Saxon was a brown stallion sired by Beadsman, and was bred in England, by Joseph Hawley. He was imported into the United States by Pierre Lorillard, along with his dam. Saxon's dam was the imported mare Girasol, who was sired by Asteroid and out of the mare Gillyflower. Gillyflower was sired by Venison.
Racing career
As a two-year-old, Saxon won the 1873 August Stakes.
Saxon won the 1874 Belmont while owned by Pierre Lorillard. This was the eighth running of the stakes race. The race was run on June 13, 1871 at a distance of 11⁄2 miles (i.e. 12 furlongs (2,400 meters)) on a fast track. He finished first by a neck over Grinstead, and third place went to Aaron Pennington. All the horses in the race carried 110 pounds (50kg), and the value to the winner was $4,200 (about $88,000 today), with the winning time being 2 minutes and 391⁄2 seconds. The winning jockey was G. Barbee, and the winning trainer was W. Prior.
The Saxon Steed (German:Sachsenross, Niedersachsenross, Welfenross, Westfalenpferd; Dutch:Twentse Ros / Saksische ros/paard; English: White Horse of Kent: Low Saxon: Witte Peerd) is a favorite heraldic motif of the Saxons.
Origin and past uses
The Saxon Steed originated in the tribal Duchy of Saxony. It is said that it originates from the black (heathen) and white (Christian) horse the Saxon leader Widukind rode on, or Odin's horse Sleipnir.
There is also a very common roof-sign on (farm)houses with 2 horseheads which can refer to Hengist and Horsa, the quasi-mythical progenitors of the English nation who led the Anglo-Saxon migration to southern Britain in the 5th Century AD.
It was later adopted by the House of Welf, whose original symbol was a golden lion on red ground. It has also been used in several provinces in Westphalia (therefore, it is also called Westfalenross, meaning "Westphalian steed", or Welfenross, meaning "Welf steed"). After this, it became the heraldic animal of the Kingdom of Hanover (since 1866 the PrussianProvince of Hanover), of the Prussian Province of Westphalia and since 1922 of the Free State of Brunswick. This tradition continues in two modern federal States of Germany: Lower Saxony and North-Rhine Westphalia.
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Venniker is no stranger to the world of ‘firsts’ in horse racing, just like her famous namesake in British racing, Rachael Blackmore... Her ride Red Saxon was given to jock Serino Moodley.
There’s also a long list of alternate names ripe for the picking, including Celtic labels like HorseMoon, Dyan Moon and Rose Moon, the Anglo-Saxon moniker Mead Moon and options of disputed origin such as Flower Moon and HotMoon ... .
Named after ripening wild strawberries, with diverse cultural names like hot moon and horse moon ... And don't forget the Anglo-Saxons, who affectionately refer to it as the mead moon, a reference to the meadows that are ready for harvest.
Shortly after, Belmont purchased his first good horse, Glenelg, for $2,000... Until his NurseryStud foals began coming to the races, Belmont bought most of his good horses ... -Foreign-bred horses who won the Belmont.
The intricate Anglo- Saxon artifact has a diameter of only 19.4mm (0.7 in) and features a depiction of an animal at the top, most probably a horse ... https.//www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/01/01/anglo-saxon-artefact-norfolk-archaeologists-mystery-horse/.
Yarbrough, a wealthy Tennessee entrepreneur who founded Video Gaming Technologies, the manufacturer of slot and other gambling machines, had invested $1.5 million into one of Saxon’s films, “A FineStep,” about Paso Fino horses, starring Luke Perry.
In the archaeology of early Anglo-SaxonEngland, weaponry, horse-riding equipment and tools are thought to signal masculinity, while jewelry, sewing equipment and beads signal femininity.
Commonwealth Journal
25 Nov 2023
Commonwealth Journal
25 Nov 2023