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{{Short description|Irish-bred Thoroughbred racehorse}}
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{{Infobox racehorse
| horsename = Double Form
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| record = 19:7-4-5
| earnings =
| race = [[Temple Stakes]] (1979)<br />[[King's Stand Stakes]] (1979)<br />[[Haydock Sprint Cup]] (1979)<br />[[Prix de l'Abbaye]] (1979)
| awards= Timeform rating 110p (1977), 123 (1978), 130 (1979)<br />Gilbey Champion Sprinter (1979)
| updated =
}}
'''Double Form''' (14 February 1975
==Background==
Double Form was a "big, strong, good-looking"<ref name="Timeform1977">{{cite book |author=Timeform staff| title=Racehorses of 1977| publisher=Timeform|year=1978|isbn=0-900599-25-1}}</ref> bay horse with no white [[Horse markings|markings]] bred in Ireland by his owner Baroness Thyssen. He was sired by Habitat, an American-bred, British-raced miler who became one of the leading European stallions of the 1970s and 1980s. His other progeny included [[Habibti]], [[Marwell (horse)|Marwell]], [[Rose Bowl (horse)|Rose Bowl]], [[Flying Water]], [[Homing (horse)|Homing]] and [[Sigy (horse)|Sigy]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pedigreepost.net/archives/HabitatPt2NigelPullen.htm |title=Habitat |publisher=Pedigreepost.net |date=2002-02-03 |accessdate=2012-08-04 |
==Racing career==
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Double Form began his third season with an easy win over six furlongs at [[Thirsk Racecourse]] and then finished second to [[Vaigly Great]] in the five furlong [[Palace House Stakes]] at Newmarket, beaten one and a half lengths. At Sandown in May, the colt recorded his first Group race success in the Temple Stakes, beating Ahonoora by a length, with the filly Greenland Park a length and a half away in third place. In June at Royal Ascot, Double Form was moved back up to Group One level for the King's Stand Stakes, in which he started at odds of 12/1 and ridden by John Reid. The field included Vaigly Great, Ahonoora, Golden Thatch ([[Ballyogan Stakes]], [[Greenlands Stakes]]), [[Devon Ditty]] ([[Cheveley Park Stakes]], [[Flying Childers Stakes]]) and King of Macedon ([[Prix Maurice de Gheest]]). The race was dominated from the start by Golden Thatch, Double Form and Ahonoora. When Golden Thatch weakened a furlong from the finish, Double Form went to the front and held off the persistent challenge of Ahonoora to win by three-quarters of a length.<ref name="Timeform1979">{{cite book |author=Timeform staff| title=Racehorses of 1979| publisher=Timeform|year=1980|isbn=0-900599-29-4}}</ref>
Double Form was aimed at the [[July Cup]] over six furlongs at Newmarket, but was withdrawn after contracting a viral infection, and did not appear again until the [[William Hill Sprint Championship]] at [[York Racecourse]] in August. He appeared to be less than fully fit and finished fourth behind [[Thatching (horse)|Thatching]], Ahonoora and Abdu, but was promoted to third after the winner was disqualified for causing interference in the closing stages.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19790908&id=UcFAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=46UMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3101,1632935 |title=Ile de Bourbon should win September Stakes |author="White and Gold" |publisher=[[Glasgow Herald]] |date=8 September 1979 |accessdate=2014-06-14}}</ref> In September, Double Form started at odds of 11/4 for the [[Vernons Sprint Cup]] and won by three lengths from Ahonoora. He was ridden in this race by the veteran [[Geoff Lewis]], who had been
==Assessment==
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==Stud record==
Double Form was retired from racing to become a breeding stallion at the Airlie Stud, near [[Dublin]] at a fee of £4,000 in 1980. He had little opportunity to establish, himself, dying
==Pedigree==
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[[Category:1975 racehorse births]]
[[Category:1983 racehorse deaths]]
[[Category:Racehorses bred in Ireland]]
[[Category:Racehorses trained in the United Kingdom]]
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