Aristides J. Welch

Career

Welch owned Erdenheim Study Farm at Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania. In 1870 he purchased the mare B. from Captain T. G. Moore and stood her at Erdenheim. In 1872 he purchased the sire Leamington.

Welch"s broodmare selections led to Leamington becoming the Leading sire in North America in 1875, 1877, 1879, and 1881.

Among those bred to Leamington was B. who produced three Classic winners in all, two of which were sired by Leamington.

Achievements

• Their first was the 1879 Preakness Stakes winner, Harold, and their second was Iroquois, who in 1881 became the first American-bred horse to ever win England"s famous Epsom Derby. Maggie B. B."s third Classic winner was the colt Panique by Welch"s stallion, Alarm. Panique won the 1884 Belmont Stakes. The horse Aristides won the inaugural running of the Kentucky Derby.

Connections

Friend:

Hal Price