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The Tetrarch
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| Foaled: |
1911 |
Died: |
1935 |
| Sire: |
Roi Herode |
Dam: |
Vahren |
| Dam Sire: |
Bona Vista |
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Horse |
| Colour: |
Grey |
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Breeder(s):
Edward Kennedy
Trainer(s):
Henry Seymour Persse
Owner(s):
Major Dermot Hugh Bingham McCalmont
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Description:
Known as 'The Rocking Horse' or 'The Spotted Wonder', this colt was a phenomonen. When a propsective buyer looked him over at Henry Persse's yard, he said he planned 'to cut him and turn him away, he might make a good steeplechaser one day.' The sale did not take place and instead Atty Persse passed him to his cousin, Dermot McCalmont.
The Tetrarch has been voted the two-year-old of his century, and the words of his rider and trainer best describe the horse. Stephen Donoghue said, 'To be on him was like riding a creature that combined the power of an elephant with the speed of a greyhound.' Atty Persse said 'I don't think he would ever have been beaten, over any distance. He was a freak and there will never be another like him.'
The Tetrarch was injured at the end of his two-year-old days and never raced again. At stud he was the shyest of breeders, just not interested! He sired only 130 foals in his lifetime, but 80 winners including a 2000 Guineas victor and three who were home first in the St Leger. As he grew older, his spots joined up. |
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