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| | Parmesan |
 | | Parmesan was bred by A. Johnstone from the Verulam mare Gruyere (1851); after he was weaned, his dam, in foal to Pyrrhus the First, was sold to Baron Kotze and sent to Prussia. |
 | | Parmesan was a small horse, described as a "mere pony." He was sold to Henry Savile -- the illegitimate son of John Lumley-Savile, Lord Scarborough -- a popular member of the Jockey Club and High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, who had recently inherited the great Rufford Abbey estate in Nottinghamshire from his father. |
 | | Parmesan was the grandsire of two top 'chasers, Le Torpilleur in France (Grand Steeple Chase de Paris) and Voluptuary in England (Grand National), and the leading steeplechase sire in Great Britain in the second decade of the twentieth century, Wavelet's Pride, was the grandson of Parmesan's daughter Wanda. |
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