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Pendragon was a brilliant performer who was precocious enough to all but win a Golden Slipper lead-up in his juvenile debut before stamping himself as one of his generations most significant talents as a three-year-old.

That he achieved so much against such esteemed company in a career that was cruelly limited to nine starts is testament to his capabilities and hinted at what might have been.

In what was to be his only complete preparation, Pendragon held his own with subsequent Gr.1 winning sprint-milers Racing To Win and Paratroopers over 1200m, 1300m and at 1400m when third to the duo in the feature Golden Rose.

Stepped up in distance, Pendragon used his devastating turn of foot to annex the Gr.3 Gloaming Stakes and Gr.3 Norman Robinson Stakes. He was also unlucky not to have finished closer when second in the Gr.1 Spring Champion Stakes and fourth in the Gr.1 Victoria Derby where he was asked to come from 14th of 16 at the top of the straight.

The following autumn, in his absence, Racing To Win and Paratroopers won three Gr.1s between them; God’s Own, who he had previously accounted for, was a breathtaking second in the Gr.1 Lightning Stakes; and Headturner, runner-up to Pendragon in the Norman Robinson Stakes, collected the Gr.1 AJC Australian Derby.

At stud Pendragon has been supported by quality books of mares as befits his pedigree. As the product of Danzig’s Champion sprinter, Elnadim, out of New Zealand’s Champion Filly Alacrity (Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks and Gr.2 Fillies Classic) Pendragon has a pedigree of the highest order. The handsome stallion can also attest to having champion sire Marscay in his immediate family.