Foxhall (horse)
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| Sire | King Alfonso |
| Grandsire | Phaeton |
| Dam | Jamaica |
| Damsire | Lexington |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | April 2, 1878 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Woodburn Stud |
| Owner | James R. Keene |
| Trainer | William Day |
| Record | 11:7-3-0 |
| Earnings | £ |
| Major wins | |
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Grand Prix de Paris (1881) Cesarewitch Handicap (1881) Cambridgeshire Stakes (1881) Ascot Gold Cup (1882) |
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Foxhall (1878–1904) was an American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He was trained in Britain during a racing career that lasted from 1880 until June 1882 during which he ran eleven times and won seven races. As a three-year-old in 1881 he proved himself to be the outstanding colt of the season in Europe, winning the Grand Prix de Paris and becoming the second of only three horses to complete the Autumn Double of the Cesarewitch and the Cambridgeshire.
Foxhall was bred by the Alexander family at the Woodburn Stud in Kentucky. He was bought as a yearling by James R. Keene, who named the colt after his son. His sire was King Alfonso, a leading American stallion who got the Kentucky Derby winners Fonso and Joe Cotton.
In March 1880 Keene sent thirteen horses by transatlantic steamer to be trained in England. These included Lord Murphy and Spendthrift as well as eleven Kentucky-bred two-year-olds. In England, Foxhall was trained by William Day near Woodyates on the border of Dorset and Wiltshire.
Foxhall ran three times as a two-year-old in England. He won the Bedford Stakes at Newmarket and finished second to Savoyard in the Ashley Stakes. In late October at the Newmarket Houghton meeting he carried top weight of 124 pounds in the Bretby Nursery Handicap. Ridden by Charles Wood, he won by a head from the favourite Heyday, to whom he was conceding 28 pounds.
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