| 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. 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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