Jana. I was hoping for a few misses first. Go the might Fury. I was going to put up Silver, but the Lone Ranger in the saddle was a dead give away. lol
Based on the original clue, that is of course correct Bustino. My second clue ruled him out as he never ran again.
Mmmmm... came out of that race still unbeaten? Surely that stands for Morston. If Commander in Chief came out of his Derby unbeaten so did Morston. Your question didn't mention if they ran again.
And so did Bois Roussel, but like Commander in Chief ran after his Derby win and was similarly beaten.
I remember Commander In Chief's win - wasn't he rated Abdullah's second string going into the race behind Tenby?
There have been 3 Derby winners who didn't run as a 2yo: so the statistics are against a horse doing that. Commander in Chief was highly touted before he ran and did win the Glasgow Stakes at York ( a race much favoured by trainers Cecil, Stoute and Hern as a launching pad for a classic horse: sadly demoted and run somewhere else now) which was a black type race although only ever listed. He was not particularly impressive which probably led to Juddmonte's jockey Eddery choosing Tenby (also trained by Cecil) as his Derby mount. Bois Roussel won, the what seems to be considered a black-type race (the Prix Juigne: a Longchamp event for unraced 3yo colts and geldings) on his racecourse debut. On his second start he won the Derby at 20-1 ridden by English jockey Charlie Elliott. His only other run was a 3rd in the Grand Prix de Paris to the magnificent Nearco. Morston in comparison won a small maidens at closing event at Lingfield beating the hot favourite Kinglet (who 2 years later was one of Bustino's pacemakers in the KG) on his debut for Arthur Budgett. The following day the Budgett trained Projector came 2nd in The Lingfield Derby Trial and became the stable's first string for the classic. Edward Hide luckily got the mount in the Derby and in the parade ring was dismayed to be told by Owner/Breeder/Trainer Budgett to take it easy on this grandson of Ribot. He did, but the once-raced colt won at 28-1. Sadly he never ran again but Budgett said that in a gallop prior to his intended next run in the Great Voltigeur that he'd nver seen a horse work so well and that he absolutely murdered his galloping companions. Budgett always said that Morston was far superior to his half-brother Blakeney. Their mum Windmill Girl (2nd in the '65 Oaks for Budgett) died about this time and from about 7 foals had 2 Derby winners and a couple of other good horses.
