Bryan G.

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Bryan G.
Sire Blenheim
Grandsire Blandford
DamAnthemion
Damsire Pompey
Sex Stallion
Foaled1947
Country United States
Colour Chestnut
Breeder Christopher Chenery
OwnerChristopher Chenery
Trainer Casey Hayes
Record62: 14-18-4
Earnings US$165,625
Major wins
Pimlico Special (1951)
Questionnaire Handicap (1951)
Westchester Handicap (1951)
Aqueduct Handicap (1951, 1952)

Bryan G. (foaled 1947 in Virginia) was a successful American Thoroughbred racehorse and sire of the great Hall of Fame Champion racemare, Cicada. [1]

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National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame Professional sports hall of fame in Saratoga Springs, New York

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Bryan G. was bred by Christopher Chenery at his Meadow Stud in Doswell, Virginia. Raced by Chenery, he was trained by Casey Hayes. Among his most important race wins, Bryan G. won the 1951 Pimlico Special, at the time a prestigious winner-take-all event that became the first ever race to be televised nationally. [2]

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Doswell, Virginia Unincorporated area

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James Homer "Casey" Hayes was an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer whose horses won eight national Championship titles of which two were inducted in the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.

Pedigree of Bryan G.
Sire
Blenheim 		Blandford Swynford John O'Gaunt
Canterbury Pilgrim
BlancheWhite Eagle
Black Cherry
MalvaCharles O'MalleyDesmond
Goody Two-Shoes
Wild ArumRobert le Diable
Marliacea
Dam
Anthemion		 Pompey Sun Briar Sundridge
Sweet Briar
Cleopatra Corcyra
Gallice
Sicklefeather Sickle Phalaris
Selene
Fairness Hourless
Fair Priscilla

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References

  1. ↑ Cicada at the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame Archived 2014-02-03 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ ESPN - November 13, 2008


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