Racing career Snurge

1 racing career

1.1 1989: two-year-old season
1.2 1990: three-year-old season
1.3 1991: four-year-old season
1.4 1992: five-year-old season
1.5 1993–1994: later career

racing career
1989: two-year-old season

snurge made first appearance in haynes, hanson , clark conditions stakes on 1 mile @ newbury racecourse on 22 september , finished third of 9 runners behind tanfith. month later ran in ten furlong maiden race @ nottingham. took lead briefly before finishing second blue stag, horse went on runner-up in 1990 epsom derby. in november, snurge sent france , moved in class contest group 1 criterium de saint-cloud. finished first 3 lengths intimiste, controversially disqualified , placed second racecourse stewards.

1990: three-year-old season

snurge missed part of 1990 season before reappearing @ ascot heath meeting after royal ascot in contested churchill stakes, finishing second head middle kingdom. after break of 2 months, snurge returned racecourse in great voltigeur stakes @ york. started 22/1 outsider of 5 horse field, headed king george vi , queen elizabeth stakes winner belmez. snurge took lead in straight , stayed on before being caught in last strides , beaten head belmez.

on 15 september @ doncaster, snurge started second favourite st leger @ odds of 7/2, filly hellenic, winner of ribblesdale stakes , yorkshire oaks starting favourite @ 2/1. 2 leading horses in betting dominated closing stages of race snurge taking lead hellenic in straight , running on beat filly 3 quarters of length. recording first ever win, becoming first maiden win st leger seventy-seven years. in october, snurge contested prix de l arc de triomphe @ longchamp, prestigious race of european flat-racing season. in finish dominated three-year-old colts finished third, beaten 3 quarters of length , half length saumarez , epervier bleu.

1991: four-year-old season

snurge began four-year-old season winning listed aston park stakes @ newbury , sent italy won group 1 gran premio di milano. after mid-summer break, snurge started favourite grand prix de deauville , won neck.

snurge s 3 victories led being considered serious contender 1991 prix de l arc de triomphe , started 8/1 fourth favourite behind three-year-olds generous, suave dancer , pistolet bleu. failed produce best form , finished last of fourteen runners. later in october, snurge sent italy finished third in gran premio del jockey club in milan before winning premio roma vecchia in rome.

1992: five-year-old season

snurge began five-year-old season finishing third in yorkshire cup before running unplaced in coronation cup , gran premio di milano. ran second in 4 successive races, finishing runner-up in grosser preis von berlin, aral-pokal, grand prix de deauville , irish st leger. sent canada contest canadian international stakes @ woodbine racetrack on 18 october. snurge finished second half length french-trained colt wiorno, awarded race on disqualification, after racecourse stewards found wiorno had repeatedly bumped third place ghazi in incredibly tight finish . beaten horses included urban sea , mashaallah. disqualification appealed snurge s victory confirmed ontario racing commission in november. on final appearance of season returned europe , finished unplaced in premio roma vecchia.

1993–1994: later career

snurge ran 6 times six-year-old in 1993. progress hindered viral infection in part of season. success came in august when defeated petit loup short head win grand prix de deauville second time. finished sixth behind vintage crop when favourite irish st leger 3 weeks later.

in 1994, snurge continued compete in major middle distance races failed win. best performances came when finished second in gran premio di milano , prix maurice de nieuil , third in aral-pokal. injured when finishing last of 6 runners in cumberland lodge stakes @ ascot in september , retired stud.