“Martini-Henry (horse)”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

Martini-Henry's sire was Musket and from Sylvia, who was by Fisherman and from Juliet, who was by Touchstone.^[2]

He was Sylvia's last foal and the first to establish Musket as the sire of great performers.^[3]

Racing career

Martini-Henry was purchased by the James White for something over 1,000 guineas, at the time the highest price paid for a yearling.^[1] He did not race in 1882, but in 1883 won both the Victoria Derby and the Melbourne Cup.

He died at the stud of E. G. Blume (c. 1861–1943) at Bexley Station, Queensland on 9 May 1903.^[4]

References

1. ^¹{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article171364620 |title=A Great Racehorse |newspaper=Darling Downs Gazette |volume=XLIV, |issue=10,819 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=11 May 1903 |accessdate=23 September 2017 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}
2. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article52986121 |title=Sporting Intelligence |newspaper=Morning Bulletin |volume=LXIV, |issue=11,6[?]1 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=11 May 1903 |accessdate=23 September 2017 |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia}}
3. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154817908 |title=In the Days of Martini-Henry |newspaper=Sporting Judge |location=Victoria, Australia |date=2 November 1914 |accessdate=23 September 2017 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}
4. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article76369294 |title=No title |newspaper=The Western Champion And General Advertiser For The Central-western Districts |volume=XXIII, |issue=590 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=10 May 1903 |accessdate=23 September 2017 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}

Breeding

Racing career

References