Great Nephew was a British thoroughbred who became a champion miler in France. He also became a very successful sire, producing two Derby Stakes winners.Great Nephew Pedigree
Retrieved: December 28, 2011 He was trained as a 2yo and part of his 3yo career by

Jack Jarvis Sir John Layton Jarvis (27 December 1887 – 20 June 1968) was a British trainer of racehorses. Born into a racing family, Jarvis had a brief but successful career as a jockey before taking up training. He was one of the most prominent Britis ...

. After finishing 2nd in the

Two Thousand Guineas Stakes The 2000 Guineas Stakes is a Group 1 flat race in Great Britain open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is run on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket over a distance of 1 mile (1,609 metres) and scheduled to take place each year ...

he was transferred to France to be trained by Etienne Pollet.

Stud career

Great Nephew sired many stakes winners, such as like Champion Canadian Mare Carotene and ill-fated Derby winner Shergar. He was Champion English Sire two times: once in 1975 and again in 1981. His Best Progeny: * Grundy ch. C (1972) - English Champion 2yo and Champion 3yo Colt, English and Irish Derby winner * Nikoli b. c. (1977) - Irish 2000 Guineas winner * Mrs Penny chestnut filly (1977) – English Champion 2yo and 3yo Filly, Champion 3yo Filly in Ireland *

Shergar Shergar (3 March 1978 – ) was an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. After a very successful season in 1981 he was retired to the Ballymany Stud in County Kildare, Ireland. In 1983 he was stolen from the stud, and a ransom of ...

b. C (1978) - European Horse of the Year, English and Irish Derby winner *

Tolmi Tolmi (foaled 23 March 1978) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. She won both her races in 1980, including the Princess Margaret Stakes before her season was curtailed by illness and injury, and was rated the equal-best two-year ...

, bay filly (1978), joint-top-rated European two-year-old filly *

Carotene The term carotene (also carotin, from the Latin ''carota'', "carrot") is used for many related unsaturated hydrocarbon substances having the formula C40Hx, which are synthesized by plants but in general cannot be made by animals (with the exc ...

ch. F (1983) - Champion 3YO Turf Horse in Canada (1986, 1987, 1988)

References

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