- Orlando (horse)
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Orlando 
Sire Touchstone Grandsire Camel Dam Vulture Damsire Langar Sex Stallion Foaled 1841 Country Great Britain Colour Bay Breeder Jonathan Peel Owner Jonathan Peel Trainer Mr. Cooper Record 12: 10 wins Major wins July Stakes (1843)
British Classic Race wins:
Epsom Derby (1844)Awards 1851, 1854 & 1858 Leading sire in Great Britain & Ireland Horse (Equus ferus caballus) Last updated on 22 July 2011 Orlando (foaled 1841) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the Epsom Derby and as a Leading sire in Great Britain & Ireland.
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Racing record
Racing at age two, one of Orlando's most significant wins came in the July Stakes at Newmarket Racecourse. Ridden by Nat Flatman, the three-year-old Orlando finished second in the 1844 Epsom Derby but was awarded first place after an investigation concluded that winner "Running Rein" was in reality a four-year-old named Maccabeus who ran in Running Rein's name.
Stud record
Orlando stood at his owners stud until August 1851 when Peel held a dispersal sale and Orlando was sold to Charles Greville. Orlando was the Leading sire in Great Britain & Ireland three times, in 1851, 1854, and 1858. He was second and/or third on the sires list seven times between 1853 and 1861. In all, he was the sire of 352 horses who won a total of 797 races including four Classics. Teddington won the 1851 Epsom Derby, and Fazzoletto, Diophantus and Fitz-Roland, all won the 2,000 Guineas.[1] His daughter, Imperieuse won the St Leger Stakes and One Thousand Guineas, and was the dam of Deliane (won FR Prix de Diane).
Orlando was also the grandsire of Ruthless, winner of the inaugural running of America's Belmont Stakes in 1867 and one of only three fillies to ever win that American Classic.
Tabulated pedigree
Pedigree of Orlando (GB), bay stallion, 1841 Sire
Touchstone
Br. 1831Camel
1822Whalebone Waxy Penelope Selim mare (1812) Selim Maiden Banter
1826Master Henry Orville Miss Sophia Boadicea Alexander Brunette Dam
Vulture
1833Langar
1817Selim Buzzard Alexander mare (1790) Walton mare (1808) Walton Young Giantess Kite
1821Bustard Castrel Miss Hap Olympia Sir Oliver Scotilla (Family: 13-a)[2] References
- ^ "Orlando (GB)". http://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Bios2/Bios-NO/Orlando.htm. http://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Bios2/Bios-NO/Orlando.htm. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
- ^ "Orlando (GB) 1841". Australian Stud Book. Australian Turf Club Limited and Victoria Racing Club Limited. http://www.studbook.org.au/Horse.aspx?hid=531054. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
- Foulkes, N. (2010). Gentlemen and Blackguards: Gambling Mania and Plot to Steal the Derby of 1844. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson.
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Categories:- 1841 racehorse births
- Epsom Derby winners
- Thoroughbred racehorses
- Racehorses trained in the United Kingdom
- Racehorses bred in the United Kingdom
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