Selim (horse)
Selim | |
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Sire | Buzzard |
Grandsire | Woodpecker |
Dam | Alexander mare |
Damsire | Alexander |
Sex | Stallion |
Foaled | 1802 |
Country | Great Britain |
Colour | Chestnut |
Breeder | General Sparrow |
Owner | Prince of Wales D. Radcliffe Arthur Shakespear |
Record | 8: 5-3-0 |
Major wins | |
First class October Oatlands Stakes (1806) Craven Stakes (1807) Third class October Oatlands Stakes (1807) Match against Lydia (1808) | |
Awards | |
Leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland (1814) |
Selim (1802–1825) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse. He was owned by the Prince of Wales, D. Radcliffe and later Arthur Shakespear. After retiring from racing he became a successful stallion and was British Champion sire in 1814. His progeny included Azor, Medora, Sultan and Turquoise.
Background
Selim was a chestnut colt bred by General Sparrow and foaled in 1802. He was sired by Buzzard, who won the Craven Stakes twice and the Jockey Club Plate.[1] Selim's dam was the bay Alexander mare, a daughter of Alexander. She also produced Castrel, Rubens and Bronze (all of whom for full-siblings to Selim.[2]
Racing career
1806: Four-year-old season
Selim did not race until he was four years old. He made his debut on 29 July 1806 at Brighthelmston, where he beat the colt Wormwood over a mile for 50 guineas.[3] His only other race of the season was in the first class October Oatlands Stakes over a mile at Newmarket. Now the property of D. Radcliffe, he started the 7/4 favourite in the field of five and won the race from Captain Absolute, with second-favourite Lydia finishing in third place.[4]
1807: Five-year-old season
Selim returned to the track as a five-year-old in the Craven Stakes at Newmarket on 30 March 1807, when he started favourite of the eleven-strong field. Selim won the race from Walton and Currycomb, who finished in second and third respectively.[5] Two days later he finished second to Lydia in the £50 Subscription Place.[6] He then won the third class October Oatlands Stakes at Newmarket from Gaiety, after starting the odds-on favourite of the five runners.[7]
1808: Six-year-old season
Selim beat Lydia for 200 guineas in April 1808 at the Newmarket Craven meeting.[8] He was then acquired by Arthur Shakespear and was beaten by Tim in a match race at Newmarket. Tim was apparently carrying much less weight than Selim.[9] He lost another match race in October, this time to Earl Grosvenor's Violante.[10] This was Selim's last race and he was then retired to stud.
Stud career
In his first season at stud Selim stood at Six Mile Bottom near Newmarket for a fee of ten guineas and half a guinea for the groom.[11] The following year he moved to Newmarket itself and his fee doubled to twenty guineas and one guinea to the groom.[12] He went on to become a successful stallion and was British Champion sire in 1814. His progeny included Epsom Derby winner Azor, Epsom Oaks winners Medora and Turquoise, 2000 Guineas winners Nicolo and Turcoman and an unnamed filly that won the 1000 Guineas. Selim also sired six-time Champion sire Sultan. He died in 1825.[1]
Pedigree
Sire Buzzard (GB) 1787 |
Woodpecker (GB) 1773 |
Herod* 1758 |
Tartar |
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Cypron | |||
Miss Ramsden | Cade | ||
Sister to Fair Star | |||
Misfortune (GB) 1775 |
Dux 1769 |
Matchem | |
Duchess | |||
Curiosity 1760 |
Snap | ||
Sister to Miss Belsea | |||
Dam Alexander mare (GB) |
Alexander (GB) 1782 |
Eclipse 1764 |
Marske |
Spilletta | |||
Grecian Princess 1770 |
Williams's Forester | ||
Coalition colt mare | |||
Highflyer mare (GB) 1780 |
Highflyer 1774 |
Herod* | |
Rachel | |||
Alfred mare 1775 |
Alfred | ||
Engineer mare |
* Selim was inbred 3x4 to Herod. This means that the stallion appears once in the third generation and once in the fourth generation of his pedigree.
Sire line tree
- Selim[15][16][17]
- Fandago
- Champion
- Azor
- Sultan[18]
- Augustus
- Mahmoud
- Hoemus
- Beiram
- Phlegon
- Leopold
- Phaeton
- Phlegon
- Alpheus
- Evenus
- Despot
- Hooton
- Brill
- Hooton
- Divan
- Ishmael
- Ilderim
- Ishmaelite
- Harold
- Dr. Jenner
- Vaccination
- Hambledon
- The Star of Erin
- Abd El Kader
- Burgundy
- Old Malt
- Shanbally
- Glencoe
- Thornhill
- Winnebago
- Glencoe (Howard)
- Union
- Highlander
- Everlasting
- Star Davis
- Jerome Edger
- Metaire
- Day Star
- Darby
- Vandal
- Little Arthur
- Pryor
- Bay Dick
- Bay Wood
- Bonnie Laddie
- Foreigner
- France
- King Bird
- Glencoe Jr.
- Walnut
- O'Meara
- Trumeter
- Young Trumpeter
- Glencoe (Hunter)
- Ibrahim
- Bay Middleton[19]
- Bramble
- Farintosh
- Gaper
- Bay Momus
- Pastoral
- Collingwood
- Cowl
- The Confessor
- The Friar
- The Grand Inquisitor
- Capucine
- Joy
- Gabbler
- Planet
- Aster
- The Flying Dutchman[20]
- St. Aubyn
- Hesperus
- Sir Birtram
- Diomedes
- Barbatus
- Vanderdecken
- Andover
- Craymond
- Walkington
- The Hermit
- Freetrader
- Milton
- Anton
- Hampton
- Achmet
- Dardanelles
- Hibiscus
- Jereed
- Great Heart
- Nat
- The Bishop of Romford's Cob
- The Free Lance
- Sultan Jr.
- Wisdom
- Caesar
- Clarion
- Kremlin
- Scutari
- Feramorz
- De Vere
- Langar[21]
- Felt
- Godolphin
- Fang
- Philip the First
- King Dan
- Ratcatcher
- Stockport
- Cotton Lord
- Post Tempore
- Elis
- Jordan
- Kentuckian
- Master Wags
- La Cloture
- Nat
- Epirus
- Pyrrhus the First
- King Alfred
- New Warrior
- Magus
- Snowden
- Mouravieff
- Ringer
- Pitsford
- Ramornie
- Ephesus
- Emilius
- Grecian
- Warhawk
- Buzzard
- Camden
- Little Harry
- Epaminondas
- Pyrrhus the First
- Lord Stafford
- Epidaurus
- Montreal
- Langar
- Flagsman
- Galanthus
- Felt
- Marcellus
- Nicolo
- Saracen
- The Moslem
- Turcoman
- Roscius
References
- ^ a b "Selim". Bloodlines.net. Retrieved 2012-12-27.
- ^ "Langar". Tbheritage.com. Retrieved 2012-12-27.
- ^ "Racing calendar. 1806". Babel.hathitrust.org. 2010-10-03. Retrieved 2012-12-27.
- ^ "Racing calendar. 1806". Babel.hathitrust.org. 2010-10-03. Retrieved 2012-12-27.
- ^ "Racing calendar. 1807". Babel.hathitrust.org. 2010-09-23. Retrieved 2012-12-27.
- ^ "Racing calendar. 1807". Babel.hathitrust.org. 2010-09-23. Retrieved 2012-12-27.
- ^ "Racing calendar. 1807". Babel.hathitrust.org. 2010-09-23. Retrieved 2012-12-27.
- ^ "Racing calendar. 1808". Babel.hathitrust.org. 2010-10-03. Retrieved 2012-12-27.
- ^ "Racing calendar. 1808". Babel.hathitrust.org. 2010-10-03. Retrieved 2012-12-27.
- ^ "Racing calendar. 1808". Babel.hathitrust.org. 2010-10-03. Retrieved 2012-12-27.
- ^ "Racing calendar. 1808". Babel.hathitrust.org. 2010-10-03. Retrieved 2012-12-27.
- ^ "Racing calendar. 1809". Babel.hathitrust.org. 2010-10-03. Retrieved 2012-12-27.
- ^ "Selim (GB) pedigree". equineline.com. 2012-05-08. Retrieved 2012-12-27.
- ^ "Buzzard". Bloodlines.net. Retrieved 2012-12-27.
- ^ Byerley Turk Line
- ^ Selim Sire Line
- ^ Selim
- ^ Sultan
- ^ Bay Middleton Sire Line
- ^ Flying Dutchman
- ^ Langar