Sicarelle

Sicarelle was a bay mare with a white blaze and a white sock on her left hind leg[3] bred in France by her owner Suzy Volterra who had inherited the racing interests of her late husband Leon Volterra in 1949. The filly was sent into training with François Mathet at Chantilly.[4]

She was from the first crop of foals sired by Sicambre, who won the Prix du Jockey Club and the Grand Prix de Paris in 1951. He went on to produce numerous other top-class winners including Celtic Ash, Diatome and Roi Dagobert. Sicarelle's dam Royale Maitresse was a granddaughter of the British broodmare Tout Paris (foaled 1911) whose other descendants have included Master Willie, Huntingdale and Subotica.[5]

At the end of the 1956 season the independent Timeform organisation gave Sicarelle a rating of 128.[2] In their book, A Century of Champions, based on the Timeform rating system, John Randall and Tony Morris rated Sicarelle a "superior" winner of the Oaks.[6]

At the end of her racing career Sicarelle became a broodmare in France before being acquired by Claiborne Farm and exported to the United States. She produced at least six foals and four winners between 1959 and 1969:

• Norsarello, a colt, foaled in 1959, sired by Norseman
• Tanarelle, bay filly, 1961, by Tanerko
• Might, brown colt, 1966, by Bold Ruler. Won nine races.[7]
• Triumphantly, bay filly, 1967, by Bold Ruler. Won four races.
• Ellesica, bay filly, 1968, by Bold Ruler. Won three races.
• Crying To Run, bay or brown colt, 1969, by Bold Ruler. Won one race.

• Through her dam, Sicarelle was inbred 3 × 4 to Teddy, meaning that this stallion appears in both the third and fourth generations of her pedigree