Brigadier Gerard

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Brigadier Gerard was a champion British Thoroughbred racehorse of the early 1970s, celebrated as one of the greatest milers in racing history.

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Brigadier Gerard canonical 4

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Thoroughbred racehorse ⓘ
racehorse ⓘ
bredBy John Hislop ⓘ
breed Thoroughbred ⓘ
color bay ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
dam La Paiva ⓘ
damsire Prince Chevalier ⓘ
defeated Mill Reef ⓘ
My Swallow ⓘ
Roberto ⓘ
died 1989 ⓘ
discipline flat racing ⓘ
era early 1970s ⓘ
foaled 1968 ⓘ
grandsire March Past ⓘ
legacy regarded as one of the greatest British racehorses of all time ⓘ
namedAfter Arthur Conan Doyle’s fictional character Brigadier Gerard ⓘ
notableFor being one of the greatest milers in British racing history ⓘ
exceptional race record in the early 1970s ⓘ
onlyDefeatInRace Benson and Hedges Gold Cup ⓘ
linked to: Benson & Hedges Cup
ownedBy John Hislop ⓘ
racedIn Great Britain ⓘ
racingRecord 18 starts, 17 wins, 1 second ⓘ
rankedAs one of the highest-rated British racehorses of the 20th century ⓘ
retiredToStud 1973 ⓘ
seconds 1 ⓘ
sex male ⓘ
stallion ⓘ
sexStatus entire ⓘ
sire Queen’s Hussar ⓘ
specialtyDistance one mile ⓘ
studCareerLocation England ⓘ
timeformRating 144 ⓘ
totalStarts 18 ⓘ
trainedBy Dick Hern ⓘ
wins 17 ⓘ
wonRace 2000 Guineas ⓘ
linked to: 2000 Guineas Stakes

Champion Stakes ⓘ
Eclipse Stakes ⓘ
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes ⓘ
Lockinge Stakes ⓘ
Middle Park Stakes ⓘ
Prince of Wales’s Stakes ⓘ
Queen Elizabeth II Stakes ⓘ
St James’s Palace Stakes ⓘ
Sussex Stakes ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Brigadier Gerard Stakes → namedAfter → Brigadier Gerard ⓘ
Greenham Stakes → notableWinner → Brigadier Gerard ⓘ
Sussex Stakes → notableWinner → Brigadier Gerard ⓘ