Touchstone (horse)
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Touchstone was a British bred Thoroughbred racehorse and a leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland on four occasions. He was owned and bred by Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster, who boug
Painter: John Frederick Herring Sr. (1795–1865)
Newminster (horse)
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Newminster was a British Thoroughbred racehorse who won the St. Leger Stakes in 1851. He raced for four seasons, winning two of his ten races. He retired to stud in Yorkshire and became British champi
Touchstone (horse)
…Mendicant (1843) – a filly who won the 1,000 Guineas and Epsom Oaks Newminster (1848) – won St. Leger Stakes, Leading sire in Great Britain & Ireland in 1859 and 1863, sire of champion sires: Adventurer, Lord Clifden, and seven-time…
Engraving of Newminster
Newminster's son Hermit