Friar's Balsam

Friar's Balsam began near the rear, but he never came to the front and was in trouble a long way from the finish.

In the end Friar's Balsam pulled away to win by three lengths.

At the end of the 1888 season Friar's Balsam underwent an operation.

Friar's Balsam was retired to stud where he had some success as a sire of winners.

Odds-on favourite Friar's Balsam began to struggle with half a mile still to run.

Friar's Balsam again made the running.

You go and recover yourself with an infusion of friar's balsam and don't come back until I call.'

After a couple of false starts, Friar's Balsam, racing down the centre of the track, led the field.

Friar's Balsam was, however, suffering from an undetected mouth abscess which burst during the race, causing him to choke on "blood and matter".

The mixture in fact was Friar's Balsam, which Christie used to disguise the smell of domestic gas.

Friar's Balsam began his racing career in the New Stakes at Ascot.

In the closing stages Friar's Balsam and Minting drew rapidly clear of the others before they had even been asked for an effort.

Friar's Balsam was inbred 3x4 to Touchstone.

Johnny Morgan held off Orbit for second, while Friar's Balsam finished distressed in fifth.

Ayrshire also faded before the finish, which was fought out between Friar's Balsam and Seabreeze.

His dam was Mother Siegel, a daughter of the highly regarded multiple stakes winner, Friar's Balsam.

Despite her victories the previous season she started at 10/1, with the opposition including Friar's Balsam, Melanion and Ayrshire.

"Iodine, Friar's Balsam, something called Tinct.

Friar's Balsam's sire was the Epsom Derby winner Hermit.

Friar's Balsam had been the favourite for the 2000 Guineas and Epsom Derby throughout the winter and spring.

In the Middle Park Plate Seabreeze again faced Friar's Balsam, who started as the 4/9 favourite.

Friar's Balsam's son Voter became a leading racehorse in North America, winning the Metropolitan Handicap.

She won several races as a two-year-old including the Ascot Biennial Stakes, but was overshadowed by Friar's Balsam.

At Newmarket she then finished second, three quarters of a length behind odds-on favourite Friar's Balsam, in the July Stakes.

At stud Friar's Balsam sired Balsamo who won the valuable City and Suburban Handicap.