Silvio (horse)
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Silvio was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a career that lasted from 1874 to 1877 he ran eight times and won three races. In 1877 he won The Derby and the St Leger. At the end of the 187
Ink drawing of Silvio with Fred Archer
Blair Athol (horse)
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Blair Athol was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a career that lasted little more than three months in the summer and autumn of 1864, he ran seven times and won five races including one w
Silvio (horse)
…at his stud at Mereworth Castle in Kent. He was sent into training with Mathew Dawson at his Heath House stables at Newmarket, Suffolk. His sire, Blair Athol, was an outstanding racehorse who won the Derby and the St Leger in 1864 and went on to be Champion Sire on four occasions. Silvio's dam, Silverhair…
Blair Athol, engraving by Charles Hunt & Son
Blair Athol in retirement, by an unknown artist