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unusual facts about Forgive me, sire



A P Valentine

His named was derived by splicing the beginning of his sire's name "A P" with the holiday that he was born on, "Valentine's Day."

Alcock's Arabian

Aimwell was the only winner of the Derby not in the sire line of one of the three great Arabian foundation stallions, the Godolphin Arabian, the Darley Arabian, and the Byerley Turk.

Amir al-Mu'minin

The title of sire was used “Vatad” as in homeland “Vatan” which meant: defender of the rights of Muslims in none—Islamic countries.

Awkward Squad

Norman Cameron ends one of his poems - "Forgive me, sire" - with the words 'awkward squad', which plays with the above definition.

Bask

Bask, (1956–1979) bred at the Albigowa State Stud in Poland and foaled in 1956, was a bay Arabian stallion who was imported into the United States in 1963 by Dr. Eugene LaCroix of Lasma Arabians and became a major sire of significance in the Arabian breed.

Bletchingly Stakes

The race was first held in 1992 and is named in honour of the former champion racehorse and sire Vain.

Carl Raswan

Another stallion from this purchase was Kuhailan Haifi, sire of the stallion Ofir, who stood at the Polish State Stud at Janów Podlaski and had a far-reaching influence on the breeding of Arabian horses worldwide through his offspring, including his son Witez II and grandson Bask.

Cat Thief

He is the son of Storm Cat, an outstanding Champion sire and the grandson of both the 20th Century's most important sire, Northern Dancer and whose damsire was the U.S. Triple Crown champion, Secretariat.

Clay Trotting Horses

Grand Bashaw was the sire of Young Bashaw, who in turn sired Andrew Jackson, which became noted as a trotting racehorse.

Daylami

Through a joint ownership between his breeder, the Aga Khan IV, and Darley Stud, he stood as a sire at the Aga Khan's Gilltown Stud near Kilcullen, County Kildare, Ireland until 2006 when he was sent to his Haras de Bonneval stud at Le Mesnil-Mauger in France.

Dodota

Until the early 1970s the inhabitants of Dodotana Sire, being Arsi Oromo, were in chronic conflict with Karayu pastoralists from Fentale, as well as with Jille Oromos from in the neighboring woreda, over rights to grazing land and drinking water for livestock.

Enguerrand VI, Lord of Coucy

He was also Lord Gynes, Sire d' Oisy, in the district of Marle, and the Sire de La Fère.

Enguerrand VII, Lord of Coucy

He also gained the titles of 4th Lord Gynes: Sire d' Oisy, in the district of Marle and the Sire de La Fère.

Fit to Fight

The sire of 39 Stake race winners, he was pensioned in 2005 and sent to retirement at Blue Ridge Farm in Middleburg, Virginia.

Gertrude T. Widener

Gertrude Widener notably bred and raced Dan Cupid, sire of Sea Bird whose 145 Timeform rating is the highest in flat racing history.

Hambletonian

Hambletonian 10, 1849–1876, a foundation sire of the harness racing breed known as the Standardbred.

Hot Dixie Chick

Out of the mare Above Perfection, a descendant of the very influential sire, Caro, Hot Dixie Chick was sired by Dixie Union, a son of the stakes winner, Dixieland Band who is a son of the most successful sire of the 20th Century, Northern Dancer.

Ibn H'ddri

The Darley Arabian was the most important sire in the history of the English Thoroughbred.

Izetta Jewel

The following season she played opposite Skinner in Charles Frohman’s production of Sire at the Criterion Theatre and in 1912 with James K. Hackett in The Grain of Dust also staged at the Criterion.

Le Pacha

Retired to stud duty, he met with modest success as a sire while standing at Prince Aly Khan's Haras de Saint-Crespin near Le Mesnil-Mauger in Lower Normandy.

Leading broodmare sire in North America

This is determined by the amount of prize money won during the year by racehorses which were foaled by a daughter of the sire.

Leading sire in Australia

The list below shows the leading sire of Thoroughbred racehorses in Australia for each season since 1883–84.

Leading sire in France

The list below shows the leading Thoroughbred sire of racehorses in France for each year since 1887.

Marie d'Albret, Countess of Rethel

Marie was born in the Chateau de Cuffy, France on 25 March 1491, the eldest child of Jean d'Albret, Sire of Orval, Governor of Champagne (died 10 May 1524), and Charlotte of Nevers, Countess of Rethel (1472- 23 August 1500).

Nearco

With the political turmoil and the possibility of war caused by Benito Mussolini aligning Italy with Germany, in 1938 Federico Tesio sold Nearco to Martin H. Benson of Beech House Stud in Newmarket, England for £60,000 (a world-record for a sire in those days).

Nino Bixio

On 4 November 1847, he made himself conspicuous at Genoa by seizing the bridle of Charles Albert's horse and crying, "Pass the Ticino, Sire, and we are all with you."

Nodouble

Nodouble's Australian-bred sire, Noholme, was the 1959 Australian Horse of the Year who took nearly a full second off the race record in winning the prestigious Cox Plate.

Pentire

As at 2009, Pentire is the foundation sire at Rich Hill Stud, Walton, New Zealand.

Precious Bunny

He is the sire of Bunny Lake – the Harness Horse of the Year in 2001, Precious Delight, Stout, Bunny's Express Lane, and PB Bullville, who set a record for three-year old pacers of 1:48 for the mile.

Pudelpointer

The original sire was Tell, an English Pointer belonging to Kaiser Frederick III and the original dam was a German hunting pudel named Molly who was owned by Hegewald, an author known for works on hunting dogs.

Rough Wooing


Sire, see Inchkeith,
Also see strong Fast Castle,
So much assault, skirmish and hassle,
Here also close to Dunglass,
Further the side where sits the burgh
the castle conquered is Roxburgh.

Sheppard Solomon

Upon graduation, he formed two bands, which were signed to EMI and SIRE respectively.

Simon I de Senlis, Earl of Huntingdon-Northampton

Simon was the third son of Laudri de Senlis, sire of Chantilly and Ermenonville (in Picardy), and his spouse, Ermengarde.

Sir Barton

As a sire, Sir Barton enjoyed only moderate success and spent the better part of the rest of his life as a working horse with the U.S. Army Remount Service in Fort Robinson, Nebraska until being sold to rancher J.R. Hylton in Douglas, Wyoming.

Sir Percy

His sire Mark of Esteem won the 1996 2,000 Guineas; his dam Percy's Lass won the Group 3 September Stakes in 1988 (and subsequently died of colic when Sir Percy was a foal. Sir Percy was the last of her offspring) and his damsire Blakeney won the Epsom Derby himself in 1969.

Son of Briartic

His influence as a sire in Washington was such that Emerald Downs in Auburn named a race in his honor.

St. Bass

Bred by Harry Giddings at his Cedar Grove Stud in Oakville, his sire, Bassetlaw, was a son of the outstanding runner and nine-time Leading sire in Great Britain & Ireland, St. Simon.

The Greenberry Woods

The individual ambitions of three songwriters took its toll on group harmony during the recording of their second album Big Money Item, and Sire released the band from its contract in 1996, leaving the Husemans free to pursue Splitsville; Katz, meanwhile, formed a new band, Wonderfool

Tin Cup Chalice

Named for a Jimmy Buffett song (although in the tradition of working out Thoroughbred names from their sire and dam’s names, Crusader Sword and Twice Forbidden seems a subtle way to achieve Tin Cup Chalice), Tin Cup Chalice was a black-pointed Bay making his home base at Finger Lakes race track (where America’s great loser Zippy Chippy might or might not be a stable pony).

Tori horse

This breed was mainly founded by a stallion named Hetman, whose sire was Stewart, a crossbreed of a Norfolk Trotter and an Anglo-Norman mare.

Vertigineux

She is out of the stakes-winning Forlì mare For The Flag, by the outstanding sire Kris S. Her owner is Eric Kronfeld, who bought back Vertigineux for $120,000 after she failed to meet her reserve at the 1996 Keenland yearling sale.


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