Tiffin (horse)
| Tiffin | |
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| Sire | Tetratema |
| Grandsire | The Tetrarch |
| Dam | Dawn Wind |
| Damsire | Sunstar |
| Sex | Mare |
| Foaled | 1926 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Sir John Rutherford, 1st Baronet |
| Owner | John Egerton, 4th Earl of Ellesmere |
| Trainer | Fred Darling |
| Record | 8: 8–0–0 |
| Earnings | £16,516 |
| Major wins | |
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National Breeders' Produce Stakes (1928) Cheveley Park Stakes (1928) July Cup (1929) King George Stakes (1929) |
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| Awards | |
| Top-rated British two-year-old (1928) | |
Tiffin (1926 – 7 March 1931) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare, who was undefeated in a career of eight races. Tiffin won five races in 1928 including the National Breeders' Produce Stakes at Sandown Park and the Cheveley Park Stakes at Newmarket and was the highest-rated British two-year-old of either sex. Her three-year-old season was disrupted by illness and injury, but she won all three of her starts, proving herself the year's best sprinter with wins in the July Cup at Newmarket and the King George Stakes at Goodwood. At her peak she was regarded as one of the fastest racehorses in the world. At the end of her racing career she was retired to stud where she produced one foal before dying in 1931.
Tiffin was a small bay filly bred by Sir John Rutherford, 1st Baronet, a Conservative Party politician who previously owned the St Leger Stakes and Ascot Gold Cup winner Solario. She was sired by Tetratema, the leading British two-year-old of 1919 who went on to win the 2000 Guineas and many important sprint races. As a stallion, Tetratema sired many good sprinters and milers and was the British champion sire in Tiffin's three-year-old season. Her dam, Dawn Wind (or Dawn-Wind) was reportedly regarded by her trainer George Lambton as the fastest filly he ever trained, but never ran in a race owing to injury.
As a foal, Tiffin suffered badly from an infestation of worms and failed to thrive. Rutherford sold her for 1,100 guineas to Lord Ellesmere who sent the filly into training with Fred Darling. Darling, who trained at Beckhampton in Wiltshire had recently won the first of his six British trainers championships. Despite her small stature and persistent health problems, Tiffin was a high-spirited and "playful" filly, who was often difficult to handle.
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