Swynford
| Swynford | |
|---|---|
Leading broodmare sire in Britain & Ireland (1932) | |
| Honours | |
| Swynford Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack | |
| Last updated on 13 November 2011 |
Swynford (January 1907 – 18 May 1928) was a British
Leading broodmare sire in Great Britain & Ireland
.
Racing career
Lord Derby died in June 1908 and his son
St. Leger Stakes, somewhat fortuitously since "half the racegoers in England declared... [the race] had been thrown away by Danny Meher on Lemberg"[2]
Sent back to the track at age four, Swynford won the Chippenham Plate, Princess of Wales's Stakes, Eclipse Stakes and his second straight Hardwicke Stakes. In September 1911, he suffered a serious fetlock injury during training that almost ended his life. Saved by the work of a veterinarian, Swynford was retired to stud duty for Lord Derby where he would prove to be a very successful sire and a sire of leading sires.[1]
Stud record
Swynford was the
Leading broodmare sire in Great Britain and Ireland in 1932, Sywnford's progeny included six British Classic race winners and in 1923 he was the Leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland
.
Among the notable horses Swynford sired were:
- Bettina – (1918) – 1,000 Guineas Stakes (1921)
- Blandford (1919) – Three-time Leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland (1934, 1935, 1938). Sired four Epsom Derby winners including the 1935 British Triple Crown winner, Bahram
- 1,000 Guineas Stakes(1918)
- Hainault (br. 1914)
- St. Leger Stakes(1919)
- Tranquil (1920) – won 1,000 Guineas Stakes (1923), St. Leger Stakes (1923)
- Sansovino (1921) – won Epsom Derby (1924)
- American Champion Older Male Horse, Devil Diver
- Frilford (1922) Port Adelaide Cup and Tatt's SA Tattersall's Cup
- Saucy Sue (1922) – won the 1,000 Guineas Stakes (1925), Epsom Oaks (1925)
- Challenger II (1927) – Leading sire in North America (1939). Sired U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductees Challedon and Gallorette, plus the 1946 American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly, Bridal Flower.[3]
Swynford was 21 years old when he died while at Woodlands Stud in Newmarket on 18 May 1928.[3]
Pedigree
| Sire John o'Gaunt 1901 |
Isinglass 1890 |
Isonomy | Sterling |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isola Bella | |||
| Dead Lock | Wenlock | ||
| Malpractice | |||
| La Fleche 1889 |
St. Simon | Galopin | |
| St.Angela | |||
| Quiver | Toxophilite | ||
| Young Melbourne Mare | |||
| Dam Canterbury Pilgrim 1893 |
Tristan 1878 |
Hermit | Newminster |
| Seclusion | |||
| Thrift | Stockwell | ||
| Braxey | |||
| Pilgrimage 1875 |
The Palmer | Beadsman | |
| Madame Eglentine | |||
| Lady Audley | Macaroni | ||
| Secret (Family 1-g)[5] |
References
- ^ ISBN 0-85131-129-6.
- Auckland, New Zealand. 3 March 1945. p. 6. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
- ^ a b "Swynford - offspring". Australian Stud Book. Australian Turf Club Limited and Victoria Racing Club Limited. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
- ^ "Swynford".
- ^ Morris, Simon; Tesio Power 2000 - Stallions of the World, Syntax Software
External links
- detailed racing and sire profile of Swynford at Thoroughbred Heritage
- Swynford at the National Horseracing Museum, Newmarket