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Sickle (horse), the Glossary

Sickle (8 February 1924 – 26 December 1943) was a British-bred thoroughbred racehorse who was later exported to the US where he was twice the leading sire in North America. He was bred by Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby. Sickle was a full brother to Pharamond, who also was a successful sire in the US Their sire Phalaris, was twice the leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland and a three-time leading broodmare sire in Great Britain & Ireland.^[1]

Alanesian

Alanesian (1954–1977) was an American Thoroughbred racing filly and successful broodmare.

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American Champion Older Dirt Female Horse

The Eclipse Award for Champion Older Dirt Female Horse is an American Thoroughbred horse racing honor awarded annually to a filly or mare, four years old and up, for performances on dirt and main track racing surfaces.

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American Champion Sprint Horse

The American Champion Sprint Horse award is an American Thoroughbred horse racing honor.

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American Champion Steeplechase Horse

The American Champion Steeplechase Horse is an American horse racing honor awarded as part of the Eclipse Award program since its inception in 1971.

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American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly

The American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly is an American Thoroughbred horse racing honor awarded annually to a female horse in Thoroughbred flat racing.

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American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse

The American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse is an American Thoroughbred horse racing honor awarded annually in Thoroughbred flat racing.

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American Champion Two-Year-Old Male Horse

The American Champion Two-Year-Old Male Horse is an American Thoroughbred horse racing honor awarded annually in Thoroughbred flat racing.

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American Horse of the Year

The American Award for Horse of the Year, one of the Eclipse Awards, is the highest honor given in American thoroughbred horse racing.

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Belmont Stakes

The Belmont Stakes is an American Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds run at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York.

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Blood-Horse magazine Top 100 Racehorses of the 20th Century

Around 1998, The Blood-Horse magazine polled a seven-person panel of distinguished horse racing people: Keeneland racing secretary Howard Battle, Maryland Jockey Club vice president Lenny Hale, Daily Racing Form columnist Jay Hovdey, Sports Illustrated senior writer William Nack, California senior steward Pete Pedersen, Louisville Courier-Journal racing writer Jennie Rees and Gulfstream Park steward Tommy Trotter.

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Bona Vista

Bona Vista (1889–1909) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse. Sickle (horse) and Bona Vista are racehorses bred in the United Kingdom.

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But Why Not

But Why Not (foaled in 1944) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse.

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Canterbury Pilgrim

Canterbury Pilgrim (1893–1917) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. Sickle (horse) and Canterbury Pilgrim are racehorses bred in the United Kingdom.

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Counterpoint (horse)

Counterpoint (1948–1969) was an American ChampionThoroughbred racehorse.

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Cravat (horse)

Cravat (1935–1954) was an American record-setting Thoroughbred racehorse who won races on both dirt and turf that today are Grade 1 events.

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Cyllene (horse)

Cyllene (1895–1925) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. Sickle (horse) and Cyllene (horse) are racehorses bred in the United Kingdom.

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Durban July Handicap

The Hollywoodbets Durban July Handicap is a South African Thoroughbred horse race held annually on the first Saturday of July since 1897 at Greyville Racecourse in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal.

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Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby

Edward George Villiers Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby, (4 April 1865 – 4 February 1948), styled Mr Edward Stanley until 1886, then The Hon Edward Stanley and then Lord Stanley from 1893 to 1908, was a British soldier, Conservative politician, diplomat and racehorse owner.

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Epsom Derby

The Derby Stakes, also known as the Derby or the Epsom Derby, is a Group 1 flat horse race in England open to three-year-old colts and fillies.

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Galopin

Galopin (1872–1899) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. Sickle (horse) and Galopin are racehorses bred in the United Kingdom.

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George Lambton

George Lambton (23 November 1860 – 23 July 1945) was a British thoroughbred racehorse trainer.

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Hampton (horse)

Hampton (1872–1897) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and Champion sire. Bred by Lord Norreys, he was sired by 1863 St. Leger Stakes winner, Lord Clifden. His dam was Lady Langden whose sire, Kettledrum, won the 1861 Epsom Derby. A good stayer, Hampton won races from a sprint distance all the way to those at more than two and a half miles. Sickle (horse) and Hampton (horse) are racehorses bred in the United Kingdom.

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Hyperion (horse)

Hyperion (18 April 1930 – 9 December 1960) was a British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse, a dual classic winner, an outstanding sire, and considered to be one of the most important Thoroughbreds of the 20th century. Sickle (horse) and Hyperion (horse) are racehorses bred in the United Kingdom and thoroughbred family 6-e.

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Imbros (horse)

Imbros (1950–1972) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who set or equaled six track records including a new world record for seven furlongs in winning the 1954 Malibu Sequet Stakes at Santa Anita Park and equaled the world record for a mile and a sixteenth in winning the 1954 Californian Stakes at Hollywood Park Racetrack.

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Joseph E. Widener

Joseph Early Widener (August 19, 1871 – October 26, 1943) was a wealthy American art collector who was a founding benefactor of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. A major figure in thoroughbred horse racing, he was head of New York's Belmont Park and builder of Miami's Hialeah Park racetrack in Florida.

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Kentucky Broodmare of the Year

The Kentucky Broodmare of the Year is selected each year by the Kentucky Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association.

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Leading broodmare sire in Great Britain and Ireland

The list below shows the leading sire of broodmares in Great Britain and Ireland for each year since 1899.

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Leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland

The title of champion, or leading, sire of racehorses in Great Britain and Ireland is awarded to the stallion whose offspring have won the most prize money in Britain and Ireland during the flat racing season.

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Leading sire in North America

The list below shows the leading sire of Thoroughbred racehorses in North America for each year since 1830.

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Minoru (horse)

Minoru (1906 – circa 1917) was an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse who won two British Classic Races.

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Mr. Prospector

Mr. Sickle (horse) and Mr. Prospector are United States Champion Thoroughbred Sires.

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National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame

The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame was founded in 1950 in Saratoga Springs, New York, to honor the achievements of American Thoroughbred race horses, jockeys, and trainers.

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Native Dancer

Native Dancer (March 27, 1950 – November 16, 1967), nicknamed the Gray Ghost, was one of the most celebrated and accomplished Thoroughbred racehorses in American history and was the first horse made famous through the medium of television. Sickle (horse) and Native Dancer are United States Champion Thoroughbred Sires.

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Northern Dancer

Northern Dancer (May 27, 1961 – November 16, 1990) was a Thoroughbred that, in 1964, became the first Canadian-bred horse to win the Kentucky Derby. Sickle (horse) and Northern Dancer are United States Champion Thoroughbred Sires.

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Oedipus (horse)

Oedipus (1946–1978) was an American Champion Thoroughbred steeplechase racehorse.

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Phalaris (horse)

Phalaris (16 May 1913 – 28 February 1931) was a British bred Thoroughbred racehorse, later a Leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland and a Leading broodmare sire in Great Britain & Ireland. Sickle (horse) and Phalaris (horse) are racehorses bred in the United Kingdom.

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Pharamond (horse)

Pharamond (1925–1952) was an English Thoroughbred racehorse who became a successful sire of Champions in the United States where he was registered as Pharamond II. He was a full brother to Sickle, who also stood at stud successfully in the United States. Pharamond was bred and raced by Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby. Sickle (horse) and Pharamond (horse) are racehorses bred in the United Kingdom and thoroughbred family 6-e.

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Pilgrimage (horse)

Pilgrimage (1875–1897) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse. Sickle (horse) and Pilgrimage (horse) are racehorses bred in the United Kingdom.

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Polymelus

Polymelus (1902–1924) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse who was the leading sire of racehorses in Great Britain and Ireland for five years (1914, 1915, 1916, 1920, 1921). Among his most famous descendants are Secretariat and Northern Dancer. However, it was through his son Phalaris that he will forever be remembered. Sickle (horse) and Polymelus are racehorses bred in the United Kingdom.

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Polynesian (horse)

Polynesian (March 8, 1942 – December 29, 1959) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse and sire.

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Preakness Stakes

The Preakness Stakes is an American thoroughbred horse race held annually on Armed Forces Day, the third Saturday in May at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland.

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Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe

| The Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe is a Group 1 flat horse race in France open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older.

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Raise a Native

Raise a Native (April 18, 1961 – July 28, 1988) was an undefeated Thoroughbred racehorse that was named 1963 champion two-year-old colt in the Turf and Sport Digest poll and was the highest rated juvenile in the Experimental Free Handicap. Sickle (horse) and Raise a Native are United States Champion Thoroughbred Sires.

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Sainfoin (horse)

Sainfoin (1887 – October 1911) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse that was the winner of the 1890 Epsom Derby and was the sire of Rock Sand, the tenth winner of the Triple Crown in 1903. Sickle (horse) and Sainfoin (horse) are racehorses bred in the United Kingdom.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sickle_(horse)

, Timeform, Tristan (horse), Unbreakable (horse), 2000 Guineas Stakes.

Sickle (horse), the Glossary

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See also

1924 racehorse births

1943 racehorse deaths

Thoroughbred family 6-e

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