Alipes (horse)

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Alipes
Sire Regulus
Grandsire Godolphin Arabian
DamLusty
DamsireLocust
Sex Mare
Foaled1757
Country Great Britain
Colour Brown or Bay
BreederWilliam Swinburn
OwnerSir B. Graham
1st Baron Grosvenor
Record8: 8-0-0
Major wins
Jockey Club Plate (1761)
Great Subscription Purse (1761)
Hambleton King's Plate (1762)
Newmarket King's Plate for Mares (1763)
Alipes' owner the 1st Baron Grosvenor Richard, 1st Earl Grosvenor.jpg
Alipes' owner the 1st Baron Grosvenor

Alipes (foaled 1757) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse. She was undefeated in her eight career starts, with her wins including the Great Subscription Purse for four-year-olds in 1761. She was owned by Sir B. Graham and later Richard Grosvenor, 1st Baron Grosvenor.

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Background

Alipes was a brown or bay filly bred by William Swinburn and foaled in 1757. [1] She was sired by the unbeaten Regulus, who was British Champion sire eight times. [2] [3] Her dam was Lusty, a daughter of Locust. [2]

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Regulus (horse) racehorse

Regulus was an undefeated Thoroughbred racehorse stallion foaled in 1739.

Racing career

Alipes first race was at the age of four in March 1761 at Newmarket, where she won a Sweepstakes of 300 guineas. The following month she beat Sir J. Moore's Dupe, Baron Chedworth's Dormouse filly, Sir Charles Sedley's Aelous and eight others to win the Jockey Club Plate. In June she won the Subscription Purse at Newcastle by beating Mark and Trudge. At York she faced Mark, Leander, Wilson's Arabian, Blank and Strawberry in the Great Subscription Purse for four-year-olds. She won the race after starting as the evens favourite. She finished the 1761 season by winning a 420 guineas Sweepstakes at Richmond. [1]

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Alipes was then purchased by the 1st Baron Grosvenor. At Hambleton in 1762 she beat the Duke of Cleveland's Miss Lincoln to win the King's Plate. She also won a race at Lincoln in 1762. Her final race came in April 1763 at Newmarket, where she easily won the King's Plate for Mares from Imogin and four others. She was then retired to stud unbeaten in her eight starts. [1]

Richard Grosvenor, 1st Earl Grosvenor British racehorse owner

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William FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Cleveland, 2nd Duke of Southampton was an English nobleman, styled Earl of Chichester from birth until 1730.

Stud career

As a broodmare at Baron Grosvenor's stud, she produced six foals. They were:

Mare female horse

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See also

Pedigree

Pedigree of Alipes, brown or bay mare, 1757 [1] [2]
Sire
Regulus (GB)
1739
Godolphin Arabian (unknown)(unknown)
(unknown)
(unknown)(unknown)
(unknown)
Grey Robinson Bald Galloway St Victor's Barb
Whynot mare
Snake mare Snake
Grey Wilkes
Dam
Lusty (GB)
1751
Locust Crab
1722
Alcock's Arabian
Basto mare
Fox mareFox
Childers mare
Pamela
1744
Orion(unknown)
(unknown)
Young Greyhound mareYoung Greyhound
Faustina

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