Rosedrop

Rosedrop
Rosedrop winning the Oaks
Sire	St. Frusquin
Grandsire	St. Simon
Dam	Rosaline
Damsire	Trenton
Sex	Mare
Foaled	1907
Country	United Kingdom
Colour	Chestnut
Breeder	J A Doyle
Owner	Sir William Bass, 2nd Baronet
Trainer	Alec Taylor, Jr.
Record	11: 4-2-1
Earnings	£6,353 (in 1909)
Major wins
Oaks Stakes (1909) Atalanta Stakes (1909) Great Yorkshire Stakes (1909)

Rosedrop (1907 – after 1927) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. She won one minor race as a two-year-old in 1909 before emerging as a top-class performer in the following year. She won the Epsom Oaks, Atalanta Stakes and Great Yorkshire Stakes as well as finishing third in the 1000 Guineas and the Park Hill Stakes. After her retirement from racing she became a broodmare in England, and later in the United States. By far the best of her offspring was Gainsborough who won the 13th U.K. Triple Crown Champion and became a very successful breeding stallion.

Rosedrop was a chestnut mare bred in England by John Doyle and owned during her racing career by Sir William Bass, 2nd Baronet who bought her as a yearling for 700 guineas. She was sent into training with Alec Taylor, Jr. at Manton, Wiltshire.

She was sired by St. Frusquin who won the Middle Park Plate, Dewhurst Plate, 2000 Guineas, Princess of Wales's Stakes and Eclipse Stakes and was described as one of the best horses of the 19th century. His other progeny included St. Amant, Quintessence, and Mirska. Her dam Rosaline showed so little promise that her owner Jack Barnato Joel donated her to charity auction in aid of the Fresh Air Fund at which she was sold for 25 guineas by William Allison. Allison sold the mare by John Doyle for 200 guineas and on Doyle's death she was acquired for 900 guineas by J. Simons Harrison in a deal which also included her filly foal (Rosedrop). She came from a successful family, being descended from the influential British broodmare May Queen (foaled 1868).