Miscellaneous

The A1 and A3 Racehorses

The majority of Gresley's A3 Pacifics were named after racehorses. Kevin Knight of the N-Gauge Listserver has been kind enough to provide the following list of the A3 Pacific racehorses and the races which they won:

BR No.	Name	Races Won
60035	Windsor Lad	1934 Derby & St Leger
60036	Colombo	1934 2000 Guineas
60037	Hyperion	1933 Derby & St Leger
60038	Firdaussi	1932 St Leger
60039	Sandwich	1931 St Leger
60040	Cameronian	1931 2000 Guineas & Derby
60041	Salmon Trout	1924 St Leger (name of the horse was Salmon-Trout)
60042	Singapore	1930 St Leger
60043	Brown Jack	1928 Campion Hurdle
60044	Melton	1885 Derby & St Leger
60045	Lemberg	1910 Derby & 1911 Coronation Cup
60046	Diamond Jubilee	1900 2000 Guineas, Derby & St Leger
60047	Donovan	1889 Derby & St Leger
60048	Doncaster	1873 Derby
60049	Galtee More	1897 2000 Guineas, Derby & St Leger
60050	Persimmon	1896 Derby & St Leger
60051	Blink Bonney	1857 Derby & Oaks
60052	Prince Palatine	1911 St Leger, 1912 & 1913 Ascot Gold Cup, 1912 Eclipse Stakes
60053	Sansovino	1924 Derby
60054	Prince of Wales	Originally named Manna (see 60085)
60055	Woolwinder	1907 St Leger (name of horse was Wool Winder)
60056	Centenary	Not named after a race horse
60057	Ormonde	1886 2000 Guineas, Derby & Leger
60058	Blair Athol	1864 Derby & St. Leger
60059	Tracery	1912 St. Leger
60060	The Tetrarch	1913 Doncaster Champagne Stakes
60061	Pretty Polly	1904 Oaks, St. Leger & 1000 Guineas
60062	Minoru	1909 Derby & 2000 Guineas
60063	Isinglass	1893 Derby, St Ledger & 2000 Guineas
60064	Tagalie	1912 Derby
60065	Knight of Thistle	1897 Royal Hunt Cup (name of horse was Knight of the Thistle)
60066	Merry Hampton	1887 Derby
60067	Ladas	1894 Derby
60068	Sir Visto	1895 Derby
60069	Sceptre	1902 1000 Guineas, 2000 Guineas, Oaks & St Leger
60070	Gladiateur	1865 Derby
60071	Tranquil	1923 St Leger
60072	Sunstar	1911 2000 Guineas and St. Leger
60073	St Gatien	1884 Derby, dead heat with 60074
60074	Haverster	1884 Derby, dead heat with 60073
60075	St Frusquin	1896 2000 Guineas
60076	Galopin	1875 Derby
60077	The White Knight	1907 and 1908 Ascot Gold Cup
60078	Night Hawk	1913 St.Leger
60079	Bayardo	1909 St Ledger
60080	Dick Turpin	?? (should have been Black Bess in any case!)
60081	Shotover	1882 2000 Guineas and Derby
60082	Neil Gow	1910 2000 Guineas
60083	Sir Hugo	1892 Derby
60084	Trigo	1929 Derby and ST.Leger
60085	Manna	1925 Derby & 2000 Guineas
60086	Gainsborough	1918 Derby, St. Leger & 2000 Guineas
60087	Blenheim	1930 Derby
60088	Book Law	1927 St.Leger
60089	Felstead	1928 Derby
60090	Grand Parade	1919 Derby
60091	Captain Cuttle	1922 Derby
60092	Fairway	1928 St. Leger
60093	Coronach	1926 Derby and St.Leger
60094	Colorado	1926 2000 Guineas
60095	Flamingo	1928 2000 Guineas
60096	Papyrus	1923 Derby
60097	Humorist	1921 Derby
60098	Spion Kop	1920 Derby
60099	Call Boy	1927 Derby
60100	Spearmint	1906 Derby
60101	Cicero	1905 Derby
60102	Sir Frederick Banbury	Not named after a race horse
60103	Flying Scotsman	Not named after a race horse
60104	Solario	1925 St. Leger
60105	Victor Wild	1896 Kempton Park Jubilee handicap
60106	Flying Fox	1899 2000 Guineas, Derby and St.Leger
60107	Royal Lancer	1922 St.Leger
60108	Gay Crusader	1917 2000 Guineas, Derby and St.Leger
60109	Hermit	1867 Derby
60110	Robert the Devil	1880 St.Leger
60111	Enterprise	1887 2000 Guineas
60112	St Simon	1884 Ascot Gold Cup

Key to Races

Race	Run at...
The Derby	Epsom over 1 mile 4 furlongs.
The St. Leger	Doncaster over 1 mile 6 furlongs.
The Oaks	Epsom over 1 mile 4 furlongs.
2,000 Guineas	Newmarket over 1 mile for 3 year old colts and fillies.
1,000 Guineas	Newmarket over 1 mile for 3 year old fillies.
Ascot Gold Cup	Royal Ascot over 2� miles.
Coronation Cup	Epsom over 1� miles.

Thank you to Kevin Knight of the N-Gauge Listserver, for the above race information.

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