Sir Joseph Henry Hawley Bt.

Baronet

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 (1814-1875) was a noted Thoroughbred

Thoroughbred

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 race horse owner and breeder in nineteenth century England.
Four of his horses won the Epsom Derby

Epsom Derby

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: Teddington

Teddington

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 (1851), Beadsman (1858), Musjid (1859) and Blue Gown

Blue Gown

Blue Gown was a British Thoroughbred racehorse that was the winner of the 1868 Epsom Derby and Ascot Gold Cup. He was a bay horse sired by the 1858 Epsom Derby winner Beadsman out of the Stockwell bred mare Bas Bleu. Blue Gown derived his name from the long blue gowns Scottish beadsmen would wear...

 (1868). Other classic horseracing wins were Fitz-Roland in the 1858 2,000 Guineas, Aphrodite in the 1851 1,000 Guineas, Miami in the 1847 Oaks

Epsom Oaks

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 and Pero Gomez in the 1869 St Leger. He thus won all five English Classics. In his early career he trained privately at Fyfield

Fyfield, Hampshire

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 in Hampshire

Hampshire

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He served aas High Sheriff of Kent

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 for 1844.

He was the breeder of the 1874 Belmont Stakes

Belmont Stakes

The Belmont Stakes is an American Grade I stakes Thoroughbred horse race held every June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. It is a 1.5-mile horse race, open to three year old Thoroughbreds. Colts and geldings carry a weight of 126 pounds ; fillies carry 121 pounds...

 winner Saxon

Saxon (horse)

Saxon was an American Thoroughbred racehorse that won the 1874 Belmont Stakes, the eighth running of that stakes race.Saxon was a brown stallion sired by Beadsman, and was bred in England, by Joseph Hawley. He was imported into the United States by Pierre Lorillard, along with his dam...

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