Tarantella

Tarantella (foaled 1830) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare who won the classic 1000 Guineas at Newmarket Racecourse in 1833. After winning the Guineas in her third race, Tarantella was unplaced when favourite for the Oaks Stakes and was well-beaten in two other races later that year. She won two minor races in the following year and was retired from racing having won four times from nine starts between October 1832 and August 1834. She was later exported to France where she proved to be a successful broodmare. Background Tarantella was a long-striding chestnut mare bred by her owner Mr Cookes. She was sired by the Yorkshire-bred stallion Tramp, a successful racehorse and sire whose other progeny included The Derby winners St. Giles and Dangerous as well as the filly Charlotte West, the winner of the 1000 Guineas in 1830. Tarantella's dam Katherine, won the Albany Stakes for her owner the Duke of Rutland in 1824 and went on to become a successful broodmare. Apart from Tarantella she produced the Riddlesworth Stakes winner Viator and the champion sire Taurus. Racing career