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Felicitation returned as a five-year-old in 1935 with the Gold Cup as his objective. Te prospect of a showdown between
Felicitation, BrantĂ´me and Windsor Lad created great interest, with bookmakers publishing ante-post odds from the race as early as February. Felicitation began his fourth season by
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the colt recorded his first win for more than twenty months when he led from the start and drew of his opponents in the straight to win the two-mile
Churchill Stakes by ten lengths from Solar Boy with Angelico in third. On the following day he started at odds of 9/2 for the Ascot Gold Cup, in which
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Randall and Tony Morris rated Felicitation the one hundred and twentieth best racehorse of twentieth century, the fifty-second best horse of the century to have been trained in Britain and Ireland, and the second best horse foaled in 1930 behind Hyperion.
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Felicitation began his career as a breeding stallion at the
Highclere Stud at a fee of 198 guineas. He stood in England for several years before being sold and exported to Brazil in 1945. The best of his British offspring was Morogoro (foaled in 1938), who won the
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October and finished second to Manitoba. After the race however, Felictation's connections lodged a protest against the winner for causing interference ("crossing") and Manitoba was disqualified by the racecourse stewards. Felicitation was well-fancied for the
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In the 1932 Free
Handicap, a rating of the best two-year-olds to race in Britain, Felicitation was assigned a weight of 123 pounds making him the eighth best juvenile of the season and the fourth best two-year-old colt. The three top rated horses
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finishing third to Tai-Yang and
Tiberius in the Chippenham Stakes over one and a half miles at Newmarket in early May. He recorded his final major success later that month when he won the Yorkshire Cup over two miles at
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Hyperion, who led from the start and won easily, but he finished strongly to take second place, three lengths behind the winner. On his final appearance of the season he finished second again in the
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In September, Felicitation started odds-on favourite for the John Porter Stakes at Newbury and won from Cecil. In October he was sent to France to contest the fifteenth running of the
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and Assuerus. On his final appearance of the season he won the Jockey Club Cup over two and a quarter miles at Newmarket by ten lengths from Armour Bright at odds of 1/4.
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Felicitation ended the year with earnings of ÂŁ9,255 making him the third most financially successful horse of the season in Britain behind the three-year-old
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as a five-year-old and was retired from racing. He stood as a breeding stallion in England and Brazil with moderate results.
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Felicitation took time to find his best form in 1933 and was well beaten in his early races. He finished unplaced in the
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later that month but finished fourth of the six runners behind
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Felicitation began to improve in the autumn of 1933. In the
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Mortimer, Roger; Onslow, Richard; Willett, Peter (1978).
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193:. A specialist stayer, owned and bred by the
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1003:"Racing and Trotting: Horse of the Century"
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865:. New Zealand. 22 June 1934.
778:. Breedon Books Publishing.
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182:(foaled 1930) was a British
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1190:"Felicitation pedigree"
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1166:A Century of Champions
476:A Century of Champions
353:King Edward VII Stakes
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1129:"R. PERRYMAN IN FORM"
1093:"RACING AND TROTTING"
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859:"FELICITATION'S RISE"
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949:"TURF NEWS IN BRIEF"
937:. 29 September 1933.
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1075:"REVISION OF PLANS"
1063:. 15 December 1934.
985:"A Surprise Result"
919:. 11 November 1933.
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913:"SPORT IN BRITAIN"
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800:"WON ON A PROTEST"
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308:Middle Park Stakes
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223:John Porter Stakes
203:Middle Park Stakes
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895:"RESULT OF DERBY"
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487:Stud record
469:Brown Betty
428:Windsor Lad
389:Royal Ascot
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1200:2013-05-30
1194:Equineline
683:References
637:Whitelock
629:Lighthead
458:Assessment
241:Background
143:Major wins
58:Cantilever
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660:Chelandry
591:Isinglass
529:Polymelus
465:Myrobella
349:The Derby
267:The Derby
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568:Chaucer
549:Sainfoin
521:Phalaris
513:Colorado
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480:Timeform
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385:blinkers
364:St Leger
321:Hyperion
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296:Goodwood
255:Colorado
251:Aga Khan
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211:Hyperion
207:Manitoba
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135:Earnings
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50:Felicita
41:Phalaris
31:Colorado
632:Zealot
555:Cheery
545:Bromus
534:Cyllene
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