Sir Gallahad III
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| Sir Gallahad III | |
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Sir Gallahad III, c.1922 |
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| Sire | Teddy |
| Grandsire | Ajax |
| Dam | Plucky Leige |
| Damsire | Spearmint |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1920 |
| Country | France  |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Jefferson Davis Cohn |
| Owner | Jefferson Davis Cohn American Syndicate (1926) |
| Trainer | Robert Denman |
| Record | 25: 12-?-? |
| Earnings | Not found |
| Major Racing Wins, Awards and Honours | |
| Major Racing Wins | |
| Prix Eclipse (1922) Poule d'Essai des Poulains (1923) Prix Jacques le Marois (1923) Prix Daphnis (1923) Lincolnshire Handicap (1924) Prix Boïard (1924) |
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| Racing Awards | |
| Leading sire in North America (1930, 1933, 1934, 1940) Leading broodmare sire in North America (1939, 1943-1952, 1955) |
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| Infobox last updated on: December 20, 2006. | |
Sir Gallahad III (1920-1949) was a French Thoroughbred racehorse and a very important Sire in the United States.
Racing at age two in France for his British breeder/owner, Jefferson Davis Cohn, Sir Gallahad earned victory in three of his five starts but was overshadowed by the 1922 Champion colt, Epinard. At age three, he won four races, most notably the French 2000 Guineas (Poule d'Essai des Poulains). At four, he won three important races in France and in England won the Lincolnshire Handicap. That year, he also went head-to-head with Epinard, winning a 6½ furlong event.
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Retired after his four-year-old season to stand at stud at Haras du Bois-Roussel in Alencon, owner Jefferson Davis Cohn sold Sir Gallahad in 1926 to an American syndicate made up of Robert A. Fairburn, William Woodward, Sr., Marshall Field III, and Arthur B. Hancock. In the United States he was recorded as Sir Gallahad III for registration clarification. Although he was sent to the various breeding farms of his four owners, he stood primarily at Woodward's Belair Stud in Maryland and at Hancock's Claiborne Farm in Kentucky.
Sir Gallahad sired 65 Graded stakes race winners and was the United States Champion Sire four times. He was the sire of Preakness Stakes winner High Quest, Jockey Club Gold Cup and multiple stakes winner Fenelon, and a record three Kentucky Derby winners: Gallahadion, Hoop Jr. and Gallant Fox who went on to win the U.S. Triple Crown. Sir Gallahad also sired Roman who won eighteen races and in turn sired fifty-four stakes winners including Champion and Preakness Stakes winner, Hasty Road.
In addition, Sir Gallahad was the U.S. Champion Broodmare Sire a record 12 times with his daughters producing 139 Stakes winners including two Hall of Famer fillies, Challedon and Gallorette.
Sir Gallahad died at Claiborne Farm in 1949 and is buried in its equine cemetery.
