Meddler (horse)
| Meddler | |
|---|---|
| Sire | St. Gatien |
| Grandsire | The Rover |
| Dam | Busybody |
| Damsire | Petrarch |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1890 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | George Alexander Baird |
| Owner | 1) George Alexander Baird 2) William H. Forbes 3) William C. Whitney 4) Clarence MacKay |
| Trainer | Joseph Cannon |
| Record | 3: 3-0-0 |
| Earnings | US$ |
| Major wins | |
| British Dominion Stakes (1892) Chesterfield Stakes (1892) Dewhurst Plate (1892) |
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| Awards | |
| Leading sire in North America (1904, 1906) | |
Meddler (1890–1916) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse who was a leading two-year-old in England and a Leading sire in North America in 1904 and 1906.
Bred and raced by George Baird, his sire, St. Gatien, dead heated for the win in the 1884 Epsom Derby and won the 1885 Ascot Gold Cup. His dam was Baird's brilliant racing mare, Busybody, winner of the 1884 Epsom Oaks and 1000 Guineas Stakes.
Meddler won all three starts at age two, and was regarded as second only to Isinglass among the colts of his generation. The last of his wins came in the Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket on October 27 when he led all the way to beat Raeburn by half a length. According to rules governing the sport of British horse racing in effect at the time, when his owner George Alexander Baird died, all of Meddler's future race bookings were void. As such, Meddler could not race in the British Classic Races at age three and was sold for $76,000 to American William H. Forbes of Readville, Massachusetts who brought him to the United States in 1893 to stand at his Neponset Stud. On Forbes' death in 1894, Meddler was purchased by William Collins Whitney of New York city who sent him to stand at stud at his La Belle Stud at Lexington, Kentucky.
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