Editing Slip Anchor (section)

==Background==
Slip Anchor, was a "tall, rangy"<ref name="Timeform1985"/> bay horse with an irregular white [[star (horse marking)|star]] on his forehead in the shape of a lightning bolt. He was bred by [[John Scott-Ellis, 9th Baron Howard de Walden|Lord Howard de Walden]] in whose [[apricot (colour)|apricot]] colours he competed throughout his racing career. Slip Anchor was sent into training with [[Henry Cecil]] at his Warren Place stable in [[Newmarket, Suffolk|Newmarket]] and was ridden in all of his major races by the American jockey [[Steve Cauthen]].

Slip Anchor was sired by the 1978 Derby winner, [[Shirley Heights (horse)|Shirley Heights]]. His dam was Sayonara, a German-bred mare who produced several other winners including [[Lancashire Oaks]] winner Sandy Island.<ref name="bloodlines1">{{cite web|url=http://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Families/Family16c.htm |title=Thoroughbred Bloodlines – Little Agnes – Family 16-c |publisher=Bloodlines.net |access-date=2013-05-10}}</ref>