The Flying Dutchman

The Flying Dutchman (1846–1870) was an English Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He raced for four seasons between 1848 and 1851, winning all but one of his fifteen races, including The Derby and the St Leger. On his final racecourse appearance, he defeated Voltigeur in a match race known as The Great Match. He went on to be a success at stud both in Britain and France, where he died in 1870. In an 1886 poll of experts by The Sporting Times, The Flying Dutchman was ranked the sixth-best British racehorse of the nineteenth century.

Born

February 27, 1846