Cyllene (horse)
| Cyllene | |
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| Sire | Bona Vista |
| Grandsire | Bend Or |
| Dam | Arcadia |
| Damsire | Isonomy |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 24 May 1895 |
| Country | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
| Colour | Chestnut |
| Breeder | Charles Day Rose |
| Owner | Charles Day Rose |
| Trainer | William Jarvis |
| Record | 11: 9-1-1 |
| Major wins | |
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National Breeders' Produce Stakes (1897) Newmarket Stakes (1898) Jockey Club Stakes (1898) Ascot Gold Cup (1899) |
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| Awards | |
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Leading sire in GB and Ireland (1909, 1910) Leading sire in Argentina (1913) |
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| Last updated on 13 November 2011 | |
Cyllene (1895–1925) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a racing career that lasted from 1897 until 1899, Cyllene won nine of his eleven starts, winning major races and being regarded as the best horse of his generation at two, three and four years of age. In a stud career which began in Britain and ended in Argentina, Cyllene became an important and influential stallion. He sired four winners of the Epsom Derby and is the direct male-line ancestor of most modern thoroughbreds.
Cyllene, a chestnut horse with a white stripe and two white socks was bred by his owner, Charles Day Rose at the Hardwicke Stud near Pangbourne in Berkshire. He was a small, late foal, born in May and was never entered in the Classics as he was thought unlikely to be strong or mature enough to compete at the highest level at an early age. Cyllene was trained throughout his racing career by William Jarvis at Waterwitch House stable at Newmarket, Suffolk. Rose thought so highly of Cyllene that he arranged a "luxurious" private train to ensure that the colt returned to Newmarket promptly after his races. Cyllene's most regular rider was the 1899 Champion Jockey Samuel "Sam" Loates.
Cyllene’s sire, Bona Vista was a high class racehorse who won the 2000 Guineas in 1892. He was considered a failure as a stallion and in the year of Cyllene’s birth he was sold and exported to Hungary. Arcadia, Cyllene’s dam, won two races and was a half sister to Van Dieman’s Land, who ran third in the Derby.
In the spring of 1897, Cyllene won small races at Liverpool and Gatwick "in good style". He was then sent to Ascot for the Triennial Stakes where he defeated Nun Nicer, a filly who won the following year’s 1000 Guineas, establishing himself as one of the best of an apparently "above the average" generation. At Sandown in July he won the National Breeders' Produce Stakes by a head to take one of the season’s most valuable two-year-old prizes, despite being unable to obtain a clear run until the closing stages.
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