Fyldener
Fyldener | |
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Sire | Sir Peter Teazle |
Grandsire | Highflyer |
Dam | Fanny |
Damsire | Diomed |
Sex | Stallion |
Foaled | 1803 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Colour | Bay |
Owner | John Clifton |
Record | 10:6-0-2 |
Major wins | |
St Leger Stakes (1806) |
Fyldener (1803–1829) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire best known for winning the classic St Leger Stakes in 1806. In a racing career which lasted from June 1806 until June 1809 he won six times from ten competitive starts. As a three-year-old, Fyldener won his first four races, culminating with a win in the St Leger at Doncaster Racecourse. He failed to win in an abbreviated 1807 season and missed the whole of 1808, before returning as a six-year-old in 1809 to win his last two races. After his retirement from racing he had a long, but relatively undistinguished career as a breeding stallion.
Background
Fyldener was a bay horse "of great size and power" with black legs and no white markings, bred by John Clifton.[1] His sire, Sir Peter Teazle (or simply "Sir Peter") won the Epsom Derby in 1787 and became the most successful stallion of the time, winning the title of Champion sire on ten occasions between 1799 and 1809.[2] His Dam, Fanny, was an important broodmare, having previously produced the Doncaster Cup winner and Derby runner-up Sir Oliver, and a successful racehorse named Poulton. Fanny's other direct descendants included Chapeau d'Espagne and Rattlewings, the Foundation mare of Thoroughbred family 13-e.[3] Fyldener is a name given to an inhabitant of the Fylde peninsula in Lancashire.
Racing career
1806: three-year-old season
Fyldener was unraced as a two-year-old and began his racing career at the
On 23 September, Fyldener was one of fifteen colts and fillies to contest the thirty-first running of the St Leger Stakes at
1807: four-year-old season
On 26 August, Fyldener made his first appearance as a four-year-old in a three-mile sweepstakes at York. He started the 7/4 favourite, but finished third of the five runners behind Christopher Wilson's colt Smuggler and the 1806 Derby winner Paris.[13] Later at the same meeting Fyldener was scheduled to run a one-mile match race against Richard Watt's Shuttlecock, but Watt paid a forfeit 250 guineas, when his colt failed to appear for the race.[14] In September, Fyldener returned to the scene of his classic victory to contest the Fitzwilliam Stakes over one and a half miles at Doncaster. He started the odds-on favourite, but finished fifth of the seven runners behind Sir Thomas Gascoigne's filly Thomasina.[15]
1809: six-year-old season
Fyldener missed the whole of the 1808 season before returning as a six-year-old in 1809. On 1 May at Chester Racecourse he finished fifth in the first heat of a maiden plate and was withdrawn from the subsequent heats. Four days later he was entered in a handicap race at the same course, in which he was assigned a weight of 130 pounds. Fyldener won by half a neck from Cestrian in what was described as a "fine race"[16] to record his first win since his St Leger victory.[17] Fyldener's final race was a four-mile sweepstakes at Newton Racecourse on 16 June. He won a "severe race to the end"[18] by half a length from Miss Blanchard and Stilton.[19]
Stud career
Fyldener spent his stud career at Croft's Farm, near
Pedigree
Sire Sir Peter Teazle (GB) 1784 |
Highflyer 1774 |
Herod* | Tartar |
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Cypron | |||
Rachel | Blank* | ||
Regulus mare*^ | |||
Papillon 1769 |
Snap | Snip | |
sister to Slipby | |||
Miss Cleveland | Regulus^ | ||
Midge | |||
Dam Fanny (GB) 1790 |
Diomed 1777 |
Florizel | Herod* |
Cygnet mare | |||
sister to Juno | Spectator | ||
Horatia | |||
Ambrosia 1783 |
Woodpecker | Herod* | |
Miss Ramsden | |||
Ruth | Blank* | ||
Regulus mare*^ (Family:13)[3] |
* Fyldener is inbred 3S x 4D x 4D to the stallion Herod, meaning that he appears third generation once on the sire side of his pedigree and fourth generation twice on the dam side of his pedigree.
* Fyldener is inbred 4S x 4D to the stallion Blank, meaning that he appears fourth generation on the sire side of his pedigree and fourth generation on the dam side of his pedigree.
* Fyldener is inbred 4S x 4D to the mare Regulus mare, meaning that she appears fourth generation on the sire side of his pedigree and fourth generation on the dam side of his pedigree.
^ Fyldener is inbred 5S x 4S x 5D to the stallion Regulus, meaning that he appears fifth and fourth generation once each on the sire side of his pedigree, and fifth generation once on the dam side of his pedigree.
References
- ^ a b Edward and James Weatherby (1814). Racing calendar. 1813. C H Reynell. p. 427. Retrieved 2013-03-16.
- ^ "Leading Sires of Great Britain and Ireland". Tbheritage.com. Retrieved 2012-01-30.
- ^ a b "Thoroughbred Bloodlines - Sedbury Royal Mare - Family 13". Bloodlines.net. Retrieved 2013-03-16.
- ^ Edward and James Weatherby (1807). Racing calendar. 1806. H Reynell. p. 38. Retrieved 2013-03-16.
- ^ Sporting magazine (Apr. -Sept. 1806). Wheble. 1806. p. 30. Retrieved 2013-03-16.
- ^ Edward and James Weatherby (1807). Racing calendar. 1806. H Reynell. p. 39. Retrieved 2013-03-16.
- ^ Sporting magazine (Apr. -Sept. 1806). Wheble. 1806. p. 71. Retrieved 2013-03-16.
- ^ Edward and James Weatherby (1807). Racing calendar. 1806. H Reynell. p. 97. Retrieved 2013-03-16.
- ^ Sporting magazine (Apr. -Sept. 1806). Wheble. 1806. p. 266. Retrieved 2013-03-16.
- ^ Sporting magazine (Oct. 1806-Mar. 1807). Wheble. 1807. p. 313. Retrieved 2013-03-16.
- ^ Edward and James Weatherby (1807). Racing calendar. 1806. H Reynell. p. 125. Retrieved 2013-03-16.
- ^ Edward and James Weatherby (1807). Racing calendar. 1806. H Reynell. p. 127. Retrieved 2013-03-16.
- ^ Edward and James Weatherby (1808). Racing calendar. 1807. H Reynell. p. 115. Retrieved 2013-03-16.
- ^ Edward and James Weatherby (1808). Racing calendar. 1807. H Reynell. p. 118. Retrieved 2013-03-16.
- ^ Edward and James Weatherby (1808). Racing calendar. 1807. H Reynell. p. 141. Retrieved 2013-03-16.
- ^ Sporting magazine (Apr. -Sept. 1809). Wheble. 1809. p. 24. Retrieved 2013-03-16.
- ^ Edward and James Weatherby (1810). Racing calendar. 1809. H Reynell. p. 25. Retrieved 2013-03-16.
- ^ Sporting magazine (Apr. -Sept. 1809). Wheble. 1809. p. 39. Retrieved 2013-03-16.
- ^ Edward and James Weatherby (1810). Racing calendar. 1809. H Reynell. p. 61. Retrieved 2013-03-16.
- ^ Edward and James Weatherby (1818). Racing calendar. 1817. C H Reynell. p. 424. Retrieved 2013-03-16.
- ^ Edward and James Weateherby (1826). Racing calendar. 1825. C H Reynell. p. 544. Retrieved 2013-03-16.
- ^ Weatherby (1832). "Obituary of stallions". The General Stud Book. 1–2: 1030. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
- ^ "Fyldener pedigree". equineline.com. 2012-05-08. Retrieved 2013-03-16.