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Blenheim II

British racehorse

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sire of Whirlaway

  • In Whirlaway: Breeding and early years

    …purchase of a nine-year-old stallion, Blenheim II. During his racing days the horse had won the Epsom Derby and later had sired the Derby winner Mahmoud. Blenheim II was sent to Claiborne Farm in Kentucky, where, on April 2, 1938, one of his mates, Dustwhirl, gave birth to a blaze-faced…

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  • In Citation: Breeding and early years

    …stallion and came home with Blenheim II, who fathered 1941 Triple Crown winner Whirlaway.

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