In a rather weak year for American juveniles, Tintagel came out on top of the division by virtue of a win in the season's most important race, the Futurity Stakes. He failed to train on and, like most sons of Sir Gallahad III, proved an indifferent stallion.
Race record
22 starts, 8 wins, 4 seconds, 2 thirds, US$80,100
1935:
1936:
As an individual
A bay horse, Tintagel preferred to control his races from the front end.
As a stallion
According to records kept by The Jockey Club, Tintagel sired 153 winners and four stakes winners from 214 named foals. The best of his runners, Indian Land, won the 1953 Vosburgh Handicap and two other stakes races.
Connections
Tintagel was bred by Arthur B. Hancock, Sr., and was owned by Marshall Field III. He was trained by George Odom.
Pedigree notes
Tintagel is inbred 4x5 to nine-time English champion sire St. Simon, 5x4x5 to 1880 Derby Stakes winner Bend Or and 5x4 to 1886 Grand Prix de Paris winner Minting. He is a full brother to multiple stakes winner Boy Knight and a half brother to Dinner Date (by Stimulus), winner of the 1938 Matron Stakes and Spinaway Stakes and dam of multiple stakes winner Menu (by Bahram). He is also a half brother to stakes winners Sgt. Byrnes (by Stimulus), Francesco (by Jacopo) and Brittany (by Stimulus), dam of 1952 Tyro Stakes winner South Point and the third dam of 1967 Benjamin F. Lindheimer Handicap winner Fusilier Boy, 1972 Illinois Derby winner Fame and Power and Favorable Turn, winner of the 1968 Seminole Handicap and Donn Handicap. In addition, Tintagel is a half brother to Belle Heloise (by Menow), second dam of 1970 Acorn Stakes winner Royal Signal, and to Peggy Byrne (by Stimulus), third dam of Japanese Group III winner Dyna Choice.
Tintagel and his siblings are out of Heloise, a half sister to 1930 Alabama Stakes winner Escutcheon, a notable matron in her own right whose foals include 1937 Kentucky Oaks winner Mars Shield (by Diavolo) and the great producer Bourtai (by Stimulus). Heloise is also a half sister to 1922 Test Stakes winner Emotion (by Friar Rock; dam of 1928 American champion 2-year-old male High Strung, by High Time), to stakes winners Sanford (by Sir Martin) and Flat Iron (by Friar Rock), and to Hug Again (by Stimulus), dam of the good stakes winners Sun Again (by Sun Teddy; a good sire for Calumet Farm), Fervent (by Blenheim II) and Arrogate (by Goya II).
Heloise and her siblings are out of Affection, whose dam One I Love (by Minting) won four stakes races as a juvenile. One I Love, in turn, is out of The Apple (by Hermit) and is a half sister to Thankful Blossom (by Paradox), third dam of 1924 American co-champion 3-year-old filly Nellie Morse and of Calumet Farm's great stallion Bull Lea. The next dam in Heloise's tail-female line, Black Star, is by the 1876 Derby Stakes runner-up Forerunner out of an unnamed daughter of Toxophilite and the noted 19th-century race mare and foundation mare Maid of Masham.
Fun facts
Race record
22 starts, 8 wins, 4 seconds, 2 thirds, US$80,100
1935:
- Won Futurity Stakes (USA, 6FD, Belmont)
- 2nd Arlington Futurity (USA, 6FD, Arlington Park)
1936:
- 2nd Paumonok Handicap (USA, 6FD, Jamaica)
- 2nd Hialeah Park Inaugural Handicap (USA, Hialeah)
- 3rd Toboggan Handicap (USA, 6FD, Belmont)
As an individual
A bay horse, Tintagel preferred to control his races from the front end.
As a stallion
According to records kept by The Jockey Club, Tintagel sired 153 winners and four stakes winners from 214 named foals. The best of his runners, Indian Land, won the 1953 Vosburgh Handicap and two other stakes races.
Connections
Tintagel was bred by Arthur B. Hancock, Sr., and was owned by Marshall Field III. He was trained by George Odom.
Pedigree notes
Tintagel is inbred 4x5 to nine-time English champion sire St. Simon, 5x4x5 to 1880 Derby Stakes winner Bend Or and 5x4 to 1886 Grand Prix de Paris winner Minting. He is a full brother to multiple stakes winner Boy Knight and a half brother to Dinner Date (by Stimulus), winner of the 1938 Matron Stakes and Spinaway Stakes and dam of multiple stakes winner Menu (by Bahram). He is also a half brother to stakes winners Sgt. Byrnes (by Stimulus), Francesco (by Jacopo) and Brittany (by Stimulus), dam of 1952 Tyro Stakes winner South Point and the third dam of 1967 Benjamin F. Lindheimer Handicap winner Fusilier Boy, 1972 Illinois Derby winner Fame and Power and Favorable Turn, winner of the 1968 Seminole Handicap and Donn Handicap. In addition, Tintagel is a half brother to Belle Heloise (by Menow), second dam of 1970 Acorn Stakes winner Royal Signal, and to Peggy Byrne (by Stimulus), third dam of Japanese Group III winner Dyna Choice.
Tintagel and his siblings are out of Heloise, a half sister to 1930 Alabama Stakes winner Escutcheon, a notable matron in her own right whose foals include 1937 Kentucky Oaks winner Mars Shield (by Diavolo) and the great producer Bourtai (by Stimulus). Heloise is also a half sister to 1922 Test Stakes winner Emotion (by Friar Rock; dam of 1928 American champion 2-year-old male High Strung, by High Time), to stakes winners Sanford (by Sir Martin) and Flat Iron (by Friar Rock), and to Hug Again (by Stimulus), dam of the good stakes winners Sun Again (by Sun Teddy; a good sire for Calumet Farm), Fervent (by Blenheim II) and Arrogate (by Goya II).
Heloise and her siblings are out of Affection, whose dam One I Love (by Minting) won four stakes races as a juvenile. One I Love, in turn, is out of The Apple (by Hermit) and is a half sister to Thankful Blossom (by Paradox), third dam of 1924 American co-champion 3-year-old filly Nellie Morse and of Calumet Farm's great stallion Bull Lea. The next dam in Heloise's tail-female line, Black Star, is by the 1876 Derby Stakes runner-up Forerunner out of an unnamed daughter of Toxophilite and the noted 19th-century race mare and foundation mare Maid of Masham.
Fun facts
- In Arthurian legend, Tintagel was said to be the place where King Uther Pendragon, magically disguised as the Duke of Cornwall, lay with Cornwall's Duchess, Igraine, and so begot King Arthur. Tintagel is also sometimes said to have been Arthur's birthplace. The current castle on the site dates to the 12th or 13th century, but there is some evidence that the site was of importance in Celtic times.