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King Tom
Statue of King Tom above the horse's grave at Mentmore Towers
SireHarkaway
GrandsireEconomist
DamPocahontas
DamsireGlencoe
SexStallion
Foaled1851
CountryGreat Britain
ColourBay
BreederSamuel Thellusson
OwnerBaron Mayer de Rothschild
Record6: 3-?-?
Major wins
Biennial Stakes (1853)
Triennial Produce Stakes (1853)
Awards
Leading sire in Great Britain & Ireland
(1870, 1871)
Last updated on 21 December 2021

King Tom (1851–1878) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and a leading sire in Great Britain & Ireland.

Pedigree

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He was a bay horse foaled in 1851, sired by Harkaway and out of the exceptional mare Pocahontas by Glencoe. King Tom was a half-brother to 14 of Pocahontas' foals including, Auricula (a stakes winner), plus Stockwell and his brother, Rataplan, both being by The Baron.[1]

Racing record

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King Tom won races at age two and at age three he was not quite recovered from an injury when he finished second by a length to Andover in the 1854 Epsom Derby. He came out of the Derby with a tendon injury that curtailed his racing for the remainder of the year. At age four, King Tom returned to the track and won one race before breaking down.

Stud record

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Retired to stud duty, King Tom became the foundation stallion for Baron Mayer de Rothschild's Mentmore and Crafton Studs. Between 1861 and 1877 he was one of the United Kingdom's top ten sires 14 times and the Leading sire in Great Britain & Ireland in 1870 and 1871. King Tom sired the 1866 and 1867 Epsom Oaks winners, Tormentor and Hippia, as well as the 1870 Epsom Derby winner Kingcraft. He also sired 1864 1,000 Guineas Stakes winner Tomato plus another outstanding filly Hannah who in 1871 won the Epsom Oaks, 1,000 Guineas and St. Leger Stakes. One of his most important foals was his daughter, St. Angela, dam of St. Simon and second dam of Orme.[2]

King Tom is the damsire of Favonius, winner of the 1871 Epsom Derby and the grandsire of the Irish Derby winner Umpire plus the grandsire of United States Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Ten Broeck.[2]

King Tom died at age twenty-seven in January 1878. He was buried in the grounds of Mentmore Towers beneath a life sized bronze statue by Sir Joseph Boehm. The statue is now at Dalmeny House in Scotland.

Sire line tree

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Pedigree

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Pedigree of King Tom, bay stallion, 1851
Sire
Harkaway 		Economist
1825 		Whisker Waxy*
Penelope*
Floranthe Octavian
Caprice
Fanny Dawson
1823 		Nabocklish Rugantino
Butterfly
Miss Tooley Teddy the Grinder
Lady Jane
Dam
Pocahontas
1837 		Glencoe
1831 		Sultan Selim
Bacchante
Trampoline Tramp
Web*
Marpessa
1831 		Muley Orville
Eleanor
Clare Marmion
Harpalice (Family: 3-m)

* King Tom is inbred 4S x 5D to the stallion Waxy, meaning that he appears fourth generation on the sire side of his pedigree, and fifth generation (via Web) on the dam side of his pedigree.

* King Tom is inbred 4S x 5D to the mare Penelope, meaning that she appears fourth generation on the sire side of his pedigree, and fifth generation (via Web) on the dam side of his pedigree.

References

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  1. ^ Thoroughbred Heritage: Pocahontas Retrieved on 2009-9-6
  2. ^ a b Morris, Simon; Tesio Power 2000 - Stallions of the World
  3. ^ Darley Arabian Sire Line: Pot-8-Os Branch
  4. ^ Sire Line: Pot-8-Os
  5. ^ Jumpers: Darley Arabian Sire Line
  6. ^ Portrait: King Tom
  7. ^ American Classic Pedigree: King Tom
  8. ^ Studbook: Early IJK
  9. ^ Portrait: Prince Plausible
  10. ^ Portrait: King Of The Vale
  11. ^ Portrait: Dalesman
  12. ^ American Classic Pedigree: Phaeton
  13. ^ Studbook: Early P
  14. ^ American Classic Pedigree: King Alphonso
  15. ^ American Classic Pedigree: Fonso
  16. ^ American Classic Pedigree: Joe Cotton
  17. ^ Hall of Fame: Ten Broeck
  18. ^ American Classic Pedigree: Ten Broeck
  19. ^ Portrait: Ten Broeck
  20. ^ An Old Kentucky Legacy: The Mighty Longfellow and Tom Broeck
  21. ^ American Classic Pedigree: Elwood
  22. ^ American Classic Pedigree: Lookout
  23. ^ Portrait: Kingcraft
  24. ^ The Thoroughbred Roots of Modern Show Jumpers: Kingdom
  25. ^ Family B-22: Brown Bess
  26. ^ American Classic Pedigree: Dick Welles
  27. ^ American Classic Pedigree: Wintergreen
  28. ^ Hall of Fame: Billy Kelly
  29. ^ American Classic Pedigree: Billy Kelly
  30. ^ Portrait: King Lud
  31. ^ American Classic Pedigree: King Ban
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