BLENHEIM II

'Blenheim II' (1927-1958) was a British-bred Thoroughbred race horse who won the prestigious Epsom Derby in 1930. Retired at the end of that year, he sired 1936 Epsom Derby winner Mahmoud but was sold after that year's horse breeding season to an American syndicate that included Claiborne Farm, Calumet Farm, Greentree Farm, and Stoner Creek Stud.
Registered in England as Bleinheim, because the name had already been registered in the United States he had to be registered as Blenheim II. Most notably, he sired the 1941 U.S. Triple Crown champion, Whirlaway. He was also the damsire of Nasrullah and Kauai King as well as the very versatile Le Paillon, who in 1947 won the Grande Course de Haies d'Auteuil steeplechase race and France's most important flat race, the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.
Blenheim II died in 1958 and was buried at Claiborne Farm.

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★ Blenheim II's pedigree and stats