Waygood Explained

Horsename:Waygood
Sire:Tracery
Grandsire:Rock Sand
Dam:Ascenseur
Damsire:Eager
Sex:Stallion
Foaled:1920
Country:United Kingdom
Colour:Bay
Breeder:Walter Raphael
Owner:Walter Raphael
Trainer:William Halsey
Race:Irish Derby (1923)

Waygood was a British Thoroughbred race horse and sire best known for winning the Irish Derby Stakes in 1923. Waygood was bred at the Shenley Stud in Hertfordshire[1] by his owner, the London financier Walter Raphael.[2] He was sired by the American-bred St Leger Stakes winner Tracery out of Ascenseur a mare who became the female ancestor of many notable Thoroughbreds including Galatea II, Never Say Die, High Chaparral and Americain.[3] Raphael sent the colt to be trained at Newmarket, Suffolk by the former jockey Bill Halsey.[4]

Running in front of a large crowd[5] in the Irish Derby at the Curragh Waygood started at odds of 6/1 in a field of fifteen runners. He was ridden by Morny Wing and won by an official margin of four lengths, taking a first prize of £4,650.[6] Walter Raphael, donated £50 from his winnings to the Drogheda Memorial Fund, a charity which helped jockeys and trainers in "necessitous circumstances".[7] As a four-year-old, Waygood finished unplaced behind Parth in the Jubilee Handicap at Kempton Park Racecourse.[8]

At the end of his racing career, Waygood was exported to the United States, where he served as a stallion for the U.S. Army Remount Service.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Our Yard - Queens Ponies Training and Livery . Queensponies.co.uk . 2012-10-14.
  2. Web site: Person Profile : Walter Raphael . Horseracing History Online . 2012-10-14.
  3. Web site: Thoroughbred Bloodlines - Chelandry - Family 1-n . Bloodlines.net . 2012-10-14.
  4. Web site: Person Profile : William Halsey . Horseracing History Online . 2012-10-14.
  5. Web site: THE IRISH DERBY - British Pathé . Britishpathe.com . 2012-10-14.
  6. Book: Morris. Tony. Randall. John. A Century of Champions. Portway Press. 1999. 1-901570-15-0.
  7. News: TURF NOTES . Auckland Star . 1 September 1923 . 2012-10-14.
  8. News: The World of Sport . Auckland Star . 12 July 1924 . 2012-10-14.