The Lambkin
The Lambkin | |
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Sire | St Leger (1884) |
The Lambkin (1881 – May 1900) was a British
Background
The Lambkin was a "great, leathering"[2] bay horse bred in England by Mr Clare Vyner. He was owned during his racing career by Vyner's brother Robert, who inherited him on Clare's death.[3] The colt was sent into training with Mathew Dawson at the Heath House stable in Newmarket, Suffolk.
He was one of the best horses sired by Camballo, who was trained by Dawson to win the
Racing career
1883: two-year-old season
The Lambkin made a successful racecourse debut when he won a Rous Plate worth £397 at Doncaster Racecourse. On his only other start of the year he ran unplaced in the Chesterfield Nursery Handicap.[5]
1884: three-year-old season
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The Lambkin's first appearance of 1884 came on April when he started a
On 8 June The Lambkin contested the £4,000
At Doncaster on 10 September The Lambkin was one of thirteen three-year-olds to contest the 109th running of the St Leger over fourteen and half furlongs. Absent from the race were the season's two best colts
Two days later at the same track, The Lambkin was stepped up in distance and matched against older horses in the two mile, five furlong Doncaster Cup. He finished second to the French six-year-old Louis d'Or with third place going to the 1883 St Leger winner Ossian.[11] At Newmarket on 7 October The Lambkin carried a weight of 116 pounds and started at odds of 100/6 for the Cesarewitch over two and a quarter miles. He began to struggle six furlongs from the finish and was unplaced in a race won by St Gatien.[12]
The Lambkin ended the year with winnings of £5,316.[13]
Stud record
The Lambkin was retired from racing to become a breeding stallion but made no impact a sire of winners. He did, however sire Standon Girl, a broodmare whose female-line descendants have included Peleid, Treasure Beach, Hethersett, Neasham Belle, Doyoun, Alexandrova and Humble Duty.[14] The Lambkin died in May 1900.[15]
Pedigree
Sire Camballo (GB) 1872 |
Cambuscan 1861 |
Newminster | Touchstone |
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Beeswing | |||
The Arrow | Slane | ||
Southdown | |||
Little Lady 1858 |
Orlando | Touchstone | |
Vulture | |||
Volley | Voltaire | ||
Martha Lynn | |||
Dam Mint Sauce (GB) 1875 |
Young Melbourne 1855 |
Melbourne | Humphrey Clinker |
Cervantes mare | |||
Clarissa | Pantaloon | ||
Glencoe mare | |||
Sycee 1864 |
Marsyas | Orlando | |
Malibran | |||
Rose of Kent | Kingston | ||
Englands Beauty (Family 1-r)[4] |
- The Lambkin was inbred 3 × 4 to Orlando meaning that this stallion appears in both the third and fourth generations of his pedigree.
References
- ^ a b "The Lambkin pedigree". Equineline.
- ^ a b c "The Doncaster St Leger". The Evening Post. 25 October 1884. p. 2 – via Papers Past.
- ^ a b c "Sporting Notes from England". Lyttleton Times. 31 October 1884. p. 3 – via Papers Past.
- ^ a b "The Prairie Bird – Family 1-r". Thoroughbred Bloodlines.
- ^ a b "Racing in France". Otago Witness. 14 June 1884. p. 20 – via Papers Past.
- ^ "Epsom Spring". Otago Witness. 14 June 1884. p. 20 – via Papers Past.
- Evening Star. 21 June 1884. p. 1 – via Papers Past.
- ^ "Sporting". The New Zealand Herald. 8 November 1884. p. 6 – via Papers Past.
- ^ "Racing in England". Otago Witness. 25 October 1884. p. 20 – via Papers Past.
- Wanganui Chronicle. 31 October 1884. p. 2 – via Papers Past.
- ^ "Doncaster Cup". The Press. 15 September 1884. p. 2 – via Papers Past.
- ^ "Racing in England". Otago Witness. 22 November 1884. Retrieved 2011-11-26.
- ^ "Sporting Notes". Daily Telegraph (New Zealand). 25 March 1885. p. 4 – via Papers Past.
- ^ "Wagtail – Family 21-a". Thoroughbred Bloodlines. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
- ^ "Sporting News". Birmingham Daily Post. 14 May 1900. p. 8.