Alycidon was a Thoroughbred racehorse who was foaled in 1945 and put down in 1963. He was a top-class British stayer who became a champion sire despite suffering from low fertility and a relatively short career at stud. After he had whipped around at the start of his first outings as a three-year-old, Alycidon always raced in blinkers, but there was nothing irresolute about his racing. His first important success came in the 1948 Princess of Wale...
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Alycidon was a Thoroughbred racehorse who was foaled in 1945 and put down in 1963. He was a top-class British stayer who became a champion sire despite suffering from low fertility and a relatively short career at stud. After he had whipped around at the start of his first outings as a three-year-old, Alycidon always raced in blinkers, but there was nothing irresolute about his racing. His first important success came in the 1948 Princess of Wales's Stakes at Newmarket and later that year, in spite of starting at 20-1, he was beaten only by Black Tarquin in the St. Leger. He won two more races that year and two more as a four-year-old before meeting with Black Tarquin again in the Ascot Gold Cup. He won by five lengths after Black Tarquin had seemed not to stay the distance, and completed his career by adding the Goodwood Cup and Doncaster Cup - to make a tally of 11 wins worth £37,206.
At stud, Alycidon's progeny enabled him to be top stallion in 1955 and placed on the sires list on...
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