Florizel

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British Thoroughbred racehorse

title: "Florizel" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1768-racehorse-births", "1791-racehorse-deaths", "racehorses-bred-in-the-kingdom-of-great-britain", "racehorses-trained-in-the-kingdom-of-great-britain", "thoroughbred-family-5", "byerley-turk-sire-line"] description: "British Thoroughbred racehorse" topic_path: "people/1760s" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florizel" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary British Thoroughbred racehorse ::

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Field	Value
horsename	Florizel
sire	Herod
grandsire	Tartar
dam	Cygnet mare
damsire	Cygnet
sex	Stallion
foaled
country	Great Britain
colour	Bay
breeder	Sir John Moore
owner	Christopher Blake
Richard Vernon
record	23: 16-?-?
updated	26 August 2007
death_date
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Florizel (1768–1791) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse. He was a bay son of Herod foaled in 1768.

As a sire, he produced 175 winners who won a total of 75,901 pounds. Offspring included Eager (winner of the 1791 Derby), Tartar (St. Leger), Ninety-three (St. Leger), Brilliant, Diomed (winner of the Derby and a great sire in the US, producing Sir Archy), Ulysses, Moustrap, and Admiral. Important daughters included Leveret (dam of Lilliput), Fancy (dam of Rattle), Lucy (dam of Skylark), and the dam of Clifden.

Florizel died in 1791. 'Florizel' is on the permanent list, of The International List of Protected Names.Search for a Horse Owners / Trainers/ Activities http://www.racingnsw.com.au/default.aspx?s=search http://www.horseracingintfed.com/resources/NP_2014.pdf http://www.horseracingintfed.com/resources/NP_2014.pdf Lester Piggott, retired jockey, named his house 'Florizel'.House Names of the Rich and Famous http://www.housenameheritage.com/hnh_ng_richandfamous.asp

Sire line tree

Florizel
- Moustrap
- Crookshanks
- Diomed
  - Grey Diomed
  - Glaucus
  - Anthony
  - Cedar
  - Greyhound
  - Wrangler
  - Poplar
  - Albemarle
  - Peacemaker
  - Top Gallant
  - Truxton
  - Wonder
    - Tennessee Oscar
  - Florizel (Ball)
  - Vingt'un
  - Stump-the-Dealer
  - Potomac
    - Little John
  - Sir Archy
    - Cicero
    - Sir Arthur
    - Director
      - Aratus
    - Grey Archy
    - Spring Hill
    - Tecumseh
    - Young Sir Archy
    - Columbus
    - Reap Hook
    - Warbler
    - Walk-In-The-Water
    - Timoleon
      - Washington
      - Marquis
      - Sir John Falstaff
      - Hotspur
      - Jackson
      - Boston
    - Lawrence
    - Carolinian
    - Contention
    - Kosciusko
      - Pulaski
      - Clermont
      - Woodford
      - Romulus
      - Greybeard
    - Napoleon
    - Virginian
      - Byron
      - Mercury
      - Sidi Hamet
    - Sir Solomon
    - Rattler
      - Marylander
    - Sir Charles
      - Collier
      - Andrew
      - Frank
      - Wagner
    - Sir William
    - Childers
    - Roanoke
      - Grey Beard
      - John Hancock
    - Muckle John
    - Sumpter
      - Almanzor
      - Brunswick
    - Henry
      - Robin Hood
      - Gerow
    - John Richards
      - Corsica
    - Stockholder
      - Pumpkin Boy
    - Arab
      - Union
    - Bertrand
      - McDonough
      - Richard Singleton
      - Woodpecker
      - Bertrand Jr
      - John Bascombe
      - Arbaces
      - Gauglion Gangle
    - Cherokee
      - Whalebone
    - Marion
      - Cymon
      - John Blount
    - Phoenomenon
    - Sir Richard
    - Sir William of Transport
      - Sir Leslie
      - Plato
    - Janus
    - Rinaldo
    - Robin Adair
    - Gohanna
    - Occupant
      - Waxy
    - Pacific
      - Epsilon
    - Saxe Weimer
    - Crusader
    - Pirate
    - Sir Archy Montorio
      - Rodolph
    - Giles Scroggins
    - Industry
      - Goldboy
    - Merlin
    - Red Gauntlet
    - Tariff
    - Hyazim
    - Wild Bill
      - Gandor
    - Copperbottom
      - Rock
    - Longwaist
    - Zinganee
      - George Martin
  - Duroc
    - Sir Lovell
    - Trouble
    - Marshal Duroc
      - Marshall Bertrand
    - American Eclipse
      - Lance
      - Eclipse (Monmouth)
      - Goliah
      - Medoc
      - Shark
      - Mingo
      - Paul Clifford
      - Forward
      - Gano
      - Ten Broeck
      - Zenith
      - Eclipse (Brawner)
    - Cock of the Rock
    - Romp
    - Messenger Duroc
    - American Star (Stockholm)
      - American Star 14 (Seely)
  - Hampton
- Ulysses
  - Play or Pay
- King William
- Admiral
- Fortunio
  - King Bladud
  - Prince Frederick
- Fidget
  - Fidget Colt
- Brilliant
- Bustler
- Prizefighter
  - Swordsman
    - Spartacus
  - Buffer
    - Lenox
    - Abundance
    - The Curragh Guide
    - Master Robert
      - Skeleton
      - Drone
      - Regulator
      - Bags
      - Rust
        
        Polish
- Florizel
- Eager
- Slapbang
- Tartar
- Ninety-three

Pedigree

|name =Florizel, bay stallion, 1768 |inf = |f = Herod 1758 |m = Cygnet mare 1761 |ff = Tartar 1743 |fm = Cypron 1750 |mf = Cygnet 1753 |mm = Young Cartouch mare 1750 |fff = Partner (Old) 1718 |ffm = Meliora 1729 |fmf = Blaze 1733 |fmm = Salome 1733 |mff = Godolphin Arabian 1724 |mfm = Blossum c. 1742 |mmf = Young Cartouch 1731 |mmm = Ebony 1728 |ffff = Jigg |fffm = Sister One To Mixbury |ffmf = Fox |ffmm = Milkmaid |fmff = Flying Childers* |fmfm = Confederate Filly |fmmf = Bethel's Arabian |fmmm = Champion mare |mfff = (unknown) |mffm = (unknown) |mfmf = Crab |mfmm = Sister Three to Steady |mmff = Cartouch |mmfm = Sister to Red Rose |mmmf = Flying Childers* |mmmm = Old Ebony |}}

Florizel is inbred 4S x 4D to the stallion Flying Childers, meaning that he appears fourth generation on the sire side of his pedigree and fourth generation on the dam side of his pedigree.

References

(1834). "The General Stud Book". J. S. Skinner, Baltimore.
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[https://www.tbheritage.com/Portraits/Messenger.html Portraits: Messenger]
[http://www.tbheritage.com/Portraits/AmericanEclipse.html Portraits: American Eclipse]
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[https://www.racingmuseum.org/hall-of-fame/horse/american-eclipse-ny Hall of Fame: American Eclipse]
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[https://books.google.com/books?id=fYchAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22american+star%22+horse+1822+stockholm&pg=PA240 American Bloodstock]
[https://cdn.theatlantic.com/media/archives/1868/05/21-127/131867063.pdf THE TURF AND THE TROTTING HORSE IN AMERICA]
[https://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricSires/FoundationSires/FoundSiresU.html#Ulysses Foundation Sire: Ulysses]
[http://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricSires/FoundationSires/FoundSiresP.html#PayorPlay Foundation Sire: Play or Pay]
[https://www.clyx.com/books/wallace/the_horse_of_america_in_his_derivation_history_and/chapter_xvii_messenger_and_his_ancestors.htm CHAPTER XVII. MESSENGER AND HIS ANCESTORS]
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