Tyrant (American horse)

Tyrant (foaled 1882) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who came from California to win the 1885 Belmont Stakes, a prestigious race at Jerome Park Racetrack on the U. S. East Coast that would become the third leg of the U.S. Triple Crown series.[1]

For the British winner of the Epsom Derby, see Tyrant (horse).
Tyrant
SireGreat Tom
GrandsireKing Tom
DamMoselle
DamsireJack Malone
SexStallion
Foaled1882
CountryUnited States
ColourChestnut
BreederBelle Meade Stud
(William Giles Harding)
OwnerS. D. Bruce
James B. A. Haggin
TrainerWilliam R. Claypool
Major wins
Stockton Stakes (1885)
Withers Stakes (1885)
Distillers' Stakes (1886)

American Classics wins:
Belmont Stakes (1885)

Background

Tyrant was bred by Gen. William Harding at his Belle Meade Stud in Tennessee. He was initially purchased as a yearling for $300 by Mr. S. D. Bruce of Kentucky but who a year later sold him to James B. A. Haggin who brought the colt to his Rancho Del Paso Stud in Sacramento County, California.[2]

In 1884, the two-year-old Tyrant was conditioned for racing on the Rancho Del Paso's three-quarter mile training track but it was decided that the colt was not yet ready for the rigors of competition and Tyrant only began his racing career as a three-year-old in 1885.[3]

Tyrant's easy win in the Withers Stakes marked the first time that a California horse with its California trainer had won a major race for three-year-olds on the East Coast.[4]

Racing at age four, Tyrant won the Distillers' Stakes at the Kentucky Association track in Lexington.

Stud career

Retired to stud at his owner's Rancho Del Paso, Tyrant met with limited success as a sire. Among his offspring, Tyrant's most successful runners included The Manxman, winner of the 1898 Carter Handicap.

Pedigree
Pedigree of Tyrant, chestnut colt, 1882
Sire
Great Tom		 King Tom Harkaway Economist
Fanny Dawson
Pocahontas Glencoe
Marpessa
Woodcraft Voltigeur Voltaire
Martha Lynn
Venison mare Venison
Wedding-Day
Dam
Moselle		 Jack Malone Lexington Boston
Alice Carneal
Gloriana American Eclipse
Trifle
Gazelle Albion Actaeon
Panthea
Delta Priam
Gamma (family: A10)

References
  1. "1885 Belmont" (PDF). Belmontstakes.com. 1885-06-06. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
  2. "Tyrant". The Breeder and Sportsman, page 369. 1885-06-13. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
  3. "Tyrant". The Breeder and Sportsman, page 369. 1885-06-13. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
  4. "Hurrah for Tyrant". The Breeder and Sportsman, page 344. 1885-05-30. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
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