Sultan (horse)

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British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse

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::summary British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse ::

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Field	Value
horsename	Sultan
image	[[Image:Sultan (GB).jpg
sire	Selim
grandsire	Buzzard
dam	Bacchante
damsire	Williamson's Ditto
sex	Stallion
foaled	1816
country	Great Britain
colour	Bay
breeder	Mr. Crockford
owner	Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Exeter
awards	Leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland
updated	19 February 2010
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Sultan (1816-) was a British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse and a leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland for six successive seasons.

Breeding

He was by Selim (sire of six classics winners), out of Bacchante by Williamson's Ditto. Sultan was inbred to three great sires, Herod (4m x 4f), Eclipse (4m x 4f), and Herod's best son, Highflyer (4 x 4). Sultan was a bay with a blaze, a sock on the off (right) fore and near (left) hind, and a stocking near the fore and off the hind leg. He had a refined, beautiful head, well-sprung ribs, deep girth, and muscular, powerful hindquarters. Although he was a long horse he was a good weight carrier and sound, racing until the age of eight.

Racing career

Sultan had a good race record, winning 14 times. As a two-year-old, racing for Crockford, he placed third in the July Stakes, and second in the Derby Stakes, losing to Tiresias. He was one of the favorites in the St. Leger Stakes, but broke down in his morning gallop before the race. As a four-year-old, he placed second in the Port Stakes. When he was five, he won the Gold Cup at Newmarket Racecourse. He beat Gustavus (a Derby winner) in a match race as a six-year-old.

When he was seven, Sultan was purchased by Lord Exeter. Racing for him, the stallion won the Trial Stakes for a second time, another race at Newmarket, which was his preferred venue for running.

Stud record

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/Lambert_Marshall_-_'Sultan'_at_the_Marquess_of_Exeter's_Stud,Burghley_House-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" caption="''Sultan'' at the Marquess of Exeter's Stud, Burghley House"] ::

Sultan was then retired to the Marquis' stud farm at Burghley. He went on to be the leading sire in Great Britain & Ireland for six consecutive years (1832-1837). ::data[format=table title=""]

Foaled	Name	Sex	Major Wins/Achievements
1826	Green Mantle	Mare	Epsom Oaks
1827	Augustus	Stallion	2000 Guineas Stakes
1829	Galata	Mare	1000 Guineas Stakes, Epsom Oaks
1831	Glencoe I	Stallion	2000 Guineas Stakes
1832	Ibrahim	Stallion	2000 Guineas Stakes
1833	Bay Middleton	Stallion	2000 Guineas Stakes, Epsom Derby
1833	Destiny	Mare	1000 Guineas Stakes
1834	Achmet		2000 Guineas Stakes
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Sultan, a descendant of Herod, maintained the Byerley Turk sire line through to Djebel and to the present.

Sire line tree

Sultan
- Augustus
- Mahmoud
- Hoemus
- Beiram
  - Phlegon
    - Leopold
    - Phaeton
- Alpheus
  - Evenus
- Despot
  - Hooton
    - Brill
- Divan
- Ishmael
  - Ilderim
  - Ishmaelite
    - Herold
  - 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
    - Jack the Barber
      - John Bell
      - Fearnaught
    - Revill
    - Volscian
    - Therit
    - Virgil
      - Vagrant
      - Vigil
      - Virginius
      - Hindoo
      - Van Buren
      - Carley B
      - Vanguard
      - Isaac Murphy
      - Ben Ali
      - Tremont
    - Pompey Payne
    - Versailles
      - Ira E Bride
    - Survivor
    - Council Bluffs
    - Vagabond
      - Judge Morrow
    - Vicksburg
    - Voltigeur
      - Princeton
  - Frankfort
  - Little Arthur
  - Pryor
  - Bay Dick
    - Bay Wood
  - Bonnie Laddie
  - Foreigner
  - Nicholas I
  - France
    - King Bird
  - Glencoe Jr
  - Walnut
  - O'Meara
  - Trumpeter
    - Young Trumpeter
  - Glencoe (Hunter)
  - Panic
- Aurelius
- Caliph
- Ibrahim
- Bay Middleton
  - Aristides
  - Bramble
  - Farintosh
  - Gaper
  - Baveno
  - Bay Momus
  - Pastoral
    - Collingwood
  - The-Devil-To-Pay
  - Best Bower
  - Cowl
    - The Confessor
      - Cock-a-Hoop
    - The Friar
    - The Grand Inquisitor
  - Joy
  - Gabbler
  - Planet
    - Aster
  - Honeycomb
  - The Flying Dutchman
    - Ellington
      - Delight
      - Montgoubert
    - Fly-By-Night
    - Peter Wilkens
      - The Quack
      - Benvolio
    - Flying Pieman
      - Old England
    - Ignoramus
      - Ignorant
    - Purston
      - Sir Watkin
    - Amsterdam
    - Duneany
    - Glenbuck
    - The Rover
    - Cape Flyaway
      - Good Hope
    - Tom Bowline
      - Make Haste
    - Winton
    - Young Dutchman
    - Ellerton
    - Romulus
    - Walloon
    - Dollar
      - Dami
      - Il Maestro
      - Salvanos
      - Androcles
      - Saint Cyr
      - Salvator
      - Fountainebleau
      - Patriarche
      - Thieusies
      - Greenback
      - Prologue
      - Vignemale
      - Louis D'Or
      - Saumur
      - Cimier
      - Garrick
      - Martin Pecheur
      - Sansonnet
      - The Condor
      - Saint Honore
      - Souci
      - Upas
      - Acheron
      - Bocage
      - Dauphin
      - Cerbere
    - Tourmalet
    - Dutch Skater
      - Insulaire
      - Burgomaster
      - Dutch Roller
      - Sherbrooke
      - Yellow
      - Accumulator
    - Massinissa
    - Jarnac
      - Old Tom
  - Osterley
  - Hesperus
    - Sir Birtram
    - Diomedes
      - Parawhenua
      - Kakupo
  - St Aubyn
  - Barbatus
  - Vanderdecken
  - Andover
    - Craymond
      - Harmonium
      - Post Haste
    - Walkington
  - The Hermit
    - Freetrader
  - Autocrat
  - Bessus
  - Milton
  - Anton
- Hampton
  - Leaconfield
- Achmet
- Adrian
- Dardanelles
- Hibiscus
- Jereed
  - Great Heart
  - Nat
  - The Bishop of Romford's Cob
  - The Free Lance
- Sultan Jr
- Wisdom
- Caesar
- Clarion
- Kremlin
- Scutari

Pedigree

|name = Sultan (GB), bay stallion, 1816 |f = Selim 1802 |m = Bacchante 1809 |ff = Buzzard 1787 |fm = Alexander mare 1790 |mf = Williamson's Ditto 1800 |mm = Mercury mare 1791 |fff = Woodpecker |ffm = Misfortune |fmf = Alexander |fmm = Highflyer mare (1780) |mff = Sir Peter Teazle |mfm = Arethusa |mmf = Mercury |mmm = Herod mare (1776) |ffff = Herod*^ |fffm = Miss Ramsden |ffmf = Dux |ffmm = Curiosity |fmff = Eclipse* |fmfm = Grecian Princess |fmmf = Highflyer*^ |fmmm = Alfred mare (1775) |mfff = Highflyer^* |mffm = Papillon |mfmf = Dungannon |mfmm = Prophet mare (1777) |mmff = Eclipse* |mmfm = Tartar mare (1757) |mmmf = Herod^* |mmmm = Folly (Family: 8-b) |}}

^ Sultan is inbred 4S x 5S x 5D x 4D to the stallion Herod, meaning that he appears fourth generation and fifth generation (via Highflyer)^ on the sire side of his pedigree and fifth generation (via Highflyer)^ and fourth generation on the dam side of his pedigree.

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

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

References

[http://www.tbheritage.com/Portraits/Sultan.html Thoroughbred Heritage: Sultan (GB)] Retrieved 2010-11-22
[http://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Bios/Sultan.htm Bloodlines: Sultan (GB)] {{Webarchive. link. (2013-05-05 Retrieved 2010-11-22)
Morris, Simon; ''Tesio Power 2000 - Stallions of the World'', Syntax Software
[http://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricSires/SireLineschts/SireLineBT.html Byerley Turk Line]
"Selim Sire Line".
[http://www.tbheritage.com/Portraits/Sultan.html Portraits: Sultan]
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[https://www.thoroughbredracing.com/articles/3139/tony-morriss-100-shapers-breed-sultans-huge-influence-has-been-overlooked-too-long/ Sultan’s huge influence has been overlooked for too long]
[https://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricSires/JumpSires/JSimag/abdelkader.html Images: Abd El Kader]
[https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/other-sport/horse-racing/grand-national-memories-abd-el-18027851 Grand National memories: Abd-el-Kader the ‘pintsized’ horse who won back to back Grand Nationals]
[http://www.tbheritage.com/Portraits/Glencoe.html Portrait: Glencoe]
[https://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Bios/Glencoe.htm Biography: Glencoe]
[https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/108054/pedigree-analysis-glencoe Pedigree Analysis: Glencoe]
[http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/vandal.html American Classic Pedigree: Vandal]
[https://www.tbheritage.com/Portraits/Hindoof/Hindoochart.html Chart: Virgil]
[http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/virgil.html American Classic Pedigree: Virgil]
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[http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/vagrant.html American Classic Pedigree: Vagrant]
[http://www.tbheritage.com/Portraits/Hindoo.html Portrait: Hindoo]
[http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/hindoo.html American Classic Pedigree: Hindoo]
[https://www.racingmuseum.org/hall-of-fame/horse/hindoo-ky Hall of Fame: Hindoo]
[https://kentuckyderbywinners.com/hindoo-before-and-beyond-the-kentucky-derby/ HINDOO BEFORE AND BEYOND THE KENTUCKY DERBY]
[https://hatchingcatnyc.com/2015/07/06/hindoo-horse-avenue-x-sheepshead-bay/ Hindoo, the hall of fame horse that raced on avenue x in Sheapshead Bay]
[http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/ben-ali.html American Classic Pedigree: Ben Ali]
[https://www.nytimes.com/1891/05/20/archives/judge-morrows-victory-he-won-the-maturity-handicap-at-gravesend.html NY Times: Judge Morrow Won Maturity Handicap]
[https://www.nytimes.com/1892/05/12/archives/trying-handicap-horses-judge-morrow-again-makes-a-good-showing-the.html NY Times: Judge Morrow Good Showing]
[https://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricSires/JumpSires/JSimag/princeton.html Image: Princeton]
"Bay Middleton Sire Line".
[http://www.tbheritage.com/Portraits/BayMiddleton.html Portrait: Bay Middleton]
"Biography: Bay Middleton".
[http://www.tbheritage.com/Portraits/FlyingDutchman.html Portrait: The Flying Dutchman]
"Biography: The Flying Dutchman".
[https://equicross.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Herods-Vanishing-Sire-Line.pdf Herod’s Vanishing Sire Line]
[http://www.tbheritage.com/Portraits/Dollar.html Portrait: Dollar]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20210422180459/http://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Studbook/EarlyH.htm Studbook: Early H]

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