Tyrant (American horse)
Tyrant | |
---|---|
Sire | Great Tom |
Grandsire | King Tom |
Dam | Moselle |
Damsire | Jack Malone |
Sex | Stallion |
Foaled | 1882 |
Country | United States |
Colour | Chestnut |
Breeder | Belle Meade Stud (William Giles Harding) |
Owner | S. D. Bruce James B. A. Haggin |
Trainer | William R. Claypool |
Major wins | |
(1885) Withers Stakes (1885) Distillers' Stakes (1886)
American Classics wins: |
Tyrant (foaled 1882) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who came from California to win the 1885 Belmont Stakes, a prestigious race at Jerome Park Racetrack on the U. S. East Coast that would become the third leg of the U.S. Triple Crown series.[1]
Background[]
Tyrant was bred by Gen. William Harding at his Belle Meade Stud in Tennessee. He was initially purchased as a yearling for $300 by Mr. S. D. Bruce of Kentucky but who a year later sold him to James B. A. Haggin who brought the colt to his Rancho Del Paso Stud in Sacramento County, California.[2]
In 1884, the two-year-old Tyrant was conditioned for racing on the Rancho Del Paso's three-quarter mile training track but it was decided that the colt was not yet ready for the rigors of competition and Tyrant only began his racing career as a three-year-old in 1885.[3]
Tyrant's easy win in the Withers Stakes marked the first time that a California horse with its California trainer had won a major race for three-year-olds on the East Coast.[4]
Racing at age four, Tyrant won the Distillers' Stakes at the Kentucky Association track in Lexington.
Stud career[]
Retired to stud at his owner's Rancho Del Paso, Tyrant met with limited success as a sire. Among his offspring, Tyrant's most successful runners included The Manxman, winner of the 1898 Carter Handicap.
Pedigree[]
Sire Great Tom |
King Tom | Harkaway | Economist |
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Fanny Dawson | |||
Pocahontas | Glencoe | ||
Marpessa | |||
Woodcraft | Voltigeur | Voltaire | |
Martha Lynn | |||
Venison mare | Venison | ||
Wedding-Day | |||
Dam Moselle |
Jack Malone | Lexington | Boston |
Alice Carneal | |||
Gloriana | American Eclipse | ||
Trifle | |||
Gazelle | Albion | Actaeon | |
Panthea | |||
Delta | Priam | ||
Gamma (family: A10) |
References[]
- ^ "1885 Belmont" (PDF). Belmontstakes.com. 1885-06-06. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
- ^ "Tyrant". The Breeder and Sportsman, page 369. 1885-06-13. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
- ^ "Tyrant". The Breeder and Sportsman, page 369. 1885-06-13. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
- ^ "Hurrah for Tyrant". The Breeder and Sportsman, page 344. 1885-05-30. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
- 1882 racehorse births
- Thoroughbred racehorses
- Racehorses bred in Tennessee
- Racehorses trained in the United States
- American racehorses