Queenpot

Queenpot was a bay mare bred and owned by the British diplomat Percy Loraine. She was initially sent into training with Fred Darling at Beckhampton in Wiltshire.[2]

She was from the second crop of foals sired by Big Game the best British colt of his generation, whose wins included the 2000 Guineas and the Champion Stakes. As a breeding stallion, his other progeny included Combat and the Epsom Oaks winner Ambiguity. Her dam Poker Chip produced several other winners and was a half-sister to the Irish 2000 Guineas winner Khosro.[3]

In their book, A Century of Champions, based on the Timeform rating system, John Randall and Tony Morris rated Queenpot an "inferior" winner of the 1000 Guineas.[5]

Queenpot was retired from racing to become a broodmare for her owner's stud. She produced at least twelve foals and several minor winners between 1950 and 1966:

• Beau Brocade, a colt, foaled in 1950, sired by Watling Street
• Archduchess, brown filly, 1951, by Nearco
• Desdemona, filly, 1952, by Dante
• Dabernon, colt (later gelded), 1953, by Abernant
• Queens Tankard, bay colt, 1954, by Tantieme
• Katharine Parr, black filly, 1955, by Owen Tudor
• Emley Moor, grey colt, 1956, by Abernant. Winner.
• Ace of Clubs, grey colt, 1959, by Djebe
• Sacharissa, brown filly, 1961, by Zucchero
• Royal Ridge, bay colt, 1962, by Vimy. Winner.
• Jack Knife, brown colt (gelded), 1965, by Prudent
• Jellatina, bay filly, 1966, by Fortino. Winner, dam of Northjet.[6]

Queenpot died in 1968.[7]