Sydney Paget | |
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| Born | (1857-04-19)19 April 1857 Suffolk, England |
| Died | 16 September 1916(1916-09-16) (aged 59) London, England |
| Spouse | Mary Elizabeth Dolan |
| Parent | Alfred Paget & Cecilia Wyndham |
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Sydney Augustus Paget (19 April 1857 – 16 September 1916) was an Englisharistocrat who owned and racedThoroughbredracehorses in the United States and who managed the racing operations for prominent owners,William C. Whitney andJames Ben Ali Haggin.
Sydney Paget was the fifth son and twelfth child of Cecilia Wyndham and her husband,Lord Alfred Paget.[1]
Sydney Paget served with theBritish Army in theSecond Boer War, achieving the rank of Lieutenant with the machine gun section of the XIIth Yeomanry.[1]
Paget's brother,Almeric, marriedPauline Payne Whitney, daughter of the enormously wealthy William C. Whitney who hired Sydney Paget to manage hisNew York Thoroughbred racing stable. Paget ran a ranch atBig Horn, Wyoming for William Whitney where he raised Thoroughbreds on the open range.[1]
Among the other top horses Paget was involved with was thefilly Hamburg Belle who won the prestigiousBelmont Futurity Stakes in 1903.[2] Hamburg Belle was owned by James Ben Ali Haggin but raced in Paget's name.[3]
Near the end of the 1890s, Paget left the employ of W.C. Whitney to go on his own. In July 1898 he boughtKentucky Derby winnerPlaudit fromJohn E. Madden for $25,000.[4] The horse continued to race successfully that year but broke down while training in early 1899 and was retired from racing. Paget sold Plaudit back to Madden for $12,000 who sent him to stand atstud at hisHamburg Place breeding farm nearLexington, Kentucky.[5]
In the pre-U.S. Triple Crown era, Paget owned theAmerican Champion Two-Year-Old Colt of 1898,Jean Bereaud. The colt went on to win the 1899Belmont Stakes. Paget also won the 1905Preakness Stakes withCairngorm.
Paget died inLondon on 16 September 1916 at age 59.[1]
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