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Enstone Spark
SireSparkler
GrandsireHard Tack
DamLaxmi
DamsirePalestine
SexFilly
Foaled1975
CountryGreat Britain
ColourBay
BreederWhitsbury Manor Stud
OwnerDick Bonnycastle
TrainerRichard Hannon, Sr.
Barry Hills
Record14: 5-3-0
Earnings£54,680
Major wins
Lowther Stakes (1977)
1,000 Guineas Stakes (1978)
Timeform rating: 119
Last updated on 27 July 2022

Enstone Spark (foaled 6 June 1975) was a British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse. She is best known for winning the classic 1000 Guineas in 1978.

Racing career

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Trained by Barry Hills, at age two, Enstone Spark won the 1977 Lowther StakesatYork Racecourse.[1] In 1978, her Canadian owner, Dick Bonnycastle, was planning to ship Enstone Spark to race in California but an outbreak of contagious equine metritis forced a change of plans and she remained to compete in England.

In 1978 Enstone Spark earned the most important win of her career at Newmarket Racecourse with a victory in the Classic 1,000 Guineas Stakes. It came when she was still more than a month shy of her third birthday.

Stud record

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Retired from racing a winner of five races with three second-place finishes in her two years of racing, Enstone Spark was assigned to broodmare duty. Bred to stallions such as Affirmed, Roberto, and Bold Forbes, her offspring were not successful in racing. [1][dead link]

References

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  1. ^ "Racing: Cape Verdi can boost her Guineas claims". Independent.co.uk. 20 August 1997.


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