Sir Gallahad (1920–1949) was a French Thoroughbred racehorse and an important sire in the United States.

Sir Gallahad
Lincolnshire H. (26 March 1924)
SireTeddy
GrandsireAjax
DamPlucky Liege
DamsireSpearmint
SexStallion
Foaled1920
CountryFrance
ColourBay
BreederJefferson Davis Cohn
OwnerJefferson Davis Cohn
American Syndicate (1926)
TrainerRobert Denman
Record25: 12-?-?
Earnings$9,960
Major wins
Prix du Petit Couvert (1922)
Prix Eclipse (1922)
Prix Daphnis (1923)
Poule d'Essai des Poulains (1923)
Prix Jacques Le Marois (1923)
Lincolnshire Handicap (1924)
Prix Boiard (1924)
Awards
Leading sire in North America
(1930, 1933, 1934, 1940)
Leading broodmare sire in North America
(1939, 1943-1952, 1955)
Last updated on August 28, 2008

Racing career

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Racing at age two in France for his British breeder/owner, Jefferson Davis Cohn, Sir Gallahad earned victory in three of his five starts but was overshadowed by the 1922 Champion colt, Epinard. At age three, he won four races, most notably the French 2,000 Guineas (Poule d'Essai des Poulains). At four, he won three important races in France and in England won the Lincolnshire Handicap. That year, he also went head-to-head with Epinard, winning a 6½ furlong event.

Leading Sire

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Sir Gallahad was retired after his four-year-old season to stand at stud at Haras du Bois-Roussel in Alençon. In 1926, owner Jefferson Davis Cohn sold him to an American syndicate made up of Robert A. Fairbairn, William Woodward Sr., Marshall Field III, and Arthur B. Hancock. In the United States, he was recorded as Sir Gallahad III for registration clarification. Although he was sent to the various breeding farms of his four owners, he stood primarily at Woodward's Belair Stud in Maryland and at Hancock's Claiborne Farm in Kentucky.

Sir Gallahad sired 65 Graded stakes race winners and was the United States Champion Sire four times.

Foaled Name Sex Major Wins/Achievements
1927 Gallant Fox Stallion Triple Crown
1931 High Quest Stallion Preakness Stakes
1937 Gallahadion Stallion Kentucky Derby
1942 Hoop Jr. Stallion Kentucky Derby
1937 Fenelon Stallion Jockey Club Gold Cup
1937 Roman Stallion Fleetwing Handicap

In addition, Sir Gallahad was the U.S. Champion Broodmare Sire a record 12 times, with his daughters producing 139 stakes winners including two Hall of Famer members: Challedon and Gallorette.

Sir Gallahad died at Claiborne Farm in 1949 and is buried in its equine cemetery.

Pedigree

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Pedigree of Sir Gallahad
Sire
Teddy
Ajax Flying Fox Orme
Vampire
Amie Clamart
Alice
Rondeau Bay Ronald Hampton
Black Duchess
Doremi Bend Or
Lady Emily
Dam
Plucky Liege
Spearmint Carbine Musket
Mersey
Maid of the Mint Minting
Warble
Concertina St. Simon Galopin
St. Angela
Comic Song Petrarch
Frivolity

References

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