- Selima (horse)
Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename = Selima
caption =
sire =Godolphin Arabian Citation
last = Deubler
first = Cindy
author-link =
title = Belair Museums stand in path of "Progress"
journal = Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred
pages = 22-27
date = 2002-05
year = 2002
url = ] Citation
last = Remly
first = Lynn L.
title = Art Among the Oats: Belair Stable Museum
journal = Equine Images
volume = 2000
issue = 81
pages = 5-56
date = Fall 2002
year = 2002
id = ]
grandsire =
dam = Shireborn
damsire = Hobgoblin
sex = Mare
foaled = 1745
country =England flagicon|UK
colour = Bay
breeder =
owner =Benjamin Tasker, Jr.
record =
earnings = 2,500 pistoles
race =
awards =
honours =Selima Stakes atLaurel Park Racecourse
updated= September 12, 2008Selima was one of the most important
Thoroughbred horses of the 1700s and became one of the foundation mares of the American Thoroughbred. She was imported to theProvince of Maryland between1750 and1752 byBenjamin Tasker, Jr. Racing
In 1752, Selima won the biggest prize of the era, 2,500
pistole s atGloucester, Virginia which marked "the beginning of the remarkable racing contests between the rival colonies of Maryland and Virginia."Legacy
She produced 10 foals including Selim, Ebony and Stella.
The annual
Selima Stakes , now raced atLaurel Park Racecourse , was named after Selima in 1926 and first held at theMaryland State Fair with a $30,000 challenge cup for two-year-oldfillies . [cite book
last = Carson
first = Jane
title = Colonial Virginians at Play
publisher = Colonial Williamsburg
year = 1965
location = Williamsburg, Virginia
pages = 125
url =
doi =
id =
isbn = 0879351225
oclc = 526839]References
* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/selima7 Selima at Pedigree Query]
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