Printed in the Chronicle of the Horse  Friday, February 11,1983
 

by Dr Pete Birdsall DVM of Equine Bloodlines

  Fifth In A Series Of Eight Articles
 
 

The *Teddy line has been extremely important in both racing and jumping on both sides of the Atlantic.

*Teddy was sired by the stallion Ajax, who had won the French Derby and the Grand Prix of Paris on the race course.

The dam of *Teddy was the English mare Rondeau, a daughter of Bay Ronald. Bay Ronald was the sire of Dark Ronald mentioned earlier as the founder of one of the leading sire lines in Germany.

As a race horse, *Teddy won several important races,including a race substituted for the French Derby because of the war. He also won the San Sebastian Grand Prix and the San Sebastian St.Leger.
Like his sire, *Teddy stood at stud in France, where he sired two famous full brothers, *Sir Gallahad III and *Bull Dog, before being sold to America at 18 years of age.
He stood at stud in America until he was 24 years old. Both his sons, *Sir Gallahad III and *Bull Dog, were exported to the United States.

In the United States, *Sir Gallahad III headed the sire list four times and *Bull Dog headed the list once.
*Sir Gallahad III was twelve times on the broodmare sire list while *Bull Dog was listed three times. These two sons of *Teddy show up frequently in jumping pedigrees in North America.
In Europe, Ajax was also the grandsire of the Thoroughbred stallion Orange Peel, who is today considered the founder of the modern line of French Performance horses. Orange Peel's grandson, Ibrahim, is the sire of the leading international jumper and Grand Prix winner Val De Loire, originally from Spain and later ridden in the United States by Melanie Smith. Val De Loire's many wins include the Devon Grand Prix, the Upperville Grand Prix, and a gold medal at the Pan American Games. Val de Loire is out of a mare by Tres Orange, who is a son of Orange Peel, making Val de Loire inbred to Orange Peel.

Ibrahim is the maternal grandsire of the jumper Echo De Cavron, who is ridden in North America by Barney Ward. Echo de Cavron is by Rantzau, mentioned earlier in the Dark Ronald line. The dam of Echo de Cavron is out of a mare by Ultimate, a son of Umidwar who is by Blandford. Ibrahim is also the sire of Alcazar D, a Grand Prix jumper with a brilliant career in Germany before being successfully ridden for Austria by Thomas Fruhmann.
Ibrahim also sired the jumping stallion Alme.

Alme is out of a mare by the Thoroughbred stallion Ultimate, a son of Umidwar by Blandford.
Ridden by owner Fred Graham, Alme jumped 6' 10" at the Paris Horse Show. He is the sire of the famous French jumping stallion Galoubet A, a winner of five Nations Cups in 1980 and a World Cup contender, ridden by G. Bertran de Balanda. Several sons of Alme are competing in jumping events in North America.

These include I Love You, Jolly Good and Herban, who is ridden by Michael Matz.

Artichaud, the sire of the jumper Glandor Akai, descends from Orange Peel on his sire's side. As previously mentioned, the dam of Artichaud is by Furioso.

The dam of Glandor Akai also descends from Ultimate, a descendant of Blandford.
Furioso II,(mentioned in the Marco line), descends from Orange Peel on his dam's side. Furioso II was a leading sire of jumpers in Germany.

Uriel, a leading modern-day sire of French jumpers, descends twice from Orange Peel in four generations, both times through Orange Peel's son Plein d'Espoirs. Uriel sired Gazelle D'Elle, a mount selected for the Moscow Olympics by the French Equestrian Federation.

Grain D'Or, shown in the United States as Best Bet, descends twice from Orange Peel. Another grandson of Orange Peel is the French stallion Nougat, who was exported to Canada to breed Canadian hunters.

Mainspring, a gold medal winning Olympic jumper and Grand Prix winner for the United States Equestrian Team was by Canadian hunter stallion Battle Royal.

Battle Royal was sired by the Thoroughbred, Battleship, and he was out of daughter of Nougat.
Viceroy, a three-day event horse ridden by Jim Day of the Canadian Equestrian Team in the Montreal Olympics, was out of a granddaughter of Nougat.

Merano, ridden by  Italian Raimondo D'Inzeo was the individual silver medal winner at the 1956

Olympics. Merano was sired by the Thoroughbred stallion Ugolino Da Siena, who was a grandson of *Teddy.

Ugolino Da Siena was by *Teddy's son Ortello. Merano was a Grand Prix winner in Rome, Geneva and Turin, and he was a member of the Italian Prix de Nations winning teams in Turin and London. Mr. Ross, the international jumper ridden by David Broome of Great Britain, descends from *Teddy. Mr. Ross is a Grand Prix winner and the leading money winner on the 1981 European jumping circuit.

Carnival Night, the Thoroughbred sire of Mr. Ross, is out of a mare by Borealis, who is a grandson of *Teddy.
Borealis also sired Australis, a member of the Canadian Equestrian Team and winner of the Wembly Stakes at the Royal International Horse Show in London, a winner of the Harrisburg Grand Prix, and winner in 1969 of the Ladies Championships of Aachen.

Also descending from the *Teddy line in Europe is the Thoroughbred stallion Amarpour.

This French stallion is out of a Nearco mare, but through his sire.
Tantieme, a leading French race horse, Amarpour descends from *Teddy. Amarpour sired the international winners Inca Du Vallon, Ignace (property of the French Equestrian Federation), and Ideal S, a jumper now showing in the United States.

In Europe, *Sir Gallahad III appears in the pedigree of the Thoroughbred Uppercut, who is the sire of the international jumper The Saint, ridden by Alwin Schockemohle of Germany. Uppercut's sire, Fighting Don, was a grandson of *Sir Gallahad III. Fighting Don also descends from the *Rock Sand line.

*Sir Gallahad III, as well as Nearco (who is the subject of an upcoming article) appears in the pedigree of the Thoroughbred stallion Ozymandias, whose dam is a granddaughter of *Sir Gallahad III.

Ozymandias is the sire of Heatwave (now shown as Tabac Original), ridden by David Broome, and he is also the sire of the international jumper Ryan's Son, ridden by John Whitaker of Great Britain. Ryan's Son placed fourth in the FEI World Cup in 1982.

The second dam of Ozymandias, Niobe, was an American-bred daughter of *Sir Gallahad III, who was exported to England.

The Thoroughbred mare Risk is a daughter of *Sir Gallahad III. Risk is the fourth dam of Everest Philco, an American-bred Thoroughbred ridden by David Broome of Great Britain and rated one of the top ten jumpers in the world on several occasions, including 1981. Everest Philco recently won the 1982 Grand Prix at Olympia, London.

Risk is also a full sister to the mare Girl in Armour, who is the dam of the stallion Polished Steel.

Polished Steel is the maternal grandsire of the many times champion jumper Black Market in the United States, and he is also the maternal grandsire of the International jumper Encore, who was a member of the USET, ridden by Armand Leone. Encore won the Grand Prix at Fontainebleu, France, and La Baule. France, in 1978. In 1980, Encore won the Garden State Grand Prix.

Risky, the dam of Risk, is the third dam of the jumper Keswick, an open jumper champion at the National Horse Show in New York.

Nankin, a leading jumper sire in France, descends from `Sir Gallahad III.
Nankin is the sire of Talisman D. The jumping champion of Germany, who won 140 international prizes in nine years, ridden by Paul Schockemohle. Nankin is also the sire of Uppercut, a successful international jumper for the Swiss rider Francis Racine. Nankin sired the dam of the jumper San Fernando, ridden by Frank Sloothaak to win the Pommery Cup in Copenhagen in 1979. San Fernando now stands at stud in Germany. San Fernando is by Arthy, who descends from Orange Peel, Ultimate, and Foudroyant II.
The dam of Nankin is by Plein d'Espoirs, who is a son of Orange Peel.

The Thoroughbred stallion Owen Tudor also descends from 'Teddy. Owen Tudor is the maternal grandsire of the French Thoroughbred Montigny, a leading sport horse sire in France. Montigny is the sire of Vicomte Aubinier. who was shown with the USET as Viscount. Ridden by Frank Chapot, Viscount competed for the
United States at the Montreal Olympics.

Also sired by Montigny is Fil D'Argent, ridden by Nelson Pessoa in the Volvo Grand Prix in Goteburg, Sweden, and the 1980 World Cup in Baltimore.

In North America the *Teddy line is a very important jumping line due in part to the success of *Teddy, *Sir Gallahad III, and *Bull Dog as race and broodmare sires.

Some of the great international winners in America descending from the *Teddy line are through Roman, a son of *Sir Gallahad III. Roman is the grandsire of Nan's Mink, who sired the jumper Balalaika, a member of the USET in 1974.

As well, Roman is the grandsire of the Thoroughbred stallion Fire At Will, the sire of Dutch Crown, a winner of the Devon Grand Prix and consistent Grand Prix competitor. Also, Romeer, the dam of the jumper Rome Dome, was a daughter of Roman. Rome Dome competed with the USET and in 1969 won the Speed Stakes at the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto.

Another grandson of Roman is the American jumper One For The Road.
Massacre and his full brother, the Mexican Equestrian Team jumper Revenge, are out of a granddaughter of Roman.

Roman also appears in the pedigrees of Volunteer (a Grand Prix winner and member of the Canadian Equestrian Team), Sky High (a USET jumper), and the Grand Prix jumper Prime Time. Both Prime Time and Sky High were sired by the stallion *Final Award, a grandson of Roman.

The Thoroughbred stallion Galla Damion descends twice from *Sir Gallahad III in three generations.

Galla Damion is the sire of the jumpers The Flying Nun (a Grand Prix and puissance winner and member of the Canadian Equestrian Team), and the jumper Danny, a full brother to The Flying Nun and a leading jumper on the West Coast. The Flying Nun and Danny also descend from *Teddy on their dam's side. Their dam, Elaine Marie, is a granddaughter of *Teddy. It is interesting to note that Lady Capulet, the third dam of The Flying Nun and Danny, is the third dam of the leading jumper Sympatico.

Galla Damion is also the sire of Pernickity Miss, the dam of Samba, a Grand Prix winner in North America and a member of the USET in Europe in 1972. In 1973, with the USET, Samba won the Martin Trophy at the Washington International.

Galla Damion is by Sir Damion, a son of'Sir Gallahad III. Sir Damion is out of a mare by Omar Khayyam of the Marco line. Sir Damion also appears in the pedigrees of Sloopy of the USET, Just Plain Wilbur, and Jibber Jabber of the Canadian Equestrian Team.

Galla Damion descends twice from'Sir Gallahad III in three generations. On his sire's side he is a grandson of'Sir Gallahad III. As well, his second dam is by *Sir Gallahad III, who is present in the pedigrees of many other great jumper in North America.

Damuraz, a member of the Canadian Equestrian Team and a gold medal winner at the Alternate Olympic Show Jumping Festival in Rotterdam, descends from *Sir Gallahad III on his dam's side. Other descendants of 'Sir Gallahad III include In My Cap (a puissance winner for the USET), Number One Spy (Grand Prix Jumper of the Year in 1975), and Sloopy, who descends twice from *Sir Gallahad III. Snowbound, White Lightning and Jet Run, all Grand Prix winners and members of the USET, are also descendants of *Sir Gallahad III.

Aberali, of the Italian Equestrian Team and later a member of the USET, also descends from *Teddy through his sire Abernant. Abernant also sired the steeplechasing stallion Abgar, a European Thoroughbred stallion who sired Humphrey, ridden by Hans Gunther Winkler on the German Equestrian Team, and Claus, a show jumper in Italy.

An impressive list of North American jumpers who descend from 'Teddy through his son *Bull Dog include A Little Bit (individual silver medal winning horse at the Pan American Games), Brother Sam (silver and bronze medal winner for Canada in the Pan American Games), Catbird (puissance winner and member of the Canadian Equestrian Team), Coach Stop (USET member and winner of the Adirondack Grand Prix), Do Right (USET puissance winner and individual bronze medal winner at the Pan American Games), Hummer (winner of the U.S. Opening Jumping Championships), Lyrical Lou (who descends three times from 'Bull Dog in four generations), Merchant Of Venice (a member of the Canadian Equestrian Team who descends from      *Bull Dog twice), Mr. Demeanor (President's Cup winner who descends from both *Bull Dog and *Sir Gallahad III), Philco (one of the top ten jumpers in the world, who descends from *Bull Dog twice), Radnor II (the American Gold Cup winner and member of the USET), Turn On The Sun (of the British Equestrian Team), Sundancer (twice winner of the American Invitational), and the USET and Olympic jumper White Lightning, who descends from both *Sir Gallahad III and *Bull Dog.

Other descendants of *Teddy through his various sons and daughters include the jumpers Allegro, Bandit, Sandor, Coming Attraction, Second Balcony, The Iron Duke, Trick Track, and Unusual.