Iroquois 1882
Iroquois (1878-1899), was the first American-bred C race horse to win the prestigious Epsom Derby at Epsom Downs Racecourse, Epsom, Surrey, England. He then went on to win the St. Leger Stakes at Doncaster Racecourse. Out of the great stallion Leamington, he was bred in Pennsylvania by the millionaire stockman, Aristides Welch (the man the winner of the first Kentucky Derby was named for: Aristides) and born on his Pennsylvania farm. His dam was the great mare Maggie B B by Australian. Aside from Iroquois, she gave birth to Harold, a full brother to Iroquois, who won the 1879 Preakness Stakes, and Panique, winner of the 1884 Belmont Stakes. Her sire, Australian (who founded the Fair Play sire line), was by West Australian, the first winner of the British Triple Crown. Another millionaire, Pierre Lorillard IV of the tobacco and snuff family fame, loved the get of Leamington so much that in 1879 he bought every Leamington yearling the breeder Aristides Welch had on offer. One of the yearlings he brought home to his Rancocas Stable in Jobstown, New Jersey was Iroquois. Once before, in 1878, Pierre Lorillard had sent a number of yearlings to England in the hopes of an American horse winning an important English race. The first group included Duke of Magenta and Parole. Due to Parole's sensational wins, that effort proved so successful that in 1880, he sent a second group, including Iroquois. In England, Lorillard's horses were trained by Jacob Pincus at Newmarket. Pincus was an American who trained for Lorillard and was sent to England with the second wave of Lorillard's horses.
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