246:. In England, Sickle's first crop produced three stakes winners and in 1932 Widener exercised his option and purchased the horse. His first offspring in the US also met with racing success and Sickle went on to become a two-time leading sire in the US during his stud career, in 1936 and again in 1938. He was the sire of 297 foals, including 45 stakes winners. His progeny includes:
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Retired to Lord Derby's stud for the 1929 breeding season, in a three-year lease agreement with
American Joseph E. Widener that included a US$ 100,000 option to purchase, Sickle was sent to the US in time for the 1930 breeding season at Widener's
191:(8 February 1924 – 26 December 1943) was a British-bred thoroughbred racehorse who was later exported to the US where he was twice the leading sire in North America. He was bred by Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby.
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Sickle was raced by Lord Derby and trained by George
Lambton. The colt met with some success in racing, winning three of his ten starts and notably finishing third in a field of 23 in the
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At age nineteen, Sickle died unexpectedly on 26 December 1943 and was buried in the
Elmendorf equine cemetery on acreage that was later subdivided and is now known as Normandy Farm.
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winner and a six-time leading sire in Great
Britain and Ireland as well as a four-time leading broodmare sire in Great Britain and Ireland. Pharamond and Sickle were inbred to
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537:, a multiple stakes winner who set or equalled five track records including a world record for 7 furlongs, and the very good runner and important broodmare,
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206:. His dam Selene produced 16 named foals including the leading Argentine and Brazilian sire Hunter's Moon, and
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561:, a two-time leading sire in North America and nine-time leading broodmare sire in North America.
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is the second highest ever awarded in flat racing, and the very influential
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Blood-Horse
Magazine List of the Top 100 US Racehorses of the 20th Century
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The News and
Courier (Charleston, South Carolina) – 29 November 1947
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Thoroughbred
Heritage – American Champion Steeplechasers
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Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah) – 20 December 1951
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leading broodmare sire in Great
Britain & Ireland
541:. Because of Polynesian, Sickle's sireline includes
568:, as well as the damsire of these four Champions:
942:
889:Sickle's full biography at Thoroughbred Heritage
493:Sickle's bloodline legacy came through his son
222:in the third and fourth generation (3Sx4D) and
688:Pedigree of Sickle (GB), brown stallion, 1924
564:Sickle was the damsire of Kersala, the 1958
226:in the third and fourth generation (4Sx3D).
652:American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse
382:American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse
971:United States Champion Thoroughbred Sires
200:leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland
966:Racehorses trained in the United Kingdom
167:Goodwood Prince of Wales's Stakes (1926)
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933:Normandy Farm at Thoroughbred Heritage
602:American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly
961:Racehorses bred in the United Kingdom
669:American Champion Older Female Horse
625:American Champion Steeplechase Horse
606:American Champion Older Female Horse
531:American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt
471:American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt
16:British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse
13:
878:Pharamond at Thoroughbred Heritage
114:Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby
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529:. Polynesian also sired the 1956
509:. Polynesian in turn sired the
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566:Kentucky Broodmare of the Year
503:American Champion Sprint Horse
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194:Sickle was a full brother to
180:Leading sire in North America
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169:Boscawen Post Stakes (1926)
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648:American Horse of the Year
517:who was rated No.7 in the
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551:Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
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585:Major Wins/Achievements
263:Major Wins/Achievements
976:Thoroughbred family 6-e
487:Multiple stakes winner
454:Multiple stakes winner
440:Multiple stakes winner
426:Multiple stakes winner
412:Multiple stakes winner
398:Multiple stakes winner
348:Multiple stakes winner
319:Multiple stakes winner
305:Multiple stakes winner
291:Multiple stakes winner
277:Multiple stakes winner
521:. Native Dancer sired
511:US Racing Hall of Fame
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956:1943 racehorse deaths
951:1924 racehorse births
123:1) 17th Earl of Derby
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501:winner and the 1947
363:Durban July Handicap
231:2,000 Guineas Stakes
165:Mersey Stakes (1926)
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627:(1950, 1951, 1952)
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497:who sired the 1945
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810:Canterbury Pilgrim
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127:Joseph E. Widener
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313:Reaping Reward
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828:Serenissima
782:Selene (GB)
743:Bromus (GB)
728:Maid Marian
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636:Counterpoint
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448:Price Level
271:Hindu Queen
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182:(1936, 1938)
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850:Gondolette
804:St. Angela
754:Springfield
594:But Why Not
547:Epsom Derby
545:, the 1965
495:Unbreakable
434:Concordian
392:Minty Isle
237:Stud record
212:Epsom Derby
210:, the 1933
945:Categories
865:References
853:Loved One
822:Pilgrimage
717:Bona Vista
662:Bornastar
507:Polynesian
463:Star Pilot
160:Major wins
155:US$ 24,122
793:St. Simon
769:St. Simon
704:Polymelus
640:Stallion
621:Stallion
539:Alanesian
513:inductee
481:Brownian
467:Stallion
437:Stallion
423:Stallion
409:Stallion
378:Stallion
374:Stagehand
359:Stallion
342:Sickle T
332:Stallion
316:Stallion
302:Stallion
233:in 1927.
224:St. Simon
196:Pharamond
147:10: 3–4–2
129:(at stud)
54:Polymelus
50:Grandsire
858:Dongola
787:Chaucer
775:Sunrise
749:Sainfoin
723:Arcadia
696:Phalaris
683:Pedigree
650:(1951),
646:(1951),
604:(1947),
543:Sea Bird
345:Gelding
299:Brevity
208:Hyperion
152:Earnings
81:Stallion
44:Phalaris
839:Cyllene
815:Tristan
798:Galopin
765:Cheery
738:Quiver
732:Hampton
712:Cyllene
671:(1958)
654:(1951)
617:Oedipus
608:(1947)
576:Foaled
473:(1945)
384:(1938)
365:(1937)
254:Foaled
220:Cyllene
134:Trainer
110:Breeder
97:England
94:Country
73:Chaucer
70:Damsire
834:Minoru
760:Sanda
535:Imbros
328:Cravat
285:Jabot
189:Sickle
174:Awards
144:Record
102:Colour
86:Foaled
64:Selene
24:Sickle
830:1913
789:1900
784:1919
745:1905
708:1902
706:(GB)
700:1913
698:(GB)
665:Mare
659:1953
632:1948
613:1946
598:Mare
590:1944
579:Name
484:Mare
478:1944
459:1943
451:Mare
445:1942
431:1942
417:1942
403:1941
395:Mare
389:1938
370:1935
353:1935
339:1935
324:1935
310:1934
296:1933
288:Mare
282:1931
274:Mare
268:1931
257:Name
120:Owner
105:Brown
693:Sire
582:Sex
549:and
260:Sex
214:and
40:Sire
780:Dam
125:2)
78:Sex
60:Dam
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