Blenheim II - Stud Record

Stud Record

He entered stud in 1932 at the Aga Khan's Haras Marly-la-Ville in Val-d'Oise, France, where he stood at a fee of 400 guineas. In his first crop of foals, he sired Mumtaz Begum (bred eight winners, including Nasrullah), followed the next year by Mahmoud, who won the 1936 Epsom Derby, and in 1934, Donatello, who was one of Federico Tesio’s best horses.

He was sold after that year's breeding season for £45,000 to an American syndicate that included Claiborne Farm, Calumet Farm, Greentree Farm and Stoner Creek Stud before being exported to America in 1936.

Because the name Blenheim had already been registered in the United States, the stallion had to be registered as Blenheim II. Most notably, he sired the 1941 U.S. Triple Crown champion, Whirlaway and Jet Pilot, who won the 1947 Kentucky Derby and $198,740. Blenheim was also the damsire of Hill Gail, Mark-Ye-Well, Kauai King, Ponder and the very versatile Le Paillon, who in 1947 won the Grande Course de Haies d'Auteuil steeplechase race and France's most important flat race, the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. In America, Blenheim was a Champion Sire. He is also the great-great-grandsire of 1973 Triple Crown champion Secretariat.

Blenheim died in 1958 and was buried at Claiborne Farm.