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Faugh a Ballagh

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Dam
  
Guiccioli

Foaled
  
1841

Colour
  
Brown, with a star

Species
  
Equus caballus

Parents
  
Sir Hercules

Grandsire
  
Whalebone

Damsire
  
Bob Booty

Country
  
Ireland

Breeder
  
Lord Chedworth

Children
  
Leamington

Sex
  
Stallion

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Faugh-a-Ballagh (foaled 1841 in Ireland) was a Thoroughbred racehorse. A brother to Birdcatcher, Faugh-a-Ballagh was sold to E. J. Erwin in 1842. He ran once as a two-year-old at the Doncaster's Champagne Stakes, finishing third to The Cure and Sorella. He then began his three-year-old season as the first Irish-bred horse to win the St. Leger Stakes, then beat Corranna in a match race. He won the Grand Duke Michael Stakes, then the Cesarewitch, and came second to Evenus at the Cambridgeshire. As a four-year-old, he finished second to The Emperor in the Emperor of Russia's Plate.

In 1855, Faugh-a-Ballagh was exported to France. There he sired Fille de l'air, the Epsom Oaks and French Oaks winner. He also sired the great stallion Leamington, that sired the American racehorse and leading sire Longfellow, as well as Iroquois, the first American-bred horse to win the Epsom Derby.

References

Faugh-a-Ballagh Wikipedia