Bongrace was owned by Lord Rosebery. She won the Newmarket Jockey Club Cup in 1926 beating the older stallion, Glomming by a neck in a field of five. She was to win a total of eight races in her career. At stud, her best runner was Ribbon by Fairway who won the 1942 Middle Park Stakes. She was the champion juvenile filly and as a 3yo ran second in the 1,000 Guineas, Oaks, and St Leger Stakes. Her daughter Laurel by Hyperion produced Lark by Chanteur who won the Group 3 Cheshire Oaks at Chester and Cornwallis Stakes at Ascot. Lark’s full sister Laverock though was to be the one to continue the legacy of this line ultimately being responsible for Hurricane Run by Montjeu.
The German bred Hurricane Run was purchased by Michael Tabor and trained by Andre Fabre. He was a champion 3yo winning the European Horse of the Year and being the top ranked horse in the world for
