- Faugh-a-Ballagh
Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename = Faugh-a-Ballagh
caption = Faugh-a-Ballagh
sire =Sir Hercules
grandsire = Whalebone
dam = Guiccioli
damsire = Bob Booty
sex = Stallion
foaled = 1841
country =Ireland flagicon|IRE
colour = Black, with a star
breeder = Lord Chedworth
owner = Mr. Martindale
E. J. Erwin
trainer = J. Forth
record = Not found
earnings = Not found
race =St. Leger Stakes (1844)Cesarewitch Handicap (1844)
awards =
honours =
updated = December 26, 2007Faugh-a-Ballagh (foaled 1841 in
Ireland ) was aThoroughbred race horse. A brother toBirdcatcher , Faugh-a-Ballagh was sold to E. J. Erwin in 1842. He ran once as a two-year-old at the Doncaster's Champagne Stakes, finishing third to The Cure and Sorella. He then began his three-year-old season as the first Irish-bred horse to win theSt. Leger Stakes , then beat Corranna in a match race. He won the Grand Duke Michael Stakes, then the Cesarewitch, and came second to Evenus at the Cambridgeshire. As a four-year-old, he finished second to The Emperor in the Emperor of Russia's Plate.In 1855, Faugh-a-Ballagh was imported to
France . There he sired Fille de l'air, the English andFrench Oaks winner. He also sired the great stallion Leamington who sired the American racehorse and leading sire Longfellow as well as Iroquois, the first American bred to win theEpsom Derby .References
* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/faugh-a-ballagh Faugh-a-Ballagh's pedigree and partial racing stats]
* [http://www.tbheritage.com/Portraits/SirHercules.html Faugh-a-Ballagh at Thoroughbred heritage]
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