Knight of Ellerslie
From The American turf (1898)
SireEolus
GrandsireLeamington
DamLizzie Hazlewood
DamsireScathelock
SexStallion
Foaled1881
CountryUnited States
ColorChestnut
BreederRichard J. Hancock
OwnerThomas W. Doswell
TrainerThomas W. Doswell
Major wins
Vernal Stakes (Pimlico) (1884)

American Classics wins:
Preakness Stakes (1884)

Knight of Ellerslie (1881 – 1906) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. In 1884 he won the Preakness Stakes and was second to Panique in the Belmont Stakes. These two important races would become the second and third legs of the U.S. Triple Crown series.[1][2][3]

Knight of Ellerslie was bred at Ellerslie Stud in Albemarle County, Virginia, owned by Richard Hancock. He was the father of Arthur B. Hancock, who would have inherited Ellerslie Stud but who later sold it in order to consolidate his breeding operations at his Claiborne Farm in Paris, Kentucky. Knight of Ellerslie was purchased by Major Thomas Walker Doswell of Bullfield Farm in Doswell, Virginia, who trained and raced him throughout his career on the track.[4]

As a sire, the best of Knight of Ellerslie's progeny was Henry of Navarre, the 1894, and 1895 American Horse of the Year and a future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee.[5][6]

Knight of Ellerslie died at Woodburn Stud in Kentucky in November 1906.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "1884". Preakness.com. Retrieved 2016-07-14.
  2. ↑ Calabrese, Joe (2015-05-15). "Preakness Stakes: Winning Horses, Jockeys & Trainers". Heavy.com. Retrieved 2016-07-14.
  3. ↑ "1884 Belmont stakes" (PDF). NYRA. 2019-11-14. Retrieved 2019-11-14.
  4. ↑ "Before there was Big Red…there was "the Great Red Fox"". Secretariat's Meadow. 2012-08-03. Retrieved 2019-11-14.
  5. ↑ The Bloodhorse.com Champion's history charts Archived September 4, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ "Henry of Navarre". Racing Museum.org. 1985-01-01. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
  7. ↑ Staff (November 11, 1906). "Noted horse passes away". Oakland Tribune. No. page 28.
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