Ki Ming
Ki Ming | |
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Sire | Ballyogan |
Grandsire | Fair Trial |
Dam | Ulster Lily |
Damsire | Apron |
Sex | Stallion |
Foaled | 1948 |
Country | Ireland |
Colour | Brown |
Breeder | J C Sullivan |
Owner | Ley On |
Trainer | John Beary Michael Beary |
Record | 8: 3-1-0 |
Major wins | |
Duke of Edinburgh Stakes (1950) 2000 Guineas (1951) Diadem Stakes (1951) | |
Awards | |
Timeform rating: 134 |
Ki Ming (1948–1957) was an Irish-bred British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire best known for winning the classic 2000 Guineas in 1951. As a two-year-old he showed promise to win at Royal Ascot but his season was disrupted when his trainer was banned for a doping offence. At three, he recorded an upset win over a large field to win the Guineas but failed when favourite for The Derby. In autumn he returned to sprint distances and won the Diadem Stakes at Ascot. His record as a breeding stallion was very disappointing.
Background
Ki Ming was a very large brown horse with a white star and snip and white socks on his hind legs[1] standing 17 hands high. He was bred at the Kilberry Stud near Navan in County Meath, Ireland by John C Sullivan.[2] He was sired by Ballyogan, an Irish horse who excelled over sprint distances. The best of his other offspring Sixpence, a filly who won the Cheveley Park Stakes in 1953. Ki Ming's dam Ulster Lily was a daughter of a mare named The Beggar, making her a half-sister of the Lincolnshire Handicap winner Over Coat, the Stewards' Cup winner Poor Lad and Ballywellbroke, the granddam of Montaval.[3]
When Sullivan died in 1949, Ki Ming was sent as a foal to the sales at Dublin where he was bought for 370 guineas by Tim Hyde. In the following year, the yearling was offered for sale at Newmarket and bought for 760 guineas by the trainer John Beary. The colt then entered the ownership of the Chinese-born restaurateur Billy Ley On and was trained by Beary at East Hendred in Berkshire.[3]
Racing career
1950: two-year-old season
Before Ki Ming had appeared on a racecourse, Ley On had backed him to win the 1951 Derby at odds of 1000/1.[4] As a two-year-old, the colt looked a good prospect when winning the Duke of Edinburgh Stakes over five furlongs at Royal Ascot.[3]
In October 1950, Joyeuse, a mare trained by John Beary failed a drug test after finishing unplaced in a minor race at Lingfield Park Racecourse. Under the rules of racing at the time, the Jockey Club had no option but to withdraw Beary's license to train.[5] Ki Ming was moved to the Wantage stable of John Beary's older brother Michael Beary, best known for successes as a jockey in the 1930s when he won the Derby on Mid-day Sun.[6]
1951: three-year-old season
On 2 May 1951 Ki Ming was one of twenty-seven colts to contest the 143rd running over the Rowley Mile course at Newmarket. He was ridden by the thirty-six-year-old Australian jockey Scobie Breasley who had arrived in Britain in the previous.[7] He started at odds of 100/8[8] and won by one and a half lengths and a short head from Stokes and Malka's Boy. A month later Ki Ming was moved up in distance for the Derby over one and a half miles at Epsom Downs Racecourse. Although his pedigree suggested that he would be unlikely to stay the distance he was made favourite[9] against thirty-two opponents. He ran prominently until the turn into the straight but then tired and finished unplaced behind Arctic Prince. As Breasley honoured a previous agreement to partner Expeditious, the colt was ridden by T Gosling who reported: "He blew up. I thought that as the pace was so slow he would be sure to stay on, but he went in a second".[10] Ki Ming returned to one mile at Royal Ascot and finished second to Neron. In the following month he was again tried over one and a half miles and finished unplaced behind Supreme Court.[11]
In Autumn Ki Ming was brought back in distance for the Diadem Stakes over six furlongs at Ascot. Ridden again by Breasley he defeated the Nunthorpe Stakes winner Royal Serenade to end his season with a victory.[3]
Assessment
In 1951, the independent Timeform organisation gave Ki Ming a rating of 134, one pound behind the top three-year-old colts Arctic Prince, Sicambre and Supreme Court.[12] In their book, A Century of Champions, based on the Timeform rating system, John Randall and Tony Morris rated Ki Ming an "average" winner of the 2000 Guineas.[3]
Stud record
Ki Ming was retired to stud but proved to be a complete failure as a stallion, showing little interest in the mares presented to him. He sired very few foals and died in 1957 at the age of nine.[3]
Pedigree
Sire Ballyogan (GB) 1939 | Fair Trial (GB) 1932 | Fairway | Phalaris |
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Scapa Flow | |||
Lady Juror | Son-in-Law | ||
Lady Josephine | |||
Serial (GB) 1932 | Solario | Gainsborough | |
Sun Worship | |||
Booktalk | Buchan | ||
Tete-a-Tete | |||
Dam Ulster Lily (GB) 1930 | Apron (GB) 1920 | Son-in-Law | Dark Ronald |
Mother in Law | |||
Aprille | Chaucer | ||
Japonica | |||
The Beggar (GB) 1916 | Le Souvenir | Le Sancy | |
Sylphine | |||
Avonbeg | Queen's Birthday | ||
Avoca (Family: 9) |
- Ki Ming was inbred 3 x 4 to Son-in-Law, meaning that this stallion appear in both the third and fourth generations of his pedigree.
References
- ^ "Ki Ming image". sporthorse-data.com. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
- ^ "Person Profile : John Sullivan". Horseracing History Online. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f Morris, Tony; Randall, John (1999). A Century of Champions. Portway Press. ISBN 978-1-901570-15-1.
- ^ "CHINESE BACKS COLT BY STARS STAFF CORRESPONDENT". Sydney Morning Herald. 2 May 1951. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
- ^ James Lambie (2010). The Story of Your Life: A History of the Sporting Life Newspaper (1859–1998). Matador. p. 434. ISBN 9781848762916. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
- ^ "Person Profile : Michael Beary". Horseracing History Online. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
- ^ "Scobie Breasley obituary". Telegraph. 23 December 2006. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
- ^ "KI MING CAPTURES 2,000 GUINEAS RACE – Irish-Bred Colt, 100-8, Takes Mile Classic". New York Times. 3 May 1951. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
- ^ "KI MING IS DERBY FANCY". The Courier-Mail. 30 May 1951. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
- ^ "Arctic Prince wins richest Derby". Glasgow Herald. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
- ^ "Arctic Prince should repel French challenge". Evening Times. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
- ^ Morris, Tony; Randall, John (1990). Horse Racing: Records, Facts, Champions (Third ed.). Guinness Publishing. ISBN 0-85112-902-1.
- ^ "Ki Ming pedigree". Equineline. 8 May 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
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