| Papyrus | |
|---|---|
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| Sire | Tracery |
| Grandsire | Rock Sand |
| Dam | Miss Matty |
| Damsire | Marcovil |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1920 |
| Country | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
| Colour | Brown |
| Breeder | Sir John Robinson |
| Owner | Benjamin Irish John Peter Hornung |
| Trainer | Basil Ernest Jarvis |
| Record | 18: 9-4-1 |
| Earnings | £17,868[1] |
| Major wins | |
| Chester Vase (1923) Epsom Derby (1923) | |
| Last updated on August 27, 2008 | |
Papyrus (1920–1941) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a career that lasted from spring 1922 to October 1924, he ran eighteen times and nine races. He was a leading two-year-old in 1922 and, in the following year, he gained his most important success when he won The Derby. Later that season, he gained international attention when he was sent to New York for an unsuccessful match race against the Kentucky Derby winner Zev. This was the earliest example of a British horse being sent across the Atlantic for a single race.[2] After running four times without winning, in 1924, he was retired to stud, where he had limited success until his death in 1941.
- ^ "SPORTING THE TURF TURF NOTES". Townsville Daily Bulletin. 8 November 1941. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
- ^ Wray Vamplew, Joyce Kay (2005). Encyclopedia of British horseracing. Routledge. p. 216. ISBN 9780714653563. Retrieved 19 February 2012.