view raw text
DEATH OF SIRE BLANDFORD Severe Loss to English Breeding His Winning Progeny Breaks BreaksSeventy Seventy Year Record Special Correspondence CorrespondenceLONDON LONDON England The recent death of the stallion Blanford was one of the great ¬ est losses the English breeding industry has sustained in years yearsMrs Mrs Dawson the wife of R C Dawson was the owner of Blandford The horse was one of the greatest bargains ever made on the turf for the Whatcombe trainer gave only 730 guineas for him as a yearling at the Newmarket December Sales of 1920 1920He He was a tremendous success at the stud Up to date his stock has won 202 races in Great Britain and Ireland of the value of 1011445 1011445Last Last year Blandford beat a record which had stood for nearly seventy years His progeny won races valued at 388535 beat ¬ ing by over 70000 the figures set up by Stockwell in 1866 1866Blandfords Blandfords stock has been racing for only eight full seasons He sired three win ¬ ners of the Derby two St Leger one Oaks and one One Thousand Guineas winners winnersHis His Derby winners were Windsor Lad Blenheim and Trigo Windsor Lad and Trigo also won the St Leger LegerBlandfordalso Blandfordalso was the sire of the French wonder horse Brantome which so far is unbeaten unbeatenA A brown horse by Swynford Blanche Blandford was bred at the National Stud
