A GREAT YEAR 



by Stockwell by The Baron, Bend Or's dam Rouge 

 Rose. 



Grand Geraldine, " brown or black," to quote the 

 Stud Book, was by Desmond out of Grand Marnier 

 by Friar's Balsam out of an unnamed daughter of 

 Galopin and Mother Superior, the dam by Sterling. 

 Desmond was a son of St. Simon and L'Abbesse de 

 Jouarre by Trappist out of Festive by Cardinal. It 

 certainly cannot be considered in the least strange that 

 Grand Parade should have won the Derby of 19 19. 

 His sire had done so in 1907, and if his grandsire 

 Orme had run for it, to say the least it is exceedingly 

 probable that he would have kept up the family 

 tradition ; surely no one can imagine that Sir Hugo 

 would ever have beaten Orme ! Family tradition is 

 certainly a correct expression, for Grand Parade's 

 great-grandsire Ormonde won the Derby in 1886, 

 following in the steps of his sire Bend Or in 1880, 

 and the last named repeated the achievement of his 

 sire Doncaster in 1873. Doncaster was by Stockwell, 

 who missed the Epsom classic but won the Leger, as 

 did no fewer than six of his offspring — St. Albans in 

 i860, Caller Ou in 1861, The Marquess in 1862, 

 Blair Athol in 1864, Lord Lyon in 1866 and his sister 

 Achievement in 1867. Blair Athol and Lord Lyon 

 also won the Derby. Stockwell's sire, The Baron, it 

 may be noted, won the Leger of 1 845. 



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