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Selim (horse)

British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse

Summary

British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse

Field	Value
horsename	Selim
image	Henry Bernard Chalon (1770-1849) - Selim with William Edwards and Mr Perren - RCIN 407207 - Royal Collection.jpg
caption	Selim with William Edwards and Mr Perren, by Henry Bernard Chalon
sire	Buzzard
grandsire	Woodpecker
dam	Alexander mare
damsire	Alexander
sex	Stallion
foaled	1802
country	Great Britain
colour	Chestnut
breeder	General Sparrow
owner	Prince of Wales
D. Radcliffe
Arthur Shakespear
record	8: 5-3-0
race	First class October Oatlands Stakes (1806)
Craven Stakes (1807)
Third class October Oatlands Stakes (1807)
Match against Lydia (1808)
awards	Leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland (1814)

D. Radcliffe Arthur Shakespear Craven Stakes (1807) Third class October Oatlands Stakes (1807) Match against Lydia (1808)

Selim (1802–1825) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse. He was owned by the Prince of Wales, D. Radcliffe and later Arthur Shakespear. After retiring from racing he became a successful stallion and was British Champion sire in 1814. His progeny included Azor, Medora, Sultan and Turquoise.

Background

Selim was a chestnut colt bred by General Sparrow and foaled in 1802. He was sired by Buzzard, who won the Craven Stakes twice and the Jockey Club Plate. Selim's dam was the bay Alexander mare, a daughter of Alexander. She also produced Castrel, Rubens and Bronze (all of whom for full-siblings to Selim.

Racing career

1806: Four-year-old season

Selim did not race until he was four years old. He made his debut on 29 July 1806 at Brighthelmston, where he beat the colt Wormwood over a mile for 50 guineas. His only other race of the season was in the first class October Oatlands Stakes over a mile at Newmarket. Now the property of D. Radcliffe, he started the 7/4 favourite in the field of five and won the race from Captain Absolute, with second-favourite Lydia finishing in third place.

1807: Five-year-old season

Selim returned to the track as a five-year-old in the Craven Stakes at Newmarket on 30 March 1807, when he started favourite of the eleven-strong field. Selim won the race from Walton and Currycomb, who finished in second and third respectively. Two days later he finished second to Lydia in the £50 Subscription Place. He then won the third class October Oatlands Stakes at Newmarket from Gaiety, after starting the odds-on favourite of the five runners.

1808: Six-year-old season

Selim beat Lydia for 200 guineas in April 1808 at the Newmarket Craven meeting. He was then acquired by Arthur Shakespear and was beaten by Tim in a match race at Newmarket. Tim was apparently carrying much less weight than Selim. He lost another match race in October, this time to Earl Grosvenor's Violante. This was Selim's last race and he was then retired to stud.

Stud career

In his first season at stud Selim stood at Six Mile Bottom near Newmarket for a fee of ten guineas and half a guinea for the groom. The following year he moved to Newmarket itself and his fee doubled to twenty guineas and one guinea to the groom. He went on to become a successful stallion and was British Champion sire in 1814. His progeny included Epsom Derby winner Azor, Epsom Oaks winners Medora and Turquoise, 2000 Guineas winners Nicolo and Turcoman and an unnamed filly that won the 1000 Guineas. Selim also sired six-time Champion sire Sultan. He died in 1825.

Sire line tree

Selim
- Champion
- Fandango
- Azor
- Sultan
  - Augustus
  - Mahmoud
  - Hoemus
  - Beiram
    - Phlegon
      - Leopold
      - Phaeton
  - Alpheus
    - Evenus
  - Despot
    - Hooton
      - Brill
  - Divan
  - Ishmael
    - Ilderim
    - Ishmaelite
      - Herold
    - Dr Jenner
      - Vaccination
    - Hambledon
    - The Star of Erin
    - Abd El Kader
    - Burgundy
      - Old Malt
      - Shanbally
  - Glencoe
    - Thornhill
    - Winnebago
    - Glencoe (Howard)
    - Union
    - Highlander
      - Everlasting
    - Star Davis
      - Jerome Edger
      - Metaire
      - Day Star
    - Darby
    - Vandal
      - Jack the Barber
      - Revill
      - Volscian
      - Therit
      - Virgil
      - Pompey Payne
      - Versailles
      - Survivor
      - Council Bluffs
      - Vagabond
      - Vicksburg
      - Voltigeur
    - Frankfort
    - Little Arthur
    - Pryor
    - Bay Dick
      - Bay Wood
    - Bonnie Laddie
    - Foreigner
    - Nicholas I
    - France
      - King Bird
    - Glencoe Jr
    - Walnut
    - O'Meara
    - Trumpeter
      - Young Trumpeter
    - Glencoe (Hunter)
    - Panic
  - Aurelius
  - Caliph
  - Ibrahim
  - Bay Middleton
    - Aristides
    - Bramble
    - Farintosh
    - Gaper
    - Baveno
    - Bay Momus
    - Pastoral
      - Collingwood
    - The-Devil-To-Pay
    - Best Bower
    - Cowl
      - The Confessor
      - The Friar
      - The Grand Inquisitor
    - Joy
    - Gabbler
    - Planet
      - Aster
    - Honeycomb
    - The Flying Dutchman
      - Ellington
      - Fly-By-Night
      - Peter Wilkens
      - Flying Pieman
      - Ignoramus
      - Purston
      - Amsterdam
      - Duneany
      - Glenbuck
      - The Rover
      - Cape Flyaway
      - Tom Bowline
      - Winton
      - Young Dutchman
      - Ellerton
      - Romulus
      - Walloon
      - Dollar
      - Tourmalet
      - Dutch Skater
      - Massinissa
      - Jarnac
    - Osterley
    - Hesperus
      - Sir Birtram
      - Diomedes
    - St Aubyn
    - Barbatus
    - Vanderdecken
    - Andover
      - Craymond
      - Walkington
    - The Hermit
      - Freetrader
    - Autocrat
    - Bessus
    - Milton
    - Anton
  - Hampton
    - Leaconfield
  - Achmet
  - Adrian
  - Dardanelles
  - Hibiscus
  - Jereed
    - Great Heart
    - Nat
    - The Bishop of Romford's Cob
    - The Free Lance
  - Sultan Jr
  - Wisdom
  - Caesar
  - Clarion
  - Kremlin
  - Scutari
- Feramorz
  - De Vere
- Langar
  - Felt
    - Godolphin
  - Fang
  - Philip the First
    - King Dan
  - Ratcatcher
  - Stockport
    - Skipton
    - Cotton Lord
    - Post Tempore
  - The Potentate
  - Elis
  - Jordan
    - Kentuckian
  - Master Wags
    - La Cloture
    - Nat
  - Epirus
    - Pyrrhus The First
      - King Alfred
      - New Warrior
      - Magus
      - Snowden
      - Mouravieff
      - Ringer
    - Pitsford
      - Ramornie
    - Ephesus
      - Emilius
    - Grecian
    - Warhawk
      - Buzzard
      - Flying Buck
      - Camden
    - Little Harry
    - Epaminondas
  - Lord Stafford
  - Epidaurus
  - Montreal
  - Langar
  - Flagsman
  - Galanthus
- Marcellus
- Nicolo
- Saracen
- The Moslem
- Turcoman
  - Roscius

Pedigree

1787 1773 1775 1782 1780 1758 1769 1760 1764 1770 1774 1775

Selim is inbred 3S x 4D to the stallion Herod, meaning that he appears third generation on the sire side of his pedigree and fourth generation on the dam side of his pedigree.

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