| Breeder: Charles Day Rose Winnings: 11 Starts: 9 - 1 - 1, ~$128,150
At 2: Won the Sefton Park Plate (ENG, Liverpool), Worth S. (ENG, Gatwick), Triennial S. (ENG, Ascot), National Breeders' Produce S. (ENG, Sandown); 2nd Imperial Produce S. (ENG, Kempton)
At 3: Won Sandown Foal S. (ENG, Sandown), Jockey Club S. (ENG, Newmarket), Newmarket S. (ENG, Newmarket)
At 4: Won Ascot Gold Cup (ENG, Ascot)
Not nominated to English Classics. Easily defeated Derby winner Jeddah in Newmarket Stk. Top sire ENG 1909/1910, ARG 1913. Top ENG broodmare sire 1921. Sired 4 winners of the Derby and 3 winners of the Gran Premio Nacional (ARG Derby). Died 1925 aged 30.
ARG stud Haras Ojo de Agua bought for 37,000 guineas in 1908. Called "horse without a price"; ENG Gov offered blank check to Haras Ojo de Agua’s master, Sen. Raul Chevalier. Chevalier returned check - writing on back, "Cyllene has no price."
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