COPENHAGEN (GB) ch. H, 1808
{ } DP = 0-0-0-0-0 (0) DI = Inf CD = Inf - 12 Starts, 2 Wins, 3 Places, 6 Shows |
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| Owner: 1) General Thomas Grosvenor 2) Charles Stewart 3) Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Winnings: 12 Starts: 2 - 3 - 6
Newmarket unless stated:- 18 Apr 1811 - 50gns match (4/6) v Mr. Fisher's colt (con 27lbs); 6 Aug 1811 - 100gns stakes Huntingdon (from Huntingdon)
16 Apr 1811 - 3rd 100gns each stakes (to Sorcery); 20 Apr 1811 - beaten 50gns match v Tippitywitchet (rec 3lbs); 1 May 1811 - beaten 100gns match v Momus (4/7 con 6lbs); 7 Aug 1811 - 3rd Huntingdon Gold Cup; 11 Sep 1811 - 3rd 70gns County Purse Northampton; 7 Nov 1811 - 3rd [last] 120gns stakes Tarporley Hunt (to Stella and Oliver Cromwell); 7 Nov 1811 (same day) - 2nd 120gns Oatlands Stakes Tarporley Hunt; 4 May 1812 - 3rd £50 Chester; 7 May 1812 - 3rd Chester Gold Cup; 8 May 1812 - unplaced 10gns each Handicap Chester
The Duke of Wellington said of Copenhagen, "There may have been many faster horses, no doubt many handsomer, but for bottom and endurance I never saw his fellow"
The Duke of Wellington rode him for 17 hours continuously during the battle of Waterloo on 18 June 1815 and remained his primary mount during the occupation of France and at ceremonies after Napoleonic War
Died 12 February 1836
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Family Summary: (6), 1 (1), 2 (1), 4 (7), 6-a (2), 7 (5), 8 (3), 9-a (2), 9 (1), 11 (4), 13 (4), 15 (3), 21 (2), 26 (2), 34 (1), 48 (1), 71 (1),
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