Isinglass (horse)

Isinglass
Isinglass in training
SireIsonomy
GrandsireSterling
DamDead Lock
DamsireWenlock
SexStallion
Foaled24 March 1890[1]
CountryUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
ColourBay
BreederHarry McCalmont
OwnerHarry McCalmont
TrainerJames Jewitt
Record12: 11–1–0
Earnings£58,655
Major wins
New Stakes (1892)
Middle Park Plate (1892)
2000 Guineas (1893)
Newmarket Stakes (1893)
Epsom Derby (1893)
St. Leger Stakes (1893)
Princess of Wales's Stakes (1894)
Eclipse Stakes (1894)
Jockey Club Stakes (1894)
Ascot Gold Cup (1895)
Awards
6th U.K. Triple Crown Champion (1893)
Leading broodmare sire in Britain & Ireland (1912)
Last updated on 5 December 2009

Isinglass (1890–1911) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a career which lasted from 1892 until 1895 he ran twelve times and won eleven races. He was the best British two-year-old of 1892 and went on to become sixth winner of the English Triple Crown[2] by winning the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket, The Derby and the St. Leger Stakes at Doncaster in the following year. He was undefeated in his last two seasons, setting a world record for prize money[3] and gaining recognition from contemporary experts as one of the best horses seen in England up to that time.

  1. ^ "IN A NUTSHELL". Otago Witness. 14 September 1893. Retrieved 2012-02-25.
  2. ^ Chambers, David Patrick and William Geddie (1901). Chambers's Encyclopaedia: a dictionary of universal knowledge, Volume 5. London and Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers, Limited. p. 797.
  3. ^ "Isinglass". Horseracing History Online. Retrieved 2012-03-02.