Tetratema Thoroughbred

Color: gr

AQHA #T0220194

(GB) 16-13-1-0
English champion juvenile male of 1920
The Tetrarchs best son was TETRATEMA (gr.c. 1917 out of Scotch Gift by Symington)
Bred at Ballylinch Stud and trained by Atty Persse
Tetratema was often compared to his sire at two
He was undefeated in five starts that year including the National Breeders Produce Stakes (Sandown, five furlongs), Molecomb Stakes (Goodwood, five furlongs), Champagne Stakes (Doncaster, six furlongs), Imperial Produce Plate (Kempton, six furlongs), and Middle Park Plate (Newmarket)
At three, Tetratema was second in the Greenham Stakes to Silvern, but next won the 2,000 Guineas. Although unplaced in the Derby and Eclipse Stakes, he won his remaining starts, all at sprint distances, the Fern Hill Stakes, King George Stakes (beating Diadem), and the Kennett Stakes
At four, Tetratema was the undefeated champion sprinter, winning the Kings Stand Stakes, July Cup, King George Stakes, and Snailwell Stakes
Tetratema retired to stud at Ballylinch, proving more of a dominant influence for speed than his sire
He was the Leading Sire in 1929, when Mr. Jinks won the 2,000 Guineas and Royal Minstrel won the Eclipse Stakes
Tetratema also sired 1,000 Guineas winner Four Course, Irish 2,000 Guineas winner Fourth Hand, Champion Two-Year-Old Foray (II), Champion Two-Year-Old Filly Myrobella, also Tiffin, Theft, Gino, and in America, the filly *Bazaar, champion of her sex at two at three
His good sire sons included Royal Minstrel (in America, sire of Singing Wood, First Fiddle, Bransome, etc.), Mr. Jinks (sire of Irish Oaks winner Avoca), Bacteriophage (sire of Teleferique, Biologie), Gino (in America), Theft (in Japan), Foray II (in America), and Sherab (sire of Doublerab)
Tetratema daughters produced Palestine, Big Game, Mehrali, Montagnana, Vali, Psychic Bid, and Forever Yours
Tetratema died in 1939 and is buried near his sire, The Tetrarch, and son Mr. Jinks at Ballylinch
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