King Tom (1851–1878) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and a leading sire in Great Britain & Ireland.
Pedigree He was a bay horse foaled in 1851, sired by Harkaway and out of the exceptional mare Pocahontas by Glencoe. King Tom was a half-brother to 14 of Pocahontas' foals including, Auricula (a stakes winner), plus Stockwell and his brother, Rataplan, both being by The Baron.Thoroughbred Heritage: Pocahontas Retrieved on 2009-9-6
Racing record King Tom won races at age two and at age three he was not quite recovered from an injury when he finished second by a length to Andover in the 1854 Epsom Derby. He came out of the Derby with a tendon injury that curtailed his racing for the remainder of the year. At age four, King Tom returned to the track and won one race before breaking down.
Stud record Retired to stud duty, King Tom became the foundation stallion for Baron Mayer de Rothschild's Mentmore and Crafton Studs. Between 1861 and 1877 he was one of the United Kingdom's top ten sires 14 times and the Leading sire in Great Britain & Ireland in 1870 and 1871. King Tom sired the 1866 and 1867 Epsom Oaks winners, Tormentor and Hippia, as well as the 1870 Epsom Derby winner Kingcraft. He also sired 1864 1,000 Guineas Stakes winner Tomato plus another outstanding filly Hannah who in 1871 won the Epsom Oaks, 1,000 Guineas and St. Leger Stakes. One of his most important foals was his daughter, St. Angela, dam of St. Simon and second dam of Orme.Morris, Simon; Tesio Power 2000 - Stallions of the World
King Tom is the damsire of Favonius, winner of the 1871 Epsom Derby and the grandsire of the Irish Derby winner Umpire plus the grandsire of United States Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Ten Broeck.
King Tom died at age twenty-seven in January 1878. He was buried in the grounds of Mentmore Towers beneath a life sized bronze statue by Sir Joseph Boehm. The statue is now at Dalmeny House in Scotland.
Sire line tree
King TomDarley Arabian Sire Line: Pot-8-Os BranchSire Line: Pot-8-OsJumpers: Darley Arabian Sire LinePortrait: King TomAmerican Classic Pedigree: King TomStudbook: Early IJK King Of Diamonds Investment Janus Prince PlausiblePortrait: Prince Plausible Old Calabar Indian Ocean Wingrave Mogador Pathfinder The Muleteer Whackum King Of The ValePortrait: King Of The Vale King Charming DalesmanPortrait: Dalesman Lowlander Lowland Chief Janitor Lothario Revenge Piersfield Vengeance Captain Gay Lothario Lochinvar Tomahawk Tom King Umpire King Alfred PhaetonAmerican Classic Pedigree: PhaetonStudbook: Early P Aramis Jack Hardy King AlfonsoAmerican Classic Pedigree: King Alphonso FonsoAmerican Classic Pedigree: Fonso Grenada Foxhall Joe CottonAmerican Classic Pedigree: Joe Cotton St Martin Ten BroeckHall of Fame: Ten BroeckAmerican Classic Pedigree: Ten BroeckPortrait: Ten BroeckAn Old Kentucky Legacy: The Mighty Longfellow and Tom Broeck Ten Strike Bersan Sacket Jim Gray Free Knight ElwoodAmerican Classic Pedigree: Elwood Harry Peyton King Faro Lisbon Troubadour Daily America LookoutAmerican Classic Pedigree: Lookout Restitution King Cole Little Jack Nelson Pegasus Off Colour The Knave King O'Scots Potenate KingcraftPortrait: Kingcraft King Shepherd Strathblane King Pippin KingdomThe Thoroughbred Roots of Modern Show Jumpers: Kingdom King Grand Master Loutch Vernet King Olaf Mount Armstrong Family B-22: Brown Bess Ethelred King Ernest Report Gov Shevlin Kingcraft Easter Sunday Reveller King Eric Prince Lief Dick WellesAmerican Classic Pedigree: Dick Welles WintergreenAmerican Classic Pedigree: Wintergreen Billy KellyHall of Fame: Billy KellyAmerican Classic Pedigree: Billy Kelly Ort Wells Dick Finnell Liberty Loan Westy Hogan Trillion King LudPortrait: King Lud Ben Alder King Monmouth Kings Messenger Clarenceux Reyezuelo Walter Scott Acoli Lavoir Marsworth Piccolomini Elfenbein Peeping Tom Coltness Great Tom General Harding Thackery Tyrant Masque The Manxman Advance Guard Skylark Paddy The Soarer Wild Tommy King BanAmerican Classic Pedigree: King Ban Punster Violator Ban Fox Banburg King Fox King Thomas
Pedigree
King Tom is inbred 4S x 5D to the stallion Waxy, meaning that he appears fourth generation on the sire side of his pedigree, and fifth generation (via Web) on the dam side of his pedigree.
King Tom is inbred 4S x 5D to the mare Penelope, meaning that she appears fourth generation on the sire side of his pedigree, and fifth generation (via Web) on the dam side of his pedigree.
References
External links Bloodlines