Selima (horse)
Selima | |
---|---|
Sire | Godolphin Arabian[1][2] |
Dam | Shireborn |
Damsire | Hobgoblin |
Sex | Mare |
Foaled | 1745 |
Country | Great Britain |
Colour | Bay |
Owner | Benjamin Tasker, Jr. |
Earnings | 2,500 pistoles |
Honours | |
Selima Stakes at Laurel Park Racecourse | |
Last updated on September 12, 2008 |
Selima was one of the most important Thoroughbred horses of the 18th century and became one of the foundation mares of the American Thoroughbred.[1][2] She was imported to the Province of Maryland between 1750 and 1752 by Benjamin Tasker, Jr.[1]
Racing[]
In 1752, Selima won the biggest prize of the era, 2,500 pistoles at Gloucester, Virginia which marked "the beginning of the remarkable racing contests between the rival colonies of Maryland and Virginia."[1]
Legacy[]
She produced 10 foals including Selim, Ebony and Stella.[1]
The annual Selima Stakes, now raced at Laurel Park Racecourse, was named after Selima in 1926 and first held at the Maryland State Fair with a $30,000 challenge cup for two-year-old fillies.[3]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e Deubler, Cindy (May 2002), "Belair Museums stand in path of "Progress"", Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred: 22–27
- ^ a b Remly, Lynn L. (Fall 2002), "Art Among the Oats: Belair Stable Museum", Equine Images, 2000 (81): 5–56
- ^ Carson, Jane (1965), Colonial Virginians at Play, Williamsburg, Virginia: Colonial Williamsburg, p. 125, ISBN 0-87935-122-5, OCLC 526839
External links[]
- Selima at Pedigree Query Retrieved August 2012
Categories:
- 1745 racehorse births
- Thoroughbred family 21
- Racehorses bred in the Kingdom of Great Britain
- Racehorses trained in the United States