The Whip Stakes, a strenuous four-mile race. He broke down while preparing for the race, and was retired to stud at Rawcliffe Paddocks. Stud career Leamington sired 19 winners of 42 races while at Rawcliffe. He was then purchased by the Canadian Roderick W. Cameron for £1,575, and stood at General Abe Buford's Bosque Bonita Stud near Versailles, Kentucky for the 1866 season. He bred only thirteen mares, but produced an outstanding crop of foals, including Longfellow, Enquirer, Lyttleton, Lynchburg, Anna Mace, and Miss Alice. Cameron then sent the stallion to his own Clifton Stud on Staten Island. He was then moved to New Jersey in 1868, before being shipped to Annieswood Farm in 1871. His offspring were now noted for their speed and included Aristides, the winner of the first Kentucky Derby. Leamington was sold to Aristides Welch, who stood the stallion at his Erdenheim Stud, near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Leamington finished out his life here, dying on May 6, 1878 at the age of 25. During his breeding career, he was the leading sire in North America four times, including leading Lexington in 1875 for the first time in 16 years. He also earned this title in 1877, 1879, and 1881. Horses sired by Leamington included: Aristides (1872) won the first Kentucky Derby and Withers Stakes Harold (1876) won 1879 Preakness Stakes Iroquois (1878) the first American horse to win Epsom Derby and GB St. Leger Stakes Eolus (1868), sire of Knight of Ellerslie (1881), winner of the 1884 Preakness Stakes Longfellow (1867) a great sire himself Parole (1873) one of the three greatest runners in the 1870s Saunterer, won Belmont Stakes and Preakness Stakes Pedigree References Profile of Leamington at Thoroughbred Heritage New York Times obituary for Leamington 1853 racehorse births 1878 racehorse deaths Racehorses trained in the United Kingdom Racehorses bred in the United Kingdom United States Champion Thoroughbred Sires Thoroughbred family 14