{{Infobox racehorse , horsename = Ladkin , image = , caption = , sire =

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, dam = Lading , damsire = Negofol , sex =

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, foaled = 1921 , country = United States , color =

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, owner = 1) August Belmont, Jr.
2)

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& G. H. Walker , trainer =

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, record = 25: 9-3-4 , earnings =

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Remsen Stakes The Remsen Stakes is an American Grade II race for Thoroughbred horse race run annually near the end of November at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York. The one and one-eighths mile race is open to two-year-olds and currently offers a purse of ...

(1923)
Cosmopolitan Highweight (1924)

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(1924)

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(1924)

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(1924)

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(1924)
International Special No.2 (1924) , awards = , honors = , updated= Ladkin (foaled 1921 in

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bred and raced by

Out of the dam, Lading, he was sired by

who also sired

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. Ladkin is best remembered in racing for his win over the European star Epinard in the 1924 International Special No.2 at

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. Following the death of August Belmont, Ladkin was purchased by the racing partnership prominent businessmen,

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and

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who raced in him in 1925 under the '' nom de course'',

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. Injured the previous October, in 1925 Ladkin met with little racing success and in October was retired to

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As a sire, Ladkin's progeny met with modest success in racing. However, his son, Ladder was purchased for breeding by Canada, Canadian

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and stood at stud in Canada where he sired

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(1935-1956), a

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inductee who was voted "Canadian Horse of the Half

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Century."

References

Ladkin's pedigree and partial racing stats

1921 racehorse births Racehorses bred in Kentucky Racehorses trained in the United States Belmont family Thoroughbred family 4-m Godolphin Arabian sire line