183:. He was a specialist sprinter who never raced beyond a distance of five furlongs in a racing career which lasted from June 1972 until October 1973. After being narrowly defeated on his racecourse debut he was never seriously challenged again and won his remaining seven races. In 1972 he won the Errol Stakes at
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Timeform opined that
Sandford Lad "should make a fine sprinter" and would probably stay further than five furlongs. In the 1973 Free Handicap for three-year-old he was assigned a weight of 137 Pounds, making him the highest-rated three-year-old trained in England, but behind the French-trained filly
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in which he was set to receive weight from most of his major rivals. Ridden by Tony Murray he recorded his most important victory up to that point but was not particularly impressive as he won by only half a length from the four-year-old
Workboy with Tickled Pink in third and the
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Sandford Lad was from the first crop of foals sired by St
Alphage, a sprinter who finished second in the King George Stakes. His dam Hill Queen failed to win a race but produced at least three other winners as well as the broodmare Blue Queen, whose descendants have included
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in July 1973. Opposed by four moderate opponents he carried top weight of 140 pounds and won by five lengths. At
Goodwood he was stepped up in class and started 6/5 favourite for the
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In the autumn of 1972 it was reported that
Sandford Lad was to be sold to race in the United States but the rumours came to nothing and he remained in training with Price,
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442:) He was later exported to Japan where he sired 66 winners from six seasons at stud. His last season as an active stallion was 1985, and he died on 28 March 1985.
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Sandford Lad had some injuries training problems in the eleven months which elapsed between his win at York in August 1972 and his return in the
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In the 1972 Free
Handicap, a ranking of the best two-year-olds to race in Britain, he was given a rating of 125 pounds, eight pounds behind the filly
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on 7 October. His old rivals
Saulingo, The Go-Between and Brave Lad were in the field but his most serious opponent appeared to be the Irish mare
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On his final racecourse appearance, Sandford Lad was sent to France and started the 1.2/1 favourite for the Prix de l'Abbaye over 1000 metres at
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in July he won by four lengths from
Gracious Melody and Brave Lad, conceding eleven pounds to the runner-up. In the Prince of Wales's Stakes at
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at a fee of 3,000 guineas. The best of his
European offspring included Spindrifter (winner of 13 races as a two-year-old in 1980), Kearney (
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winner Saulingo in third. At York in August Sandford Lad, with Murray again in the saddle, started at odds of 4/1 for the
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At the end of his three-year-old season, Sandford Lad was retired to become a breeding stallion at the Airlie Stud in
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in August he took the lea at half way and won by three lengths and half a length from Starch Reduced and High Fare.
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winner Supreme Gift and won by two lengths from Abergwaun with Supreme Gift a further two lengths back in third.
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later in June he led from the start before drawing away in the closing stages to win by five lengths from the
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On his racecourse debut Sandford Lad contested the Berkshire Stakes over five
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Sandford Lad was a "strong, good-looking" chestnut horse with a white
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on his right foreleg bred in Ireland by Mrs P Grubb. As a
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Mortimer, Roger; Onslow, Richard; Willett, Peter (1978).
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Pedigree of Sandford Lad (GB), chestnut stallion, 1970
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637:"Sandford Lad pedigree"
772:A Century of Champions
436:Queen Alexandra Stakes
432:Cork and Orrery Stakes
416:A Century of Champions
353:Cork and Orrery Stakes
282:Epsom Downs Racecourse
873:1985 racehorse deaths
868:1970 racehorse births
409:British Classic Races
345:Windsor Castle Stakes
360:Longchamp Racecourse
317:Doncaster Racecourse
164:best sprinter (1973)
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368:King's Stand Stakes
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241:Findon, West Sussex
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600:Motherland
525:Cora Deans
520:Humoresque
490:Spring Run
422:Stud record
372:soft ground
321:Group Three
249:Opera House
100:Mrs P Grubb
862:Categories
641:Equineline
620:References
569:Catherine
558:Tourbillon
547:Djebe (FR)
514:Fair Trial
382:Assessment
219:Background
131:Major wins
117:Ryan Price
50:Hill Queen
32:St Alphage
846:31 August
611:Fair Isle
587:Norseman
572:Tiberius
510:Fun Fair
472:Nasrullah
364:Abergwaun
253:Kayf Tara
213:Longchamp
197:Doncaster
108:C T Olley
37:Grandsire
590:Umidwar
529:Coronach
446:Pedigree
313:Handicap
270:furlongs
237:guineaas
233:yearling
189:Goodwood
162:Timeform
126:8: 7-1-0
91:Chestnut
66:Stallion
834:Staff.
464:Red God
388:Jacinth
113:Trainer
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82:Ireland
79:Country
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595:Tara
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