Harold (foaled 1876 in Pennsylvania) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse.

Harold
SireLeamington
GrandsireFaugh-a-Ballagh
DamMaggie B. B.
DamsireAustralian
SexStallion
Foaled1876
CountryUnited States
ColourChestnut
BreederAristides Welch
OwnerGeorge L. Lorillard
TrainerR. Wyndham Walden
RecordNot found
EarningsNot found
Major wins
Flash Stakes (1878)
Saratoga Stakes (1878)
July Stakes (1878) Triple Crown wins:
Preakness Stakes (1879)
Awards
American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt (1878)

Background

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Harold was a chestnut horse bred by Aristides Welch who owned both his sire and his dam. Sired by Leamington, a four-time Leading sire in North America, he was out of the mare, Maggie B. B. who produced two other Classic winners: Iroquois, a full brother to Harold who became the first American-bred horse to ever win England's renowned Epsom Derby, plus the colt Panique by Alarm who won the 1884 Belmont Stakes.

Harold was acquired by the prominent New York stable owner, George L. Lorillard. He entrusted his race conditioning to future U.S. racing Hall of Fame trainer R. W. Walden who would call Harold the best horse he had ever trained

Racing career

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Racing at age two, Harold won important races in 1878 and is regarded historically as the American Champion Two-Year-Old Male Horse. At age three, he won the Preakness Stakes, but in the ensuing Withers Stakes he suffered a ruptured blood vessel from which he never fully recovered and won only one more race before being retired to stud.[1]

Stud record

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Harold died after serving just one full season at stud.

Pedigree

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Pedigree of Harold
Sire
Leamington

1853

Faugh-a-Ballagh

1841

Sir Hercules Whalebone
Peri
Guiccioli Bob Booty
Flight
Pantaloon Mare

1841

Pantaloon Castrel
Idalia
Daphne Laurel
Maid of Honor
Dam
Maggie B. B.

1867

Australian

1858

West Australian Melbourne
Mowerina
Emilia Young Emilius
Persian
Madeline

1849

Boston Timoleon
Sister to Tuckahoe
Magnolia Glencoe I
Myrtle

References

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  1. ^ "Maggie B.B."