Swynford

Swynford
Sire	John O'Gaunt
Grandsire	Isinglass
Dam	Canterbury Pilgrim
Damsire	Tristan
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1907
Country	Great Britain
Colour	Brown
Breeder	Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby
Owner	1) Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby 2) Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby (6/1908)
Trainer	George Lambton
Record	12: 8–1–1
Earnings	£25,508
Major wins
Liverpool Summer Cup (1910) Hardwicke Stakes (1910, 1911) St. Leger Stakes (1910) Chippenham Plate (1911) Princess of Wales's Stakes (1911) Eclipse Stakes (1911)
Awards
Leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland (1923) Leading broodmare sire in Britain & Ireland (1932)
Honours
Swynford Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack
Last updated on 13 November 2011

Swynford (January 1907 – 18 May 1928) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred at the 16th Lord Derby's stud in Lincolnshire, England he was sired by John O'Gaunt, a son of Isinglass, winner of the British Triple Crown in 1893. His dam was Lord Derby's foundation mare and 1896 Epsom Oaks winner Canterbury Pilgrim who also produced Chaucer, the 1927 and 1933 Leading broodmare sire in Great Britain & Ireland.

Lord Derby died in June 1908 and his son Edward took over the family's racing and breeding operations. Trained by George Lambton at the Stanley House Stables in Newmarket, Suffolk, Swynford was a difficult horse to handle and in his only start at age two ran unplaced. An injury kept him off the track until 1910 when he made his three-year-old debut in the Epsom Derby. He finished well back in the Derby after being struck in the leg by another runner. Following a third in the St. James's Palace Stakes at Ascot Racecourse, Swynford then won the first of two consecutive editions of Ascot's Hardwicke Stakes. The colt went on to win the Liverpool Summer Cup and the third leg of the British Triple Crown, the St. Leger Stakes, somewhat fortuitously since "half the racegoers in England declared... [the race] had been thrown away by Danny Meher on Lemberg"

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