Canterbury Pilgrim

Canterbury Pilgrim
Le Sport universel illustré, 28 April 1922
SireTristan
GrandsireHermit
DamPilgrimage
DamsireThe Earl or The Palmer
SexMare
Foaled1893[1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
ColourChestnut
BreederCaroline, Duchess of Montrose
OwnerFrederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby
TrainerGeorge Lambton
Record10: 4-0-1
Major wins
Oaks Stakes (1896)
Liverpool Summer Cup (1896)
Park Hill Stakes (1896)
Jockey Club Cup (1896)

Canterbury Pilgrim (1893–1917) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. She showed some ability as a juvenile but failed to win a race. She won the Oaks Stakes on her first run as a three-year-old and went on to win the Liverpool Summer Cup, Park Hill Stakes and Jockey Club Cup before being retired at the end of the year. As a broodmare the best of her offspring was Swynford, a top-class racehorse who was even better as a breeding stallion. She also produced the influential sire Chaucer and several good broodmares. She has been described as "one of the most influential horses, stallion or mare, of the Twentieth Century".[2]

  1. ^ "Canterbury Pilgrim pedigree". Equineline.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference bigbio was invoked but never defined (see the help page).