DOUBLE BED

Brown horse
1 m 68

1983 - 2003

 

 

PEDIGREE

 DOUBLE BED

 Be My Guest
ch. 1974

Northern Dancer
b. 1961

Nearctic

Nearco

Lady Angela

Natalma

Native Dancer 

Almahmoud

What A Treat
b. 1962

Tudor Minstrel

Owen Tudor

Sansonnet 

Rare Treat

Stymie

Rare Perfume

 Claire's Slipper
b.1974

Welsh Saint
b. 1966

St Paddy

Aureole 

Edie Kelly 

Welsh Way

Abernant

Winnings Ways 

Semislipper
b. 1967

Seminole II

Nasrullah 

Banish 

Sayaslipper
br. 1960

Sayajirao

Dusky Slipper 

 

 

MAIN WINNERS

 

JIM AND TONIC (94 - Jim French), Hong Kong Cup (Gr.1), 1999 Queen Elizabeth II Cup (Gr.2 - Hong Kong), Hong Kong International Bowl (Gr.2), Dubai Duty Free 2001 (Gr.2), Prix Perth (Gr.3 - twice), du Chemin de Fer du Nord (Gr.3), La Coupe de Maisons-Laffitte (Gr.3), Grand Prix de Bordeaux (L.), 2nd Prix Maurice de Gheest (Gr.1), Lockinge Stakes (Gr.1), Queen Elizabeth II Cup (Gr.2 then Gr.1 in 2001 - twice - Hong Kong), Singapore Airlines International Cup (Gr.1 - twice), Woodbine Mile St. (L., but level of a group 1), Prix du Rond-Point (Gr.2), du Muguet (Gr.2), La Coupe de Maisons-Laffitte (Gr.3), Prix Messidor (Gr.3), 3rd Atto Mile (Gr.1), Hong Kong Cup (Gr.1), Prix Exbury (Gr.3 - twice), 5th Hong Kong Cup (Gr.1)

RAJPOUTE (94 - Gairloch), Prix Niel (Gr.2), Guillaume d'Ornano (Gr.2), 2nd Prix Eugène Adam (Gr.2)
L'ANNEE FOLLE (93 - Gairloch), Prix Minerve (Gr.3), 2nd Coupe du F.E.E. (L.), Prix des Tuileries (L.), 3rd E.P.Taylor St. (Gr.2), 4th Prix Mélisande (L.)
BEDAVA (90 - Avatar), Grand Prix de Clairefontaine (L.), Grand Prix du Conseil des Alpes Maritimes (L.), 2nd Prix Lord Seymour (L.), Grand Prix de Clairefontaine (L.), 4th Prix du Lion d'Angers (L.), Montenica (L.)
COURT HOUSE (90 - Gairloch), Prix Altipan (L.), Grand Prix de Marseille (L.)
TOP SHAPE (92 - Faraway Times), Prix Eclipse (Gr.3), Senorita Breeder's Cup St. (Gr.3), Prix La Flèche (L.), 2nd Critérium d'Evry (L.), 3rd Honeymoon Hp. (Gr.3), 4th Prix de Cabourg (Gr.3), Critérium de Maisons-Laffitte (Gr.2)
INKATHA (94 - Mendez), Red Bank Handicap (Monmouth - Gr.3), Critérium de Lyon (L.), Pete Axthelm Hp (L.), 2nd Mac Diarmida Hcp. (Gr.3), Seattle Slew St. (L.), Mardi Gras Hdp. (L.), 3rd Maker's Mark Mile Stakes (Gr.2), Saranac St. (Gr.3), Prix Djebel (L.), Robert F. Carey Memorial Hdp. (Gr.3), 2000 Mardi Gras Handicap (Fair Grounds - L.), 4th Prix Roland de Chambure (L.)
BEDAWIN (96), Prix Edmond Blanc (Gr.3), Grand Handicap de Deauville (L.), Grand Prix de Marseille-Borély (L.), 3rd Grand Prix de Lyon (L.), 4th Prix du Muguet (Gr.2)
OMBRE LEGERE (99), Prix Pénélope (Gr.3)
DOUBLE SENS (01 - Majestic Light) - Prix Delahante (L.), 3rd Coupe des Trois Ans (L. - Lyon)
KILOMETRE NEUF (03) - Prix Jacques Laffitte (L.), 2nd Prix Tantième (L.), 3rd Prix Matchem (L.), Le Fabuleux (L.), 4th Prix Quincey (Gr.3), du Point du Jour (L.)

Hall Road (90), 2nd Prix de la Jonchère (Gr.3), du Lion d'Angers (L.), 4th Prix Daphnis (Gr.3)
Kassaboum (91), 2nd Prix Melisande (L.), 3rd Prix de Liancourt (L.), Coronation (L.)
Antinous, 2nd Derby de l'Ouest (L.)
Los Roques (99), 2nd Prix Matchem (L.), Grand Prix du Nord (L.), 3rd Grand Prix de Bordeaux (L.), 4th Prix Altipan (L.)
Subtile Bed (00), 2nd Prix Belle de Nuit (L.)
Trophy Wife, 3rd Prix d'Angerville (L.), 4th Prix Saraca (L.), de la Seine (L.)
Blanket Finish (98), 3rd Prix Rose de Mai (L.)
Fortis Green (99) - 3rd Derby du Languedoc (L.)
Double Tonic (99) - 3rd Prix La Moskowa (L.)

 

Jumping races

BEDAVA (90), Prix Hypothèse (h.), Prix Carmarthen (h.)

MATINEE LOVER (94), defeats AL CAPONE II in Prix Ingré 2000 (Gr.3) ; Prix Hypothèse (h. - Gr.3), 2nd Prix La Haye Jousselin (Gr.1), Grand Steeple-Chase d'Enghien (Gr.2), 3rd Prix Georges Courtois (Gr.2)

SNOW DROP (96), Grande Course de Haies des 3 Ans (Gr.3), Enghien ; at 4, Triumph Hurdle (Gr.1), Cheltenham ; Adonis Juvenile Novices' Hurdle (Gr.2), Kempton

Double Ange (98), 2nd Grand Prix de la Ville de Nice (Gr.3 - Cagnes-sur-Mer)
Quick Fire (04), 2nd Grand Prix de Pau (Gr.3 - 3 times), 3rd Grand Prix de Pau (Gr.3
), 4th Prix Renaud du Vivier (L. - Pau - twice)
Miroir du Lac (01), 2nd Prix Finot (L. - colts - Auteuil)
Sunrise Spirit (01), 2nd Prix Gaston Branère (L. - Auteuil), Le Guales de Mézaubran (L. - Auteuil)
Fils A Papa (99), 3rd Prix Marc Antony (L. - Auteuil)

 

 

 


DOUBLE BED

By BE MY GUEST.
 

7 races, 4 wins (3 groups), placed once.

Retired to stud in 1978.

Sire of Anfield, Assert, Astronef, Be Exclusive, Charmer, DOUBLE BED, Eve's Error, Faith Guest, Fort Boyard, Free Guest, Galtee, Go and Go, Grand Chelem, Guest Performer, Intimate Guest, Invited Guest, Lady Lodger, Lucky Guest, Luth Enchantée, Media Star Guest, Misty Wind, Most Welcome, My Patriarch, On The House, Pelder, Pentire, Prego, Smart Guest, Sojourn, Tryphosa, Two o' Clock Jump, What A Guest.

1st dam
CLAIRE'S SLIPPER, 2 wins. Pretty Polly Stakes (Gr.2), 3rd Athasi Stakes (Gr.3), 3rd Fasig Tipton CTBA Stakes (L.). Dam of 2 winners :
 

- Michelina (Bolkonski), exported to Italy. Dam of winners.
- Call Me Claire (Hello Gorgeous), placed. Grandam of DOUBLE CAR (Sleeping Car), Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris (Gr.1) (02), Grand Prix de Pau (Gr.3) (02), 2nd Prix Murat (Gr.2) (02).
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DOUBLE BED (Be My Guest), 20 races, 3 wins, placed 11 times, 2 587 000 F.

At 3 :
Prix de la Côte Normande, 2000 m (Gr.2)
2nd Champion St., 2000 m (Gr.1)
3rd Prix de Guiche, 1950 m (Gr.3)
4th Prix Jean Prat, 1800 m (Gr.1)
4th Washington DC International, 2400 m (Gr.1)
4th Prix Daphnis (Gr.3)

At 4 :
Grand Prix de Marseille, 2000 m (L.)
4th Prix Ganay, 2100 m (Gr.1)
4th Prix d'Ispahan, 1850 m (Gr.1)

At 5 :
Hialeah Turf Cup, 2400 m (Gr.1)

- TOP SLIPPER (Top Ville), 1 win.  Dam of :

    - TOP GLORY, 4 wins and 714 287 FF.  Royal Owl Handicap (L.), 2nd Prix La Force (Gr.3), 3rd Grand Prix de Vichy (Gr.3), 3rd Prix de Courcelles (L.), 4th Prix Maurice Caillault (L.).

2nd dam
SEMISLIPPER, 2 wins.
Dam of 5 winners :
  - SPARE SLIPPER (Track Spare), 6 wins on the flat and over the fences.
- MOUNT TALLANT (Allangrange), 3 wins on the flat and over the fences.
- CLAIRE'S SLIPPER (Welsh Saint), see above.
- ALPAGATA (Cavo Doro), winner at Trinidad.
- Caracuri (Radetzky), 2 wins, 3rd Classico General Joaquin Crespo (Gr.1).

3rd dam
SAYASLIPPER, 3 wins.
Dam of 3 winners :
  - SEMISLIPPER (Seminole II), see above.
- NEVERSLIP (Never Say Die), 2 wins.
- KILBRONEY(Tobrouk), 1 win, winner over the fences.

4th dam
DUSKY SLIPPER, 3 wins. Birdcatcher St. (L.), 2nd Tetrarch St. (Gr.3), 2nd Anglesey St. (Gr.3). Dam of 3 winners :
  - Dusky Boy (Sayajirao), 7 wins. 2nd Blandford St. (Gr.2), 3rd Beresford St. (Gr.2). Sire.
- WISE BOY (Le Sage), 4 wins.
- BONAVENTURE, 16 wins. Governor General's Cup (L.)
- Dusky Princess (Sayajirao). Dam of :
    - FIRST UP, 3 wins. Maher Nursery Hp. (L.), 2nd Waterford Testimonial St. (L.).
- Excessive, 4 wins. 2nd King's Stand St. (Gr.1), 3rd Palace House St. (Gr.3), 3rd Prix du Petit Couvert (Gr.3).
 



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