Blue Peter (British horse)
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Blue Peter was a British bred Thoroughbred racehorse whose career was cut short by the outbreak of World War II. He won The Derby and was later a Leading broodmare sire in Great Britain & Ireland.
Blue Peter
Mentmore and Crafton Studs
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Mentmore Stud and Crafton Stud were thoroughbred horse breeding operations that were part of the Mentmore Towers estate on the Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire borders, England.
Blue Peter (British horse)
…won the Prix du Jockey Club and France's most important race at the time, the Grand Prix de Paris. Blue Peter was retired to stud duty at his owner's Mentmore Stud on the Mentmore Towers estate in Buckinghamshire. Successful, he was near the top on the British General Sires List three times and in 1954 was leading…
J E Boehm's statue of King Tom, the Founding stallion, shown here marking the horse's grave at Mentmore. The statue was moved to Dalmeny in 1977.