Black Tarquin
| Black Tarquin | |
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| Sire | Rhodes Scholar |
| Grandsire | Pharos |
| Dam | Vagrancy |
| Damsire | Sir Gallahad III |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1945 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Brown |
| Breeder | William Woodward, Sr. |
| Owner | William Woodward, Sr. |
| Trainer | Cecil Boyd-Rochfort |
| Record | 15: 8–4–0 |
| Major wins | |
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Royal Lodge Stakes (1947) Gimcrack Stakes (1947) Lingfield Derby Trial (1948) St. James's Palace Stakes (1948) St. Leger Stakes (1948) White Rose Stakes (1949) |
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| Honours | |
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Timeform rating 136 Timeform top-rated three-year-old (1948) Top-rated British three-year-old (1948) |
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Black Tarquin (1945–1965) was an American-bred, British-trained racehorse and sire, best known for winning the St. Leger Stakes in 1948 and for his rivalry with Alycidon. In a career which lasted from June 1947 until July 1949, he ran fifteen times and won eight races. He was one of the leading two-year-olds of 1947, although he did not race after winning the Gimcrack Stakes in August. He was slow to reach peak fitness in 1948, and was unplaced in the Epsom Derby, but showed his best form in autumn when he beat a strong field in the St. Leger Stakes. His form continued into the following spring, but his career was effectively ended by his defeat in the Ascot Gold Cup. The victories of Black Tarquin led to a change in the way in which the Thoroughbred was defined in Britain.
Black Tarquin was a dark brown, almost black horse with a white star bred in the United States by his owner William Woodward, Sr.. He was the most successful horse sired by the British-bred Rhodes Scholar, who won the Eclipse Stakes in 1936 and was exported to America in 1940. Black Tarquin's dam was the leading racemare Vagrancy, the American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly of 1942 when her wins included the Coaching Club American Oaks and the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes. Vagrancy was a half-sister of the CCA Oaks winner Hypnotic and was a descendant of the influential Kentucky-bred broodmare Frizette. Because of the rules imposed by the Jersey Act of 1913, Black Tarquin, like many American racehorses, was not eligible for inclusion in the General Stud Book, and was therefore technically a half-bred rather than a Thoroughbred. The successes of Black Tarquin and his contemporary My Babu were important factors in the Jersey Act being abandoned in 1949.
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