Ormond

Description:

A black and white print of a standing race horse with a jockey.

Ormond was an English racer foaled on 18 March, 1883 by the 1st Duke of Westminster at Eaton Stud in Cheshire. His sire was Bend Or and his dam was Lily Agnes. Ormond’s training was delayed because he had to undergo treatment for knee troubles in 1884 and 1885. John Porter took over Ormond’s training, but he did not race until October of 1885 when he won the Post Sweepstakes at Newmarket. Ormonde’s jockeys alternated between Fred Archer and George Barrett when he was a contender for the English Triple Crow in 1886. Barrett road the horse to victory in the 2,000 Guineas, followed by Archer in the Epsom Derby and the St. Leger Stakes. Ormond won every race and became the fourth winner of the English Triple Crown. At the end of his racing career in 1887, Ormond had won all 16 starts and gathered 28,465 pounds of prize money. He was often labeled the “horse of the century.” Ormond was moved to the Duke’s stud farm in 1888 where he produced but faced reduced fertility due to an illness. One of his offspring, Flying Fox, also went on to win the Triple Crown. Ormond died in 1904 at age 21 in Santa Rosa, California. His skeleton and skull were given to the Natural History Museum in South Kensington, London.