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{{Short description|British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse}}
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{{Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
{{Infobox racehorse
| horsename = Omar Khayyam
| horsename = Omar Khayyam
| image = [[Image:Omar Khayyam (horse).jpg|200px]]
| image = [[Image:Omar Khayyam (horse).jpg|200px]]
| caption =
| caption =
| sire = [[Marco (horse)|Marco]]
| sire = Marco
| grandsire = Barcaldine
| grandsire = [[Barcaldine (horse)|Barcaldine]]
| dam = Lisma
| dam = Lisma
| damsire = [[Persimmon (horse)|Persimmon]]
| damsire = [[Persimmon (horse)|Persimmon]]
| sex = [[Stallion (horse)|Stallion]]
| sex = [[Stallion (horse)|Stallion]]
| foaled = 1914
| foaled = 1914
| country = [[Great Britain]] {{flagicon|UK}}
| country = [[Great Britain]]
| colour = [[Chestnut (coat)|Chestnut]]
| colour = [[Chestnut (coat)|Chestnut]]
| breeder = [[Sir John Robinson]]
| breeder = Sir John Robinson
| owner = C. K. G. Billings & Frederick Johnson<br>[[Wilfrid Viau]] (from May 1917)
| owner = C. K. G. Billings & Frederick Johnson<br>Wilfrid Viau (from May 1917)
| trainer = [[Charles T. Patterson]]<br>[[Richard F. Carmen]] (from May 1917)
| trainer = [[Charles T. Patterson]]<br>Richard F. Carmen Sr. (from May 1917)
| record = 28: 12-5-4
| record = 28: 12-5-4
| earnings = $57,010
| earnings = $57,010
| race = [[Brooklyn Derby]] (1917)<br>[[Kenner Stakes]] (1917)<br>[[Travers Stakes]] (1917)<br>[[Saratoga Breeders' Cup Handicap|Saratoga Cup]] (1917)<br>[[Lawrence Realization Stakes]] (1917)<br>[[Havre de Grace Handicap]] (1917)<br>[[Pimlico Autumn Handicap]] (1917)<br>Marines' Liberty Bond Handicap (1918)<br>Rennert Handicap (1919)
| race = [[Brooklyn Derby]] (1917)<br>[[Kenner Stakes]] (1917)<br>[[Travers Stakes]] (1917)<br>[[Saratoga Cup]] (1917)<br>[[Lawrence Realization Stakes]] (1917)<br>[[Havre de Grace Handicap]] (1917)<br>Pimlico Autumn Handicap (1917)<br>Marines' Liberty Bond Handicap (1918)<br>Rennert Handicap (1919)<p>
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'''[[Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (United States)|American Classics]] wins:'''<br> [[Kentucky Derby]] (1917)</p>

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'''[[American Classic Races|American Classic Race]] wins:'''<br>[[Kentucky Derby]] (1917)
| awards= [[American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse|American Co-Champion 3-Yr-Old Male Horse]] (1917)
| awards= [[American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse|American Co-Champion 3-Yr-Old Male Horse]] (1917)
| honours =
| honors =
| updated= July 14, 2008
| updated= October 28, 2019
}}
}}
'''Omar Khayyam''' (1914-1938) was a [[Great Britain|British-born]] [[Thoroughbred]] [[horse racing|racehorse]] who was sold as a yearling to an [[United States|American]] racing partnership and who became the first foreign-bred horse to win the [[Kentucky Derby]]. He was named for the famous [[Greater Iran|Persian]] [[Islamic mathematics|mathematician]], [[Omar Khayyam]].
'''Omar Khayyam''' (1914&ndash;1938) was a British-born [[Thoroughbred]] [[horse racing|racehorse]] who was sold as a yearling to an American racing partnership and who became the first foreign-bred horse to win the [[Kentucky Derby]].<ref>[http://www.tbheritage.com/Portraits/Marco.html] Marco (scroll down for Omar Khayyam). Accessed February 14, 2011.</ref> He was named for the famous [[Greater Iran|Persian]] [[Islamic mathematics|mathematician]], poet, and astronomer, [[Omar Khayyam]].


==Bloodlines==
Omar Khayyam was out of the [[mare (horse)|mare]] Lisma, a daughter of the [[Leading sire in Great Britain & Ireland|Champion sire]] [[Persimmon (horse)|Persimmon]] whose success on the track included wins in the [[Epsom Derby]], [[St. Leger Stakes]] and [[Ascot Gold Cup]]. He was sired by [[Marco (horse)|Marco]] who had been a leading three-year-old in England in 1915 and who was the great-grandson of the first [[Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing#United Kingdom|English Triple Crown Champion]], [[West Australian (horse)|West Australian]].
Omar Khayyam was out of the [[mare (horse)|mare]] Lisma, daughter of the [[Leading sire in Great Britain & Ireland|champion sire]] [[Persimmon (horse)|Persimmon]];<ref>[http://www.pedigreequery.com/omar+khayyam] Omar Khayyam's five-generation pedigree. Accessed February 14, 2011.</ref> his success on the track included wins in [[Epsom Derby|The Derby]], [[St. Leger Stakes]] and [[Ascot Gold Cup]]. He was sired by Marco, a leading three-year-old in England in 1895 and great-grandson of the first [[Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing#English Triple Crowns|English Triple Crown Champion]], [[West Australian (horse)|West Australian]].


==Racing career==
Trained by [[Charles T. Patterson|Charles Patterson]], Omar Khayyam was sent to the track in 1916 at age two. His most important result that year was a second to [[Campfire (horse)|Campfire]] in the [[Hopeful Stakes (United States)|Hopeful Stakes]]. In his three-year-old season, no [[Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing#United States|U.S. Triple Crown]] series had yet been formalized and in 1917 the [[Kentucky Derby]] and [[Preakness Stakes]] were held on the same day. [http://www.turfnsport.com/triplecrown/preakness-stakes.php] Choosing to run in the Derby, in a warm-up race Omar Khayyam was unplaced in the [[Derby Trial Stakes|Derby Trial]]. As a result, he was sent off at 13:1 odds in the Kentucky Derby. Ridden by jockey [[Charles B. Borel|Charles Borel]], Omar Khayyam used a powerful stretch drive to come from tenth place to win over the betting favorite, a colt named Ticket.
Trained by [[Charles T. Patterson|Charles Patterson]], Omar Khayyam was sent to the track in 1916 as a two-year-old. His most important result that year was a second to [[Campfire (horse)|Campfire]] in the [[Hopeful Stakes (United States)|Hopeful Stakes]]. In his three-year-old season, no [[Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing#United States Triple Crowns|U.S. Triple Crown]] series had yet been formalized; the Kentucky Derby and [[Preakness Stakes]] were held on the same day.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.turfnsport.com/triplecrown/preakness-stakes.php |title=Preakness Stakes |access-date=2010-10-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429021800/http://www.turfnsport.com/triplecrown/preakness-stakes.php |archive-date=2011-04-29 }} Preakness Stakes history. Accessed February 14, 2011.</ref> Choosing to run in the Derby, Omar Khayyam was fourth in a mile and an eighth prep race at Lexington to Ticket. As a result, he was sent off at 13–1 odds in the Kentucky Derby. Ridden by jockey [[Charles B. Borel|Charles Borel]], Omar Khayyam unleashed a powerful stretch run to come from tenth place to win over the favorite Ticket.<ref>[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1917/05/13/102342765.pdf] ''New York Times'', May 13, 1917. Accessed February 14, 2011.</ref>


Three weeks after his Derby win, Omar Khayyam was sold as part of his owner's multi-horse dispersal auction held on the grounds of [[New York|New York's]] [[Belmont Park]]. He was purchased by [[Canada|Canadian]] biscuit manufacturer [[Wilfrid Viau]]. For his new owner, the colt went on to win the Prospect Handicap at [[Jamaica Racetrack]], the [[Dwyer Stakes|Brooklyn Derby]] at the old [[Aqueduct Racetrack]] and at the [[Saratoga Race Course]], the [[Kenner Stakes]], [[Saratoga Breeders' Cup Handicap|Saratoga Cup]] and the prestigious [[Travers Stakes]]. Racing in [[Maryland]], Omar Khayyam won the [[Havre de Grace Handicap]] and, despite being handicapped by thirty pounds, set a new [[Pimlico Race Course]] track record in winning the [[Pimlico Autumn Handicap]].
Three weeks after his Derby win, Omar Khayyam was sold as part of his owner's multi-horse dispersal auction held on the grounds of New York's [[Belmont Park]]. He was purchased by Canadian biscuit manufacturer Wilfrid Viau. For his new owner, the colt went on to win the Prospect Handicap at [[Jamaica Race Course]]; the [[Dwyer Stakes|Brooklyn Derby]] at the old [[Aqueduct Racetrack]]; and (at the [[Saratoga Race Course]]) the [[Kenner Stakes]], the [[Saratoga Cup]] and the [[Travers Stakes]]. In Maryland Omar Khayyam won the [[Havre de Grace Handicap]] and – despite a 30-pound handicap – set a new [[Pimlico Race Course]] track record in winning the Pimlico Autumn Handicap.


After other entrants were scratched, the October 18, 1917 John R. McLean Memorial Championship at [[Laurel Park Racecourse]] turned into a [[match race]] between Omar Khayyam and [[August Belmont Jr.|August Belmont Jr.'s]] [[Belmont Stakes]] winner, [[Hourless]]. Earlier that year, Omar Khayyam had beaten Hourless in the 1 ½ mile [[Lawrence Realization Stakes]] and in the [[Dwyer Stakes|Brooklyn Derby]]. This time, however, Hourless won by a length and despite Omar Khayyam's earlier wins over Hourless and the fact that he had earned $20,000 more than Hourless in stakes purses that year, plus had made many more starts and had been more consistent throughout the year, Omar Khayyam had to share [[American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse]] honors.
After the other entrants were scratched, the October 18, 1917, John R. McLean Memorial Championship at [[Laurel Park Racecourse]] turned into a [[match race]] between Omar Khayyam and [[August Belmont Jr.]] [[Belmont Stakes]] winner, [[Hourless]]. Earlier that year, Omar Khayyam had beaten Hourless in the 1½ mile [[Lawrence Realization Stakes]] and in the [[Dwyer Stakes|Brooklyn Derby]]. This time, however, Hourless won by a length. Despite Omar Khayyam's earlier wins over Hourless and the fact that he had earned $20,000 more than Hourless in purses that year (in more starts with greater consistency), Omar Khayyam shared [[American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse]] honors with Hourless.<ref>[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1917/10/19/96280102.pdf] ''New York Times'' article on the 1917 John R. McLean Memorial Championship. Accessed February 14, 2011.</ref>


Racing at age four in 1918, Omar Khayyam's chances at winning were limited as a result of being assigned high weights. However, he still won the Marines' Liberty Bond Handicap. The following year won the Rennert Handicap at Pimlico under jockey [[Clarence Kummer]] before being retired to stand at [[stud (animal)|stud]] at [[Claiborne Farm]] in [[Paris, Kentucky]] for the 1920 season. In 1929 Omar Khayyam was moved to the J. P. Jones stud in [[Charlottesville, Virginia]] where he remained until his death in 1938.
As a four-year-old in 1918, Omar Khayyam's chances of winning were limited due to his high weight assignments; however, he won the Marines' Liberty Bond Handicap. The following year, at five, he won the Rennert Handicap at Pimlico under [[Clarence Kummer]] before being retired to stand at [[Claiborne Farm]] in Paris, Kentucky for the 1920 season.


==Progeny==
Among his progeny, Omar Khayyam sired [[Malicious (horse)|Malicious]], an iron horse who won thirty-two races and made one hundred and eighty-five career starts. Of his offspring, [[Mr. Khayyam|Mr. Khayyam's]] wins included the 1933 [[Wood Memorial Stakes]] and 1934 [[Metropolitan Handicap]]. Another son, [[Balko (horse)|Balko]], won the 1930 [[Toboggan Handicap|Toboggan]] and [[Baltimore Handicap]]s.
In 1929, Omar Khayyam was moved to the J. P. Jones stud in Charlottesville, Virginia, where he remained until his death in 1938. Among his offspring was [[Malicious (horse)|Malicious]], an “[[iron horse]]” who won 32 races out of 185 career starts. Another son, Mr. Khayyam, won the 1933 [[Wood Memorial Stakes]] and the 1934 [[Metropolitan Handicap]]. Yet another, Balko, won the 1930 [[Toboggan Handicap|Toboggan]] and Baltimore Handicaps.

==Pedigree==

{{Pedigree
|name = Omar Khayyam
|f = Marco
1892
|m = Lisma
1907
|ff = [[Barcaldine (horse)|Barcaldine]]
1878
|fm = Novitiate
1882
|mf = [[Persimmon (horse)|Persimmon]]
1893
|mm = Luscious
1894
|fff = Solon
|ffm = Ballyroe
|fmf = [[Hermit (horse)|Hermit]]
|fmm = Retty
|mff = [[St. Simon (horse)|St. Simon]]
|mfm = [[Perdita (horse)|Perdita]]
|mmf = Royal Hampton
|mmm = Alveole
|ffff = [[West Australian (horse)|West Australian]]
|fffm = Birdcatcher Mare
|ffmf = Belladrum
|ffmm = Bon Accord
|fmff = [[Newminster (horse)|Newminster]]
|fmfm = Seclusion
|fmmf = Lambton
|fmmm = Fern
|mfff = [[Galopin]]
|mffm = St. Angela
|mfmf = '''[[Hampton (horse)|Hampton]]*'''
|mfmm = Hermione
|mmff = '''Hampton*'''
|mmfm = Princess
|mmmf = Crafton
|mmmm = Ste. Alveole
|}}
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Omar Khayyam is [[inbreeding|inbred]] 4D × 4D to the stallion [[Hampton (horse)|Hampton]], meaning that he appears twice fourth generation on the dam side of his pedigree.

==See also==
*[[Campfire (horse)]]
*[[Charles B. Borel]]
*[[Hourless]]


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/omar+khayyam Omar Khayyam's pedigree and partial racing stats]
* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/omar+khayyam Omar Khayyam's pedigree and partial racing stats]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9903E0DD123AE433A25750C1A9639C946696D6CF May 13, 1917 ''New York Times'' article on Omar Khayyam's victory in the Kentucky Derby]
* [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9903E0DD123AE433A25750C1A9639C946696D6CF May 13, 1917 ''New York Times'' article on Omar Khayyam's victory in the Kentucky Derby]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E05E6DF1E3BE03ABC4152DFB667838C609EDE ''New York Times'' article on the 1917 John R. McLean Memorial Championship]
* [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E05E6DF1E3BE03ABC4152DFB667838C609EDE ''New York Times'' article on the 1917 John R. McLean Memorial Championship]
* [http://www.tbheritage.com/Portraits/Marco.html ''Thoroughbred Heritage'' profile of Omar Khayyam]
* [http://www.tbheritage.com/Portraits/Marco.html ''Thoroughbred Heritage'' profile of Omar Khayyam]
* [http://www.tbcprojects.com/career.php?search=1762 Omar Khayyam's offspring at the Classic Runners database]
* [http://www.tbcprojects.com/career.php?search=1762 Omar Khayyam's offspring at the Classic Runners database]
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Latest revision as of 13:17, 12 July 2023

Omar Khayyam
SireMarco
GrandsireBarcaldine
DamLisma
DamsirePersimmon
SexStallion
Foaled1914
LandGreat Britain
ColourChestnut
BreederSir John Robinson
OwnerC. K. G. Billings & Frederick Johnson
Wilfrid Viau (from May 1917)
TrainerCharles T. Patterson
Richard F. Carmen Sr. (from May 1917)
Record28: 12-5-4
Earnings$57,010
Major wins
Brooklyn Derby (1917)
Kenner Stakes (1917)
Travers Stakes (1917)
Saratoga Cup (1917)
Lawrence Realization Stakes (1917)
Havre de Grace Handicap (1917)
Pimlico Autumn Handicap (1917)
Marines' Liberty Bond Handicap (1918)
Rennert Handicap (1919)

American Classics wins:
Kentucky Derby (1917)

Awards
American Co-Champion 3-Yr-Old Male Horse (1917)
Last updated on October 28, 2019

Omar Khayyam (1914–1938) was a British-born Thoroughbred racehorse who was sold as a yearling to an American racing partnership and who became the first foreign-bred horse to win the Kentucky Derby.[1] He was named for the famous Persian mathematician, poet, and astronomer, Omar Khayyam.

Bloodlines

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Omar Khayyam was out of the mare Lisma, daughter of the champion sire Persimmon;[2] his success on the track included wins in The Derby, St. Leger Stakes and Ascot Gold Cup. He was sired by Marco, a leading three-year-old in England in 1895 and great-grandson of the first English Triple Crown Champion, West Australian.

Racing career

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Trained by Charles Patterson, Omar Khayyam was sent to the track in 1916 as a two-year-old. His most important result that year was a second to Campfire in the Hopeful Stakes. In his three-year-old season, no U.S. Triple Crown series had yet been formalized; the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes were held on the same day.[3] Choosing to run in the Derby, Omar Khayyam was fourth in a mile and an eighth prep race at Lexington to Ticket. As a result, he was sent off at 13–1 odds in the Kentucky Derby. Ridden by jockey Charles Borel, Omar Khayyam unleashed a powerful stretch run to come from tenth place to win over the favorite Ticket.[4]

Three weeks after his Derby win, Omar Khayyam was sold as part of his owner's multi-horse dispersal auction held on the grounds of New York's Belmont Park. He was purchased by Canadian biscuit manufacturer Wilfrid Viau. For his new owner, the colt went on to win the Prospect Handicap at Jamaica Race Course; the Brooklyn Derby at the old Aqueduct Racetrack; and (at the Saratoga Race Course) the Kenner Stakes, the Saratoga Cup and the Travers Stakes. In Maryland Omar Khayyam won the Havre de Grace Handicap and – despite a 30-pound handicap – set a new Pimlico Race Course track record in winning the Pimlico Autumn Handicap.

After the other entrants were scratched, the October 18, 1917, John R. McLean Memorial Championship at Laurel Park Racecourse turned into a match race between Omar Khayyam and August Belmont Jr. Belmont Stakes winner, Hourless. Earlier that year, Omar Khayyam had beaten Hourless in the 1½ mile Lawrence Realization Stakes and in the Brooklyn Derby. This time, however, Hourless won by a length. Despite Omar Khayyam's earlier wins over Hourless and the fact that he had earned $20,000 more than Hourless in purses that year (in more starts with greater consistency), Omar Khayyam shared American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse honors with Hourless.[5]

As a four-year-old in 1918, Omar Khayyam's chances of winning were limited due to his high weight assignments; however, he won the Marines' Liberty Bond Handicap. The following year, at five, he won the Rennert Handicap at Pimlico under Clarence Kummer before being retired to stand at Claiborne Farm in Paris, Kentucky for the 1920 season.

Progeny

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In 1929, Omar Khayyam was moved to the J. P. Jones stud in Charlottesville, Virginia, where he remained until his death in 1938. Among his offspring was Malicious, an “iron horse” who won 32 races out of 185 career starts. Another son, Mr. Khayyam, won the 1933 Wood Memorial Stakes and the 1934 Metropolitan Handicap. Yet another, Balko, won the 1930 Toboggan and Baltimore Handicaps.

Pedigree

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Pedigree of Omar Khayyam
Sire
Marco

1892

Barcaldine

1878

Solon West Australian
Birdcatcher Mare
Ballyroe Belladrum
Bon Accord
Novitiate

1882

Hermit Newminster
Seclusion
Retty Lambton
Fern
Dam
Lisma

1907

Persimmon

1893

St. Simon Galopin
St. Angela
Perdita Hampton*
Hermione
Luscious

1894

Royal Hampton Hampton*
Princess
Alveole Crafton
Ste. Alveole

* Omar Khayyam is inbred 4D × 4D to the stallion Hampton, meaning that he appears twice fourth generation on the dam side of his pedigree.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ [1] Marco (scroll down for Omar Khayyam). Accessed February 14, 2011.
  2. ^ [2] Omar Khayyam's five-generation pedigree. Accessed February 14, 2011.
  3. ^ "Preakness Stakes". Archived from the original on 2011-04-29. Retrieved 2010-10-07. Preakness Stakes history. Accessed February 14, 2011.
  4. ^ [3] New York Times, May 13, 1917. Accessed February 14, 2011.
  5. ^ [4] New York Times article on the 1917 John R. McLean Memorial Championship. Accessed February 14, 2011.
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