FLORIZEL (GB) b. H, 1768
{5} DP = 0-0-0-0-0 (0) DI = Inf CD = Inf - 20 Starts, 12 Wins, 6 Places, 1 Shows |
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| Owner: 1) Christopher Blake 2) Hon. Richard Vernon Breeder: Sir John Moore, 1st Baronet Winnings: 20 Starts: 12 - 6 - 1
All at Newmarket:- 1772:- 1 walk-over; 2 matches; 1 stakes; 1773:- 1 match; 1 walk-over; 4 Nov - Grosvenor Plate (6/4, from Firetail 7/4); 1774:- 2 matches; 26 Apr - 600gns stakes (from Britannicus rec 13lbs); 20 Oct - 180gns Subscription (4/1, from Sweetwilliam 1/3); 4 Nov - 108gns Subscription Purse (1/1, from Jack of Hilton and Morwick)
8 defeats including matches v Pantaloon and Pyrrhus, and 2nd in stakes to Mambrino and Sweetwilliam
An outstandingly successful stallion, sire of at least 175 winners of £75,901
Sire of 1) top class racehorse and outstanding sire Diomed (1780 Derby, sire in America of the top class racehorses Lavinia, [Ball's] Florizel,
Duroc (sire of the great American Eclipse), [Wilkes'] Wonder (sire of [Tennessee] Oscar), and sire of the dams of the great Henry and top class Sir Alfred; however, his crowning achievement was as sire of great racehorse Sir Archy, one of greatest stallions in American turf history); 2) Eager (1791 Derby); 3) Tartar (1792 St Leger); and 4) Ninety-Three (1793 St Leger)
Died in late 1791
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Family Summary: (8), 4 (5), 5 (6), 6 (9), 6-a (2), 9 (1), 9-a (4), 11 (2), 15 (1), 26 (5), 43 (1), 48 (4), 53 (1), 61 (3),
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