Singapore (horse)

Singapore was a bay horse with a white star bred in England by Sir Alec Black at the Compton Stud in Suffolk. As a yearling he was put up for auction and bought by William Tatem, 1st Baron Glanely for 12,500 guineas with Cecil Boyd-Rochfort being the underbidder. The price was the highest paid for any male yearling in Britain in 1928. Lord Glanely explained "I bought him not only because of his good looks, but because I thought he would one day make a good stallion." The colt was sent into training with Lord Glanely's private trainer Thomas Hogg at Newmarket, Suffolk. He was sired by Gainsborough who won the wartime Triple Crown in 1918 and went on to sire numerous good winners including Hyperion, Solario and Orwell. Singapore's dam Tetrabazzia won three races and was a granddaughter of the Epsom Oaks winner Mrs Butterwick. ==Racing career==

1930: three-year-old season Singapore "met with an accident" in 1929 and did not race as a two-year-old. He made his track debut in April 1930 when he was unplaced behind Christopher Robin in the Greenham Stakes at Newbury Racecourse and then finished well down the field in the 2000 Guineas which was won by Diolite. He missed the Derby and reappeared in the St James's Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot and came home fourth behind Christopher Robin who won from Rustom Pasha. On 27 June he recorded his first success at his fourth attempt when he won the £1,000 Sandringham Foal Plate at Sandown Park. Richards reported that he had been confident of winning at every stage of the race. On his final appearance of 1930, the colt was dropped back in distance for the ten furlong Champion Stakes at Newmarket but finished unplaced behind Rustom Pasha. He ended the year with earnings of £11,616, making him the second most financially successful horse of the season. 1931: four-year-old season Singapore was kept in training as a four-year-old with the Ascot Gold Cup as his main objective. The 1931 Gold Cup on 18 June proved to be a highly controversial race which saw Singapore (ridden by Richards) beaten a short head by Trimdon after being barged into the rails by the winner inside the final furlong. Trimdon's rider Joe Childs had dropped his whip and was unable to prevent his mount from veering to the right in the closing stages. The racecourse stewards did not hold an inquiry and Lord Glanely declined to lodge an objection as to do so would have been seen a breach of etiquette at the Royal meeting. and won very easily by four lengths from the seven-year-old gelding Brown Jack. He crossed the line still under restraint from Richards and Lord Glanely commented that his trainer had never been so confident of winning a race. Singapore broke down on hard ground in the Jockey Club Stakes at Newmarket in October and was retired from racing. ==Assessment and honours==

In their book, A Century of Champions, based on the Timeform rating system, John Randall and Tony Morris rated Singapore an "average" winner of the St Leger. ==Stud record==

At the end of his racing career, Singapore became a breeding stallion in England before being exported to Brazil in 1943. The best of his offspring was the St Leger winner Chulmleigh. His other foals included Indian Call, the dam of Ballymoss. ==Sire line tree==

• Singapore • Chulmleigh • Whiteway • Skoiter • Sunsalve • Arco • Scanno • Rivisondoli • Scai ==Pedigree==

Singapore is inbred 4S x 5S x 5D to the stallion Galopin, meaning that he appears fourth generation and fifth generation (via St Simon) on the sire side of his pedigree, and fifth generation (via St Simon) on the dam side of his pedigree. Singapore is inbred 4S x 4D to the stallion St Simon, meaning that he appears fourth generation on the sire side of his pedigree, and fourth generation on the dam side of his pedigree. Singapore is inbred 5S x 4D to the stallion Isonomy, meaning that he appears fifth generation (via Isoletta) on the sire side of his pedigree, and fourth generation on the dam side of his pedigree. ==References==