Salvator (horse)
| Salvator | |
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"Salvator by Currier and Ives"
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| Sire | Prince Charlie |
| Grandsire | Black Athol |
| Dam | Salina |
| Damsire | Lexington |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1886 |
| Country | USA |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Daniel Swigert |
| Owner | James Ben Ali Haggin |
| Trainer | Matthew Byrnes |
| Record | 19: 16-1-1 |
| Earnings | $113,240 |
| Major wins | |
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Flatbush Stakes (1888) Titan Stakes (1888) Tidal Stakes (1889) Lawrence Realization Stakes (1889) Suburban Handicap (1890) Monmouth Cup (1890) Champion Stakes (1890) |
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| Awards | |
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U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt (1889) United States Horse of the Year (1889, 1890) |
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| Honours | |
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United States Racing Hall of Fame (1988) Salvator Mile Handicap at Monmouth Park Racetrack |
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| Last updated on November 25, 2006 | |
Salvator (1886–1909) was an American thoroughbred race horse considered by many to be one of the best racers during the latter half of the 19th century.
Bred by Daniel Swigert of Elmendorf Farm in Lexington, Kentucky, Salvator was sired by Prince Charlie out of Salina (by Lexington). (Salvator was the last great horse Swigart bred; his best stallions had grown old and died.) On his sire's side, he went back to the tremendous mare Pocahontas by Glencoe. On his dam's side, through Lexington, he carried the blood of Boston sired by Timoleon sired by Sir Archie sired by Diomed.
Unusual for the times, the dark chestnut with a large white blaze was born in 1886 in California. James Ben Ali Haggin had purchased his dam, Salina, and shipped her to his 44,000-acre (180 km2) Rancho Del Paso with Salvator in utero. Haggin had made his money in the California Gold Rush of 1849, so much of it he was suddenly one of the wealthiest men in America, and he used his new wealth to establish the biggest horse breeding operations in world history. Aside from the thousands of grazing acres he owned in Arizona, New Mexico and Southern California, he headquartered at the Rancho del Paso near the present-day city of Sacramento. He bought breeding horses from every state that bred fine thoroughbreds, as well as shipping them in from Ireland, Australia and England. Eventually he bought Swigert's Elmendorf Farm and moved his headquarters there. Haggin added to the property until he held 8,700 acres (35 km2) of prime bluegrass. (Over time, and through several owners, this property was broken up into stud farms like Spendthrift Farm, Greentree Stud, and others.)
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