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Connaught (1965 – 1987) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. Noted for his difficult temperament and front-running style he won seven of his sixteen races in a track career which lasted from October 1967 to July 1970. Owned and bred by Jim Joel, he was trained by Noel Murless and ridden in most of his races by Sandy Barclay.
As a two-year-old he showed great promise at home but refused to enter the starting stalls on his scheduled debut and then finished fifth in the Observer Gold Cup. In 1968 he ran poorly in the 2000 Guineas but proved himself a top class colt by running second to Sir Ivor in the Epsom Derby after looking likely to win entering the final furlong. Later that year he won the King Edward VII Stakes and Great Voltigeur Stakes but ran badly when favourite for the St Leger Stakes. As a four-year-old he won the Coronation Stakes, Prince of Wales's Stakes in the first half of the season before succumbing to a respiratory infection. At five he was unbeaten in three races, taking the Westbury Stakes and a second Prince of Wales's Stakes before ending his racing career with a win in the Eclipse Stakes.
After his retirement from racing he had steady success as a breeding stallion. He died in 1987.
Usage examples of "connaught".
The caravaners muttered and made gestures, but finally moved on, while High Marshal Connaught examined the map again.
The cold wet winds, he claimed, reminded him of Connaught, and from his Develin vantage point he could see all the way downriver to Rotherhithe and keep an eye on his four-legged assets.
Connaught that Teague Partry had sung of during his long raw watches on the Develin Tower.
Now, mortgagees in Dublin or London are not at all ready to take into account the difficulty of collecting rents in Connaught, and insist on being paid.
The very little cheerfulness there is in Connaught is quite absent from Munster, or at least the Tipperary border of county Limerick.
These men were the gunners, the Devons, and the Scots Fusiliers, who were taken in the donga together with small bodies from the Connaughts, the Dublins, and other regiments who, having found some shelter, were unable to leave it, and clung on until the retirement of their regiments left them in a hopeless position.
High Marshal Connaught was glaring, but the Wagonmaster never looked up.
High Marshal Connaught, High Marshal Suriest, and Sir Amberion, a paladin of Gird presently attached to the Training Order.
High Marshals Connaught and Suriest opened the door and called them out.
Amberion, High Marshals Connaught and Fallis, and four knights: Joris, Adan, and Pir, from the Order of the Cudgel, and Marek from the Order of Gird.
High Marshal Connaught turned left away from the river, leading them onto a rough slope of broken rock.
Pir managed to fight their way back to High Marshal Connaught, half-carrying Adan between them.
High Marshal Connaught had told them to keep wood back, in case of trouble.
When High Marshal Connaught stood there, and called on Gird, the stone seemed to melt into mist, revealing a stone stair.
Ahead, High Marshal Connaught turned to look into the faces of the rearmost row.