Troubadour

Troubadour (1882 – January 16, 1906) was an American Thoroughbred Champion racehorse. Bred in Kentucky by A. J. Alexander's Woodburn Stud, he was sired by Lisbon, a son of the imported British stallion Phaeton who in turn was a son of two-time Leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland, King Tom. His dam was Glenluine, a daughter of U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Lexington who was the Leading sire in North America sixteen times and prepotent sire of the second half of the 19th century. Racing career 1884: two-year-old season Troubadour was sold as a yearling to Daniel Swigert for $400 who raced him at age two but after winning once, Swigert sold him to Col. Milton Young of McGrathiana Stud for $7,500. On May 17, 1884 Troubadour ran second in the Alexander Stakes at the Louisville Jockey Club track and a week later finished out of the money in the track's Tennessee Stakes. He won the June 6 Sensation Stakes at Latonia Race Track and the Criterion Stakes at the Chicago Driving Park on June 26. On July 1, Troubadour ran third in the Kenwood Stakes at Washington Park Race Track in Chicago and ran second in a race for two-year-olds at the Saratoga Race Course on August 22 then won there again five days later. Troubadour returned to Kentucky to compete at the Louisville Jockey Club track where he won on September 25 and scored two more wins in October at Latonia Race Track, taking the Kimball Stakes and the Barrett Stakes.