Workman was a racehorse and the 1939 Grand National

Grand National

The Grand National is a world-famous National Hunt horse race which is held annually at Aintree Racecourse, near Liverpool, England. It is a handicap chase run over a distance of four miles and 856 yards , with horses jumping thirty fences over two circuits of Aintree's National Course...

 Winner, coming in at 100/8 in the colours of millionaire match manufacturer Sir Alexander Maguire

Alexander Maguire

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. It was ridden by Timmy Hyde and trained by Jack Ruttle out of Hazelhatch Stud. It won by three lengths from Mac Moffat (25/1).

Sired by Cottage, bred by Baron Edouard de Rothschild

Edouard Alphonse de Rothschild

Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild was a French financier and a member of the prominent Rothschild banking family of France....

 in France

France

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, who went on to sire two more Grand National Winners Lovely Cottage 1946 and Shelia's Cottage in 1948.

Workman's pedigree

Pedigree chart

A pedigree chart is a diagram that shows the occurrence and appearance or phenotypes of a particular gene or organism and its ancestors from one generation to the next, most commonly humans, show dogs, and race horses....

 can be traced back to the great stallion Marco, sire of three Grand National winners, who in turn was sired by the unbeaten Barcaldine

Barcaldine (horse)

Barcaldine was an outstanding, undefeated British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He succeeded in carrying on the Matchem sire-line which would have died out in Europe without his sons and grandsons...

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For trainer Jack Ruttle it was his first English Grand National win after notching up three Irish Grand National

Irish Grand National

The Irish Grand National is a National Hunt chase in Ireland which is open to horses aged five years or older. It is run at Fairyhouse over a distance of about 3 miles and 5 furlongs , and during its running there are twenty-four fences to be jumped...

 winners, Halston

Halston

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 in 1920 and 1922 returning for his third in 1934 with Poolgowran.

Tim Hyde also had further success on English Turf when he returned in 1946 to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup

Cheltenham Gold Cup

The Cheltenham Gold Cup is a Grade 1 National Hunt chase in the United Kingdom which is open to horses aged five years or older. It is run on the New Course at Cheltenham over a distance of about 3 miles and 2½ furlongs , and during its running there are twenty-two fences to be jumped...

on Prince Regent, whose line descends from Marco and Baracaldine.

Other Great horses from the Marco/Baracaldine line include Istabraq (Dam Side).