Aboyeur
| Aboyeur | |
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Aboyeur in 1913.
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| Sire | Desmond |
| Grandsire | St. Simon |
| Dam | Pawky |
| Damsire | Morion |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1910 |
| Country | Ireland |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | T. K. Laidlaw |
| Owner | Alan Cunliffe |
| Trainer | Tom Lewis |
| Record | 7: 2-0-0 |
| Earnings | £ |
| Major wins | |
| Epsom Derby (1913) | |
Aboyeur (1910–circa 1917) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a career that lasted from 1912 to 1913 he ran seven times and won two races. In June 1913 Aboyeur won the Epsom Derby at record odds of 100/1. He was awarded the race on the disqualification of Craganour after a rough and controversial race. At the end of the season he was sold and exported to Russia where he disappeared during the Revolution.
Aboyeur was a fine-looking bay horse bred in Ireland by Thomas Kennedy Laidlaw. His sire Desmond was a good racehorse who won the Coventry Stakes and the July Stakes in 1898 and went on to become a successful stallion, earning the title of Champion sire in 1913. Aboyeur's dam, a mare called Pawky, was unraced. As a foal, Aboyeur was sold by his breeder to J. Daly. Daly sold him a year later for £2,200 as part of a group of three yearlings to Alan Cunliffe, the leader of a group of heavy gamblers known as the Druid’s Lodge confederacy. The name came from the Druid’s Lodge stable near Salisbury, Wiltshire, where their horses, including Aboyeur, were trained, in conditions of secrecy by Tom Lewis. The name "Aboyeur" derives from a French word meaning "barker" or "heckler".
Aboyeur ran three times as a two-year-old in 1912. He showed some promise when winning the Champagne Stakes at Salisbury but finished unplaced in his other two races including the Free Handicap at Newmarket in October in which he finished behind the future 1000 Guineas winner Jest
On his three-year-old debut, Aboyeur finished unplaced in a race at Kempton at Easter on his only start before the Derby. The best colt of the season appeared to be Charles Bower Ismay’s Craganour, who had been champion two-year-old in 1912. In a controversial race for the 2000 Guineas he had been awarded second place behind Louvois by the racecourse judge (there were no photo-finish cameras in use), despite many observers believing that he had crossed the line in front.
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