85112-902-1}}</ref>
| awards= [[Timeform]] top-rated two-year-old colt (1947)<ref name="Guinness">{{cite book|last1=Morris|first1=Tony|last2=Randall|first2=John| title=Horse Racing: Records, Facts, Champions|publisher=Guinness Publishing |page=46|year=1990|isbn=0-85112-902-1|edition=Third}}</ref>
| honours =
| honours =
| updated= January 23, 2010
| updated= January 23, 2010
}}
}}


'''My Babu''' (1945–1970) was a [[France|French]]-bred [[Thoroughbred]] [[Horse racing|racehorse]] who became one of the most influential sires in American breeding of [[show jumping|show jumpers]], [[eventing|eventers]] and [[show hunter|hunters]]. His descendants include [[Bruce Davidson (equestrian)|Bruce Davidson]]'s former eventing mount [[JJ Babu]], [[Anky van Grunsven]]'s dressage horse [[Bonfire (horse)|Bonfire]], and [[puissance]] and grand prix jumper [[Sympatico (horse)|Sympatico]]. Also, the grand prix jumper [[Napur]] is related to him through his sire [[Damascus]] dam Kerala. My Babu was the sire of Kerala, and therefore one of Napur's grandsires.
'''My Babu''' (1945–1970) was a [[France|French]]-bred [[Thoroughbred]] [[Horse racing|racehorse]] who became one of the most influential sires in American breeding of [[show jumping|show jumpers]], [[eventing|eventers]] and [[show hunter|hunters]]. His descendants include [[Bruce Davidson (equestrian)|Bruce Davidson]]'s former eventing mount [[JJ Babu]], [[Anky van Grunsven]]'s dressage horse [[Bonfire (horse)|Bonfire]], and [[puissance]] and grand prix jumper [[Sympatico (horse)|Sympatico]]. Also, the grand prix jumper [[Napur]] is related to him through his sire [[Damascus (horse)|Damascus]] dam Kerala. My Babu was the sire of Kerala, and therefore one of Napur's grandsires.


==Racing career==
==Racing career==
During My Babu's racing career in England, the bay colt had 16 Starts, 11 Wins, 2 Places, and 0 Shows, with career earnings of £29,830. His most important win came in the 1948 [[British Classic Races|Classic]], the [[2,000 Guineas Stakes]] in which he set a new stakes record time.<ref>[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-jEuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=stYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6734,6080146&dq=my+babu+guineas&hl=en My Babu Wins 2,000 Guineas], ''[[The Miami News]]'', April 28, 1948, accessed April 13, 2010.</ref> He was later sold in 1955 to Americans [[Leslie W. Combs II]] and [[John W. Hanes II|John W. Hanes]] for over $600,000,<ref>[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RuYrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qmUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4902,5158125&dq=my+babu+bred&hl=en French Bred Stallion Sold For $600,000], ''[[Kentucky New Era]]'', September 16, 1955, accessed April 13, 2010.</ref><ref>[http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F5081FFC3F5B157B93C0AB178DD85F428585F9 $600,000 Paid for Sire; My Babu, British Stallion Sold to Combs and Hanes], ''[[New York Times]]'', June 22, 1956, accessed April 13, 2010.</ref> the highest price ever paid for a Thoroughbred imported to the United States. The stallion stood at [[Spendthrift Farm]] in [[Kentucky]] during his breeding career.
During My Babu's racing career in England, the bay colt had 16 starts, 11 wins, 2 places, and 0 shows, with career earnings of £29,830. His most important win came in the 1948 [[British Classic Races|Classic]], the [[2000 Guineas Stakes]] in which he set a new stakes record time.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-jEuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=stYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6734,6080146&dq=my+babu+guineas&hl=en My Babu Wins 2,000 Guineas], ''[[The Miami News]]'', April 28, 1948, accessed April 13, 2010.</ref> He was later sold in 1955 to Americans [[Leslie W. Combs II]] and [[John W. Hanes II|John W. Hanes]] for over $600,000,<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RuYrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qmUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4902,5158125&dq=my+babu+bred&hl=en French Bred Stallion Sold For $600,000], ''[[Kentucky New Era]]'', September 16, 1955, accessed April 13, 2010.</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1956/06/22/archives/600000-paid-for-sire-my-babu-british-stallion-sold-to-combs-and.html $600,000 Paid for Sire; My Babu, British Stallion Sold to Combs and Hanes], ''[[New York Times]]'', June 22, 1956, accessed April 13, 2010.</ref> the highest price ever paid for a Thoroughbred imported to the United States. The stallion stood at [[Spendthrift Farm]] in [[Kentucky]] during his breeding career.


==Stud record==
==Stud record==
My Babu was a sire of 47 stakes winners and was a broodmare sire of 95 winners. He earned the title of Leading Juvenile Sire in 1960. His son, [[Better Boy (horse)|Better Boy]], was the [[Leading sire in Australia]] four times.<ref>[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bVgVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zeQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4210,537482&dq=my+babu+guineas&hl=en Nearly 50 Years On, Djebel blood to fore in Australian classic], ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]'', November 21, 1988, accessed April 13, 2010.</ref> By 1965, his racing descendants had won over $3,000,000. My Babu was the grandsire of [[National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame]] inductee [[Precisionist]], and the [[damsire]] of Hall of Fame inductees [[Damascus (horse)|Damascus]] and [[Gamely (horse)|Gamely]] as well as the damsire of [[Little Current (horse)|Little Current]], the 1974 [[American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse|American Champion Three-Year-old Colt]] and winner of the [[Preakness Stakes|Preakness]] and [[Belmont Stakes]].
My Babu was a sire of 47 stakes winners and was a broodmare sire of 95 winners. He earned the title of Leading Juvenile Sire in 1960. His son, [[Better Boy (horse)|Better Boy]], was the [[Leading sire in Australia]] four times.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bVgVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zeQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4210,537482&dq=my+babu+guineas&hl=en Nearly 50 Years On, Djebel blood to fore in Australian classic], ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]'', November 21, 1988, accessed April 13, 2010.</ref> By 1965, his racing descendants had won over $3,000,000. My Babu was the grandsire of [[National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame]] inductee [[Precisionist (horse)|Precisionist]], and the [[damsire]] of Hall of Fame inductees [[Damascus (horse)|Damascus]] and [[Gamely (horse)|Gamely]] as well as the damsire of [[Little Current (horse)|Little Current]], the 1974 [[American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse|American Champion Three-Year-old Colt]] and winner of the [[Preakness Stakes|Preakness]] and [[Belmont Stakes]].

==Sire line tree==
{{tree list}}
*'''My Babu'''<!--b. 1945--><ref name="Byerley Turk Line">[http://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricSires/SireLineschts/SireLineBT.html Byerley Turk Line]</ref><ref>[https://tbheritage.com/HistoricSires/JumpSires/JumpsiresBT.html Bylerley Turk Jump Sires]</ref><ref name="Bay Middleton Sire Line">[http://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Sirelines/BayMiddleton.htm Bay Middleton Sire Line]</ref><ref>[http://www.tbheritage.com/Portraits/Tourbillon.html Portrait: Tourbillon]</ref><ref>[http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/my-babu-fr.html American Classic Pedigree: My Babu]</ref>
**[[Better Boy (horse)|Better Boy]]<!--b. 1951-->
***Craftsman<!--b. 1960-->
***Tolerance<!--b. 1968-->
***[[Century (horse)|Century]]<!--b. 1969-->
****[[Double Century (horse)|Double Century]]<!--b. 1975-->
*****Burglar of Bamff<!--b. 1982-->
*****Bigamy<!--b. 1983-->
*****[[Stylish Century]]<!--b. 1986-->
*****Dual Scope<!--b. 1992-->
****[[Centaine]]<!--b. 1980--><ref>[https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/176222/prominent-new-zealand-stallion-centaine-dead Prominent New Zealand Stallion Centaine Dead]</ref><ref>[https://www.nzthoroughbred.co.nz/blog/post/96852/Centaine-s-outstanding-record/ Centaine's outstanding record]</ref>
*****Cordero<!--b. 1986-->
*****Kinjite<!--b. 1988-->
*****Super Fit<!--b. 1989-->
*****Perfect World<!--b. 1991-->
*****Cheiron<!--b. 1995-->
*****Taupo Retreat<!--b. 1996-->
*****Century Kid<!--b. 1997-->
****[[Rubiton]]<!--b. 1983-->
*****Monopolize<!--b. 1990-->
*****Flavour<!--b. 1993-->
*****Adam<!--b. 1994-->
*****[[Fields of Omagh]]<!--b. 1997-->
*****Patezza<!--b. 1998-->
*****[[Bulleton]]<!--b. 2003--><ref>[https://www.ttrausnz.com.au/edition/2021-07-02/the-byerley-turk-line-set-to-vanish-from-australia The Byerley Turk line set to vanish from Australia]</ref>
*****Lucky Secret<!--b. 2003-->
****Average Game<!--b. 1986-->
*****Chevoit<!--b. 1992-->
*****Tampir Lane<!--b. 1993-->
****Centro<!--b. 1987-->
****Euclase<!--b. 1987-->
***Reckless<!--b. 1970-->
**Eubulides<!--b. 1952-->
**[[Our Babu]]<!--b. 1952-->
***Dowdstown Charley<!--b. 1968-->
****Prince Florimund<!--b. 1978-->
**Babur<!--b. 1953-->
**Dionisio<!--b. 1953-->
***Saint Denys<!--b. 1959-->
****Billycan<!--b. 1970-->
****[[Bregawn]]<!--b. 1974-->
**[[Milesian (horse)|Milesian]]<!--b. 1953-->
***Atlantis<!--b. 1959-->
***Mystery<!--b. 1959-->
***Ionian<!--b. 1960-->
****Rocked<!--b. 1966-->
***[[Partholon (horse)|Partholon]]<!--b. 1960-->
****[[Mejiro Asama]]<!--b. 1966-->
*****[[Mejiro Titan]]<!--b. 1978-->
******[[Mejiro McQueen]]<!--b. 1987-->
****Sakura Shori<!--b. 1975-->
*****Sakura Star O<!--b. 1984-->
****[[Symboli Rudolf]]<!--b. 1981-->
*****[[Tokai Teio]]<!--b. 1988-->
*****Ayrton Symboli<!--b. 1989-->
*****Tsurumaru Tsuyoshi<!--b. 1995-->
***Western Wind<!--b. 1962-->
***Falcon<!--b. 1964-->
****Drobny<!--b. 1970-->
**King Babar<!--b. 1954-->
**Primera<!--b. 1954-->
**Shearwater<!--b. 1954-->
**The Hammer<!--b. 1954-->
***[[Sympatico (horse)|Sympatico]]<!--b. 1965--><ref>[https://www.horsejournals.com/equinews/news/international/sympatico-inducted-show-jumping-hall-fame Sympatico inducted into Show Jumping Hall of Fame]</ref>
***Tong<!--b. 1974-->
**Babu<!--b. 1956-->
**Babu Dancer<!--b. 1958-->
***[[JJ Babu]]<!--b. 1974-->
**Bronze Babu<!--b. 1958-->
**Crozier<!--b. 1958-->
***Inverness Drive<!--b. 1966-->
****Bad'n Big<!--b. 1974-->
***Wedge Shot<!--b. 1971-->
***Beat Inflation<!--b. 1973-->
***Crested Wave<!--b. 1976-->
****Drought<!--b. 1983-->
****Gennaker<!--b. 1985-->
****[[Surfers Paradise (horse)|Surfers Paradise]]<!--b. 1987-->
****Surface<!--b. 1994-->
***Sportful<!--b. 1977-->
***Journey At Sea<!--b. 1979-->
***[[Precisionist (horse)|Precisionist]]<!--b. 1981--><ref>[http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/precisionist.html American Classic Pedigree: Precisionist]</ref><ref>[https://www.racingmuseum.org/hall-of-fame/horse/precisionist-fl Hall of Fame: Precisionist]</ref>
**Garwol<!--b. 1958-->
**Prudent<!--b. 1959-->
***Manitoba<!--b. 1965-->
***Mazarin<!--b. 1966-->
**Babu's On<!--b. 1962-->
***Santanas<!--b. 1968-->
{{tree list/end}}


==Pedigree==
==Pedigree==
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|ffff = [[Bruleur]]
|ffff = [[Bruleur]]
|fffm = [[Kizil Kourgan]]
|fffm = [[Kizil Kourgan]]
|ffmf = Durbar
|ffmf = [[Durbar (horse)|Durbar]]
|ffmm = Banshee
|ffmm = Banshee
|fmff = [[Bayardo (horse)|Bayardo]]
|fmff = [[Bayardo (horse)|Bayardo]]
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|fmmf = [[Teddy (horse)|Teddy]]
|fmmf = [[Teddy (horse)|Teddy]]
|fmmm = Ballantrae
|fmmm = Ballantrae
|mfff = [[Swynford]]
|mfff = '''[[Swynford]]*'''
|mffm = Blanche
|mffm = Blanche
|mfmf = [[The Tetrarch]]
|mfmf = [[The Tetrarch]]
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|mmff = [[Phalaris (horse)|Phalaris]]
|mmff = [[Phalaris (horse)|Phalaris]]
|mmfm = Scapa Flow
|mmfm = Scapa Flow
|mmmf = [[Swynford]]
|mmmf = '''Swynford*'''
|mmmm = Marchetta ([[Thoroughbred breeding theories#Bruce Lowe families|Family]] 1-w)
|mmmm = Marchetta
|}}
|}}

<nowiki>*</nowiki> My Babu is [[inbreeding|inbred]] 4D x 4D to the stallion [[Swynford]], meaning that he appears fourth generation twice on the dam side of his pedigree.


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}
{{2000 Guineas Winners}}
{{2000 Guineas winners}}


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Latest revision as of 23:20, 17 June 2024

My Babu
SireDjebel
GrandsireTourbillon
DamPerfume II
DamsireBadruddin
SexStallion
Foaled1945
CountryFrance
ColourBay
BreederPeter Beatty[1]
OwnerHH Maharaja of Baroda
TrainerSam Armstrong
Record16: 11-2-0
Earnings£29,830
Major wins
Champagne Stakes (1947)
New Stakes (1947)
Woodcote Stakes (1947)
Craven Stakes (1948)
Sussex Stakes (1948)
Victoria Cup Handicap Stakes (1949) British Classic Race wins:
2000 Guineas Stakes (1948)
Awards
Timeform top-rated two-year-old colt (1947)[2]
Last updated on January 23, 2010

My Babu (1945–1970) was a French-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who became one of the most influential sires in American breeding of show jumpers, eventers and hunters. His descendants include Bruce Davidson's former eventing mount JJ Babu, Anky van Grunsven's dressage horse Bonfire, and puissance and grand prix jumper Sympatico. Also, the grand prix jumper Napur is related to him through his sire Damascus dam Kerala. My Babu was the sire of Kerala, and therefore one of Napur's grandsires.

Racing career

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During My Babu's racing career in England, the bay colt had 16 starts, 11 wins, 2 places, and 0 shows, with career earnings of £29,830. His most important win came in the 1948 Classic, the 2000 Guineas Stakes in which he set a new stakes record time.[3] He was later sold in 1955 to Americans Leslie W. Combs II and John W. Hanes for over $600,000,[4][5] the highest price ever paid for a Thoroughbred imported to the United States. The stallion stood at Spendthrift Farm in Kentucky during his breeding career.

Stud record

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My Babu was a sire of 47 stakes winners and was a broodmare sire of 95 winners. He earned the title of Leading Juvenile Sire in 1960. His son, Better Boy, was the Leading sire in Australia four times.[6] By 1965, his racing descendants had won over $3,000,000. My Babu was the grandsire of National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame inductee Precisionist, and the damsire of Hall of Fame inductees Damascus and Gamely as well as the damsire of Little Current, the 1974 American Champion Three-Year-old Colt and winner of the Preakness and Belmont Stakes.

Sire line tree

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Pedigree

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Pedigree of My Babu
Sire
Djebel
b. 1937 		Tourbillon
b. 1928 		Ksar
ch. 1918 		Bruleur
Kizil Kourgan
Durban
b. 1918 		Durbar
Banshee
Loika
ch. 1926 		Gay Crusader
b. 1914 		Bayardo
Gay Laura
Coeur A Coeur
ch. 1921 		Teddy
Ballantrae
Dam
Perfume
gr. 1938 		Badruddin
gr. 1931 		Blandford
br. 1919 		Swynford*
Blanche
Mumtaz Mahal
gr. 1921 		The Tetrarch
Lady Josephine
Lavendula
br. 1930 		Pharos
br. 1920 		Phalaris
Scapa Flow
Sweet Lavender
ch. 1923 		Swynford*
Marchetta (Family 1-w)

* My Babu is inbred 4D x 4D to the stallion Swynford, meaning that he appears fourth generation twice on the dam side of his pedigree.

References

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  1. ^ "My Babu (Horse)".
  2. ^ Morris, Tony; Randall, John (1990). Horse Racing: Records, Facts, Champions (Third ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 46. ISBN 0-85112-902-1.
  3. ^ My Babu Wins 2,000 Guineas, The Miami News, April 28, 1948, accessed April 13, 2010.
  4. ^ French Bred Stallion Sold For $600,000, Kentucky New Era, September 16, 1955, accessed April 13, 2010.
  5. ^ $600,000 Paid for Sire; My Babu, British Stallion Sold to Combs and Hanes, New York Times, June 22, 1956, accessed April 13, 2010.
  6. ^ Nearly 50 Years On, Djebel blood to fore in Australian classic, The Sydney Morning Herald, November 21, 1988, accessed April 13, 2010.
  7. ^ Byerley Turk Line
  8. ^ Bylerley Turk Jump Sires
  9. ^ Bay Middleton Sire Line
  10. ^ Portrait: Tourbillon
  11. ^ American Classic Pedigree: My Babu
  12. ^ Prominent New Zealand Stallion Centaine Dead
  13. ^ Centaine's outstanding record
  14. ^ The Byerley Turk line set to vanish from Australia
  15. ^ Sympatico inducted into Show Jumping Hall of Fame
  16. ^ American Classic Pedigree: Precisionist
  17. ^ Hall of Fame: Precisionist
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