also foaled Hainault by Swynford. Phalaris was from a long line of successful sires. The conformation of Phalaris was typical of a sprinter, upstanding...

grandson Bend Or founded a line that led four generations later to Phalaris The Phalaris line has several branches, notably through Nearco and Native Dancer...

1914: Hornet's Beauty 1915: Golden Sun 1916: King's Joker 1917: Phalaris 1918: Phalaris 1919: Diadem 1920: Poltava 1921: Sunblaze 1922: Two Step 1923:...

of execution to Phalaris, the tyrant of Akraga. Phalaris liked the idea of the Brazen Bull, and so it was made. Once finished, Phalaris ordered it to be...

line to Nearco). Fairway and Pharos were full brothers by leading sire Phalaris out of the great broodmare Scapa Flow. Fairway was the more successful...

through his son Bona Vista (1889) with 56 winners, exclusively through the Phalaris (1913) line, which has dominated in the last several decades (including...

1990) was a Thoroughbred that, in 1964, became the first Canadian-bred horse to win the Kentucky Derby. After being retired from racing, he became one...

it was through his son Phalaris that he will forever be remembered. His great grandsire was Bend Or. Polymelus was a bay horse bred by Lord Crewe. He...

common ancestor in the sire line of all thirty-three horses on this list is Phalaris, all via Pharos except two—Meydan City and King's Consul—via Sickle. Commer...

thoroughbred racehorse, best remembered for a 1955 match race against Swaps, the horse that had defeated him in the Kentucky Derby. Nashua's sire was the European...

brother to Pharamond, who also was a successful sire in the US Their sire Phalaris, was twice the leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland and a three-time...

were grandsons of Phalaris. rMiss Woodford was the first to earn over $100,000, in 1885. In 1951, Citation became the first horse to win one million...

achievement, though, was his breeding of the horse Phalaris. A champion sprinter and a stallion par excellence, Phalaris was responsible for establishing the...

sire, his notable progeny include: Cheery, dam of Bromus, and granddam of Phalaris Concertina, dam of Plucky Liege, one of the most important broodmares of...

track conditions. He is considered by many experts to be one of the best horses ever. He was the best Italian two-year-old of 1954, when his three wins...

1971) was an American Thoroughbred Hall of Fame racehorse who was the 1957 Horse of the Year. This following a three-year-old campaign that included wins...

Widener's guest at the 1930 Kentucky Derby. A son of the very important sire Phalaris, Sickle would produce 45 Graded stakes race winners and be the leading...

his generation and was voted United States Horse of the Year in 1959. Sword Dancer was a small chestnut horse bred and owned by Isabel Dodge Sloane's Brookmeade...

and won 15 of his last 24 races. Tulloch was one of the five inaugural horse inductees into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame, alongside Carbine, Phar...

the 1966 Horse of the Year. His other achievements include 1965 Champion Two-Year-Old, 1966 Champion Three-Year-Old, 1966 Champion Handicap Horse, and 1967...

accomplished Thoroughbred racehorses in American history and was the first horse made famous through the medium of television. He was a champion in each...

son Bona Vista (1889) with 63 winners, nearly exclusively through the Phalaris (1913) line with 62 winners, which has dominated in the last several decades...

was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who was the 1953 American Horse of the Year and was inducted into the Racing Hall of Fame. He sired the...

and had great success in each location. Nasrullah was a big, handsome bay horse with a white star, bred in Ireland by his owner the Aga Khan. He was sired...

University of Kansas Press, 1960. Online version at ToposText. Lucian, Phalaris. Hippias or The Bath. Dionysus. Heracles. Amber or The Swans. The Fly....

on the track at age four, when he won nine races and was voted Canadian Horse of the Year. Retired to stand at stud at Windfields Farm in Oshawa, Ontario...

through his son Bona Vista (1889) with 56 winners, exclusively through the Phalaris (1913) line, which has dominated in the last several decades (including...

won 31 races and £71,635 between them. They were by the successful sire, Phalaris, their dam the staying mare, Scapa Flow by Chaucer. Pharos's maximum distance...

six furlongs. "Capot chosen "Horse of Year"". Pittsburgh Press. 1949-11-27. Retrieved 2012-02-27. "Coaltown is named "Horse of the Year"". Schenectady Gazette...

time of its discovery but may have been a foxtail. Timothy canary grass (Phalaris angusta), another species with a similar cylindrical panicle, is toxic...