Kendal (horse)
{{Short description|British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2012}}
{{Infobox racehorse
| horsename = Kendal
| image_name = Horse-breeder's handbook - together with a history of the rise and progress of the British stud... (1898) (14779816872).jpg
| caption =
| sire = Bend Or
| grandsire = Doncaster
| dam = Windermere
| damsire = Macaroni
| sex = Stallion
| foaled = 1883
| country = Great Britain
| colour = Chestnut
| breeder = 1st Duke of Westminster
| owner = 1st Duke of Westminster
| trainer = John Porter
| record = 8: 6-1-0
| race = July Stakes (1885)
| awards= Leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland (1897)
| honours =
|updated= 5 August 2012
}}
Kendal (1883–1908) was an English Thoroughbred racehorse. He was trained at Kingsclere by John Porter for the 1st Duke of Westminster. He was a leading two-year-old, but retired due to injury. He later became a successful stallion and was Champion sire in 1897.
Race career
In his first race Kendal won the Mostyn Plate at Chester. He was then second to Saraband in the New Stakes at Ascot. Next he won the Stockbridge Post Sweepsteakes.{{cite web|url=http://www.tbheritage.com/Portraits/Kendal.html |title=Kendal |publisher=Tbheritage.com |date=1917-01-30 |accessdate=2012-08-05}} He then won the July Stakes at Newmarket by ¾ length from Mephisto in a field that also included St. Mirin.{{cite web|url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=OW18850829.2.44.6 |title=Papers Past – Otago Witness – 29 August 1885 – RACING IN ENGLAND. NEWMARKET JULY|accessdate=2012-08-05}} Kendal next won the Ham Stakes at Goodwood. He also won the Great Breeders' Convivial Produce Stakes at the Ebor Meeting at York. He then won the Municipal Stakes in a walkover. In his last race he finished fourth in the Rous Memorial Stakes at Newmarket. Due to a leg injury sustained shortly after the Municipal Stakes he was retired to stud and never raced as a three-year-old.
Stud career
Kendal became a successful stallion and was Champion sire in 1897. He most notable son was Galtee More, winner of the Middle Park Plate, 2000 Guineas, Epsom Derby, Prince of Wales's Stakes and St Leger Stakes. His stud fee for 1898 was 200 guineas, plus one guinea for the groom.{{cite book |last1=Osborne | first1=Joseph |title=Horse-Breeders' Handbook |publisher=Seale, London |year=1898}} Kendal died in 1908.
Pedigree
{{Pedigree
|name = Kendal, chestnut stallion, 1883{{cite web|url=http://www.equineline.com/Free-5X-Pedigree.cfm?page_state=ORDER_AND_CONFIRM&reference_number=250841®istry=T&horse_name==Kendal%20(GB)&dam_name==Windermere%20(GB)&foaling_year=1883&nicking_stats_indicator=Y |title=Kendal (GB) pedigree |publisher=equineline.com |accessdate=2012-09-21}}
|f = Bend Or
ch. 1877
|m = Windermere
ch. 1870
|ff = Doncaster
ch. 1870
|fm = Rouge Rose
ch. 1865
|mf = Macaroni
b. 1860
|mm = Miss Agnes
br. 1850
|fff = Stockwell
ch. 1849
|ffm = Marigold
ch. 1860
|fmf = Thormanby
ch. 1857
|fmm = Ellen Horne
br. 1844
|mff = Sweetmeat
br. 1842
|mfm = Jocose
b. 1843
|mmf = Birdcatcher
ch. 1833
|mmm = Agnes
b./br. 1844
|ffff = The Baron
|fffm = Pocahontas
|ffmf = Teddington
|ffmm = Ratan mare
|fmff = Windhound
|fmfm = Alice Hawthorn
|fmmf = Redshank
|fmmm = Delhi
|mfff = Gladiator
|mffm = Lollypop
|mfmf = Pantaloon
|mfmm = Banter
|mmff = Sir Hercules
|mmfm = Guiccioli
|mmmf = Clarion
|mmmm = Annette
}}