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Godolphin (racing) Godolphin (Arabic: جودولفين) is the Maktoum family's private Thoroughbred horseracing stable and was named in honour of the Godolphin Arabian, who came from the desert to become one of the three founding stallions of the modern Thoroughbred. Godolphin is buried at Wandlebury Park in Cambridge, where there is a stone ...
The Godolphin Arabian was the leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland in 1738, 1745 and 1747. Originally, this small stallion was considered inferior to the larger European horses of the time and was not meant to be put to stud. Instead he was used as ' teaser ', a stallion used to gauge the mare's receptiveness.
The Byerley Turk by John Wootton. The Byerley Turk ( c. 1680 – c. 1703 [1] ), also spelled Byerly Turk, was the earliest of three stallions that were the founders of the modern Thoroughbred horse racing bloodstock (the other two are the Godolphin Arabian and the Darley Arabian ). [2] [3]
Godolphin, Juddmonte tie for leading owner. The title of leading owner for the 2024 Keeneland Spring Meet was shared by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum’s Godolphin and Fahad bin Khalid’s ...
Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin. Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin, KG, PC (15 June 1645 – 15 September 1712) was an English Tory politician and peer. He was a Privy Councillor and Secretary of State for the Northern Department before he attained real power as First Lord of the Treasury.
The Godolphin and Latymer School is a private day school for girls in Hammersmith, West London . The school motto is an ancient Cornish phrase, Francha Leale Toge, which translates as "free and loyal art thou". The school crest includes a double-headed white eagle, Godolphin in Cornish signifies a white eagle. [1]
King's College, Cambridge ( M.A., 1705) Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin, PC (3 September 1678 – 17 January 1766), styled Viscount Rialton from 1706 to 1712, was an English courtier and politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1695 and 1712, when he succeeded to the peerage as Earl of Godolphin.
Godolphin Stakes. The Godolphin Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older. It is run at Newmarket over a distance of 1 mile and 4 furlongs (2,413 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in September.