Gusztáv Batthyány

Gusztáv Batthyány

Gusztáv Batthyány (born December 8, 1803 , † April 25, 1883 in Newmarket ) was a Hungarian count and horse breeder. His original name was Németújvári herceg Batthyány-Strattmann Gusztáv , also known as Gusztáv, 5th Prince of Batthyány-Strattmann .

Life

Gusztáv or Gustavus Batthyány came from a Hungarian noble family.

In 1838 he donated his entire library, including the Rohonczi Codex , which is written in a language and script that has not yet been identified, to the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

Batthyány left his homeland as a young man due to the political difficulties there and moved to Great Britain. He became a jockey and founded his own stud in 1843. In 1859 he was accepted into the Jockey Club . The colors of his racing team were initially blue and orange with a black cap, later his jockeys competed in green clothes. When exactly the change took place is controversial.

His most successful coach was John Dawson. He built, among other things, Galopin , a stallion who won ten of eleven races in 1874 and 1875 and was then successfully used as a breeding horse. In anticipation of a spectacular race victory for Galopin's son Galliard, Batthyány suffered a heart attack in the spring of 1883. One of the first gentlemen who hurried to the dying man's aid was the young Duke of Portland , who a few months later, after the dissolution of the Batthyany racing team, bought the galopin's son St. Simon .

photos

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  George Fordham in the new racing colors on Prince Plausible (* 1858), painting by Harry Hall

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  Galopin (1872–1899)

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  St. Simon (1881-1908)

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  Batthyány in his later years

Individual evidence

1. ↑ To the Rohonc Codex
2. ↑ The Rohonc Codex
3. ↑ Comments on the colors of the racing team
4. ^ Horseracing History
5. ↑ Death and dissolution of the racing team