Algerine (horse)
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| Algerine | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Abd-el-Kader |
| Grandsire | Australian |
| Dam | Nina |
| Damsire | Boston |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1873 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Thomas W. Doswell |
| Owner | Thomas W. Doswell William L. Scott |
| Trainer | Thomas W. Doswell |
| Record | 8: 2-2-1 |
| Earnings | US$ 1,180 (comparable to $39,821 today) |
| Major wins | |
| Belmont Stakes (1876) | |
| Honours | |
| Algerine Stakes | |
Algerine (1873 — c. 1892) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse that won the 1876 Belmont Stakes and was the maternal grandsire of Rhoda B, the dam of the 1907 Epsom Derby winner Orby.
Algerine was foaled in 1873 at Bullfield Stud, formerly located in Hanover Junction, Virginia. Bullfield Stud was owned by Major Thomas Walker Doswell (1823 — 1890), and it was a premiere Thoroughbred breeding farm in the years preceding the Civil War.[1] Algerine is described as a blood bay with black points and no white markings that stood 15.3 hands tall.[2]
Abd-el-Kader, Algerine's sire, (foaled in 1865) was a son of the imported British stallion Australian out of the Bethune mare, Rescue. Australian also notably sired Spendthrift and Springbok. Adb-el-Kader was a successful long-distance racer, notably winning a four-mile (6.4 km) race at Saratoga in a time of 7:31 3/4.[3] An injury to his hips as a two-year-old resulted in his having poor hip conformation.[2] As a sire, Algerine is his most notable offspring. Abd-el-Kader died at Bullfield Stud on December 4, 1885, at the age of twenty.[4]
Algerine's dam, Nina, (foaled in 1848) was sired by Boston out of the imported British mare Frolicsome Fanny. Nina won 23 races in 27 starts and was more successful in long-distance races between two and four miles (3.2 and 6.4 km) long.[3] Nina raced until she was four years old and produced Planet in her first season as a broodmare at Doswell's Bullfield Stud. She also produced the good runner Exchequer in 1856. Nina was 25 years old when she foaled Algerine, and her last foal was his full-sister Algeria (foaled 1875). Nina died at the age of 31 years on September 19, 1879, and she was the last surviving offspring of Boston.[5]