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{{Infobox racehorse
| horsename = Pharos
| image =
| caption =
| sire = [[Phalaris (horse)|Phalaris]]
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| damsire = Chaucer
| sex = [[Stallion (horse)|Stallion]]
| foaled = 4 April 1920
| country =
| colour = [[Bay (horse)|Bay or brown]]
| breeder = [[Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby|Earl of Derby]]
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| updated= 11 January 2010
|death_date={{death date and age|1937|04|30|1920|04|04|df=yes}}}}
}}▼
'''Pharos''' (4 April 1920 – 30 April 1937) was a [[Great Britain|British]] bred [[
==Pedigree==
Bred and raced by [[Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby]], he was a brother to the stakeswinners, Fair Isle (1927) and Fairway (1925) who won 31 races and £71,635 between them.<ref name="Ahnert" /> They were by the successful sire, Phalaris, their dam the staying mare, Scapa Flow by Chaucer. Pharos's maximum distance was approximately 1¼ miles and Fairway could stay much further and was altogether a better racehorse. Both Pharos and Fairway were outstanding successes at stud where they both sired classic winners of a high standard. However, Pharos has proved
==Racing record==
Pharos won six of his nine starts at age two and three of his nine starts at age three when he also ran second to [[Papyrus (horse)|Papyrus]] in the 1923 [[Epsom Derby]]. Racing at age four, Pharos won four of seven starts, notably beating [[Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe]] winner [[Parth (horse)|Parth]] in the [[Furlong|ten furlong]] [[Champion Stakes]] at [[Newmarket Racecourse]]. Racing at age five, Pharos did not win in his first four starts but
==Stud record==
Retired to [[stud (animal)|stud]] duty having won fourteen of his thirty career starts, Pharos first stood at Woodland Stud in Newmarket for the 1926 season. In 1928 he was sent to stand at [[Haras d'Ouilly]] in [[France]] where he remained until his death in 1937.<ref name="Pryor">{{Citation |last=Pryor |first=Peter |title=The Classic Connection |publisher=Cortney Publications |location=Luton |year=1979 }}.</ref> Pharos was the leading sire in Britain and Ireland in 1931 and the [[leading sire in France]] in 1938.
Pharos sired 11 high class stallions including [[Pharis (horse)|Pharis]], an undefeated galloper whose wins included the 1939 [[Prix du Jockey Club]] and the [[Grand Prix de Paris]] and who was the leading sire in France in 1944.<ref name="Pryor" /> However, by far his most important son was the undefeated [[Nearco]], described by ''Thoroughbred Heritage'' as "one of the greatest racehorses of the Twentieth Century" and "one of the most important sires of the century".<ref>{{Citation |url=http://www.tbheritage.com/Portraits/Pharos.html |title=Thoroughbred Heritage }}.</ref>
Pharos sired the winners of 181 races worth £152,157.<ref name="Ahnert" />
==Pedigree==
{{Pedigree
|name = Pharos, brown stallion, 1920
|f = [[Phalaris (horse)|Phalaris]]
|m = [[Scapa Flow (British horse)|Scapa Flow]]
|ff = [[Polymelus]]
|fm = Bromus
|mf = Chaucer
|mm = Anchora
|fff = [[Cyllene (horse)|Cyllene]]
|ffm = Maid Marian
|fmf = [[Sainfoin (horse)|Sainfoain]]
|fmm = Cheery
|mff = '''[[St. Simon (horse)|St. Simon]]'''
|mfm = [[Canterbury Pilgrim]]
|mmf = Love Wisely
|mmm = Eryholme
|ffff = [[Bona Vista]]
|fffm = Arcadia
|ffmf = [[Hampton (horse)|Hampton]]
|ffmm = Quiver
|fmff = [[Springfield (horse)|Springfield]]
|fmfm = Sanda
|fmmf = '''[[St. Simon (horse)|St. Simon]]'''
|fmmm = Sunrise
|mfff = [[Galopin]]
|mffm = St. Angela
|mfmf = [[Tristan (horse)|Tristan]]
|mfmm = [[Pilgrimage]]
|mmff = Wisdom
|mmfm = Lovelorn
|mmmf = Hazlehatch
|mmmm = Ayrsmoss (family: 13-e)
▲}}
==See also==
* [[List of Undefeated horses]]
==References==▼
{{Reflist}}▼
==External links==
* [http://www.tbheritage.com/Portraits/Pharos.html Pharos at ''Thoroughbred Heritage'']
* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/pharos Pharos' pedigree and partial racing stats]
▲==References==
▲{{Reflist}}
[[Category:1920 racehorse births]]
[[Category:1937 racehorse deaths]]
[[Category:Racehorses bred in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Racehorses trained in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Champion Thoroughbred Sires of France]]
[[Category:British Champion Thoroughbred Sires]]
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