Orlando (foaled 1841) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the Derby and as a Leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland.
Racing record Racing at age two, one of Orlando's most significant wins came in the July Stakes at Newmarket Racecourse. Ridden by Nat Flatman, the three-year-old Orlando finished second in the 1844 Epsom Derby but was awarded first place after an investigation concluded that winner "Running Rein" was in reality a four-year-old named Maccabeus who ran in Running Rein's name.
Stud record Orlando stood at his owners stud until August 1851 when Peel held a dispersal sale and Orlando was sold to Charles Greville. Orlando was the Leading sire in Great Britain & Ireland three times, in 1851, 1854, and 1858. He was second and/or third on the sires list seven times between 1853 and 1861. In all, he was the sire of 352 horses who won a total of 797 races including four Classics. Teddington won the 1851 Epsom Derby, and Fazzoletto, Diophantus and Fitz-Roland, all won the 2,000 Guineas. His daughter, Imperieuse won the St Leger Stakes and One Thousand Guineas, and was the dam of Deliane (won FR Prix de Diane).
Orlando was also the grandsire of Ruthless, winner of the inaugural running of America's Belmont Stakes in 1867 and one of only three fillies to ever win that American Classic.
Sire line tree
OrlandoDarley Arabian Line: Camel BranchJumpers: Darley Arabian Sire LineSire Line: CamelPortrait: OrlandoBiography: Orlando TeddingtonPortrait: TeddingtonBiography: Teddington Shillelagh Moulsey King Pepin Orpheus Ninnyhammer Orestes Orest Hollywood Boiardo Barwon Banker Oriflame MarsyasBiography: Marsyas Albert Victor Maskelyne The Sailor Prince George Frederick Frontin Colorado Sundorne ScythianBiography: Scythian Duke Rollo FazzolettoPortrait: FazzolettoBiography: Fazzoletto Ackworth Blue Riband King Victor Porto Rico King Of The Forest The British Remedy Chevalier d'IndustriePortrait: Chevalier d'IndustrieBiography: Chevalier d'Industrie Friponnier Claude Lorraine Zuyder Zee EclipsePortrait: EclipseBiography: EclipseAmerican Classic Pedigree: Eclipse Throg's Neck Jr Young Eclipse Cambrist Egotist Boaster Narragansett Cavalier Scathelock AlarmPortrait: AlarmAmerican Classic Pedigree: Alarm Danger HimyarAmerican Classic Pedigree: Himyar Faraday DominoPortrait: DominoHall of Fame: DominoAmerican Classic Pedigree: DominoThe Dynasty of Domino Halton Harry Reed PlauditPortrait: PlauditAmerican Classic Pedigree: PlauditAQHA: Plaudit Hyphen Gabriel Bruno Panique Pardee Proteinol Wawekus Catesby Osseo Grandmaster FitzrolandPortrait: FitsrolandBiography: Fitz-Roland Paladin Gin TrumpeterPortrait: TrumpeterBiography: Trumpeter Salpinctes Abergeldie Distin Queens Messenger Plutus FlageoletPortrait: Flageolet Ismael Rayon d'OrPortrait: Rayon d'OrAmerican Classic Pedigree: Rayon d'Or Zut Palamede Frapotel Le TorpilleurGrand Steeple-Chase de Paris History : The Auteuil Gold Cup Fligney Canigou Beauminet Chalet Maximum Ultimatum Pere Marquette Barnato Bonvivant Le DestrierPortrait: Le Destrier Stuart Ivry Tournesol Rachenputzer Comte Alfred Fenelon Reussi Manoel Melibee XaintraillesPortrait: Xaintrailles Cadix Le Borda Melchoir Poluygone Le Bizon Geiheimrath Artig Kind Nebenbuhler Auerhahn Geier Meistersinger Goldschaum Paris Goldschlaeger Goldammer Goldfisch Graf GrandeThe Horse Magazine: Grande Graphit GrannusThe Horse Magazine: Grannus GotthardThe Horse Magazine: Gotthard Argwohn Lebemann Fricandeau Doge Gournay Challenge Hastings Tegetthoff Crater Canary Xenophon Seaman Parasang DiophantusPortrait: DiophantusBiography: Diophantus Wrestler ChattanoogaBiography: Chattanooga WellingtoniaStudbook: Early W Clover Arreau Clairon Demetrio Liddington Temple The Knave
Pedigree
Orlando is inbred 4S x 3D to the stallion Selim, meaning that he appears fourth generation on the sire side of his pedigree, and third generation on the dam side of his pedigree.
Orlando is inbred 5S x 4D x 5D to the stallion Buzzard, meaning that he appears fifth generation (via Selim) on the sire side of his pedigree, and fourth generation and fifth generation (via Castrel) on the dam side of his pedigree.
Orlando is inbred 4S x 5D to the stallion Alexander, meaning that he appears fourth generation on the sire side of his pedigree, and fifth generation (via Alexander mare) on the dam side of his pedigree.
References
External links Thoroughbred Heritage portraits