2-982-118 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Kisber (Winner of the Derby); Enguerrande and Camelia (Runners of the Dead-Heat for the Oaks), 1876. '...the greatest racing prize of the year has fallen to a Hungarian, and we can only console ourselves with the reflection that the pedigree of both Epsom heroes is purely English. Kisber, better known as the Mineral colt, is by Buccaneer from Mineral...Kisber was bred at one of the three great Imperial stud farms of Austro-Hungary, from which he takes his name, and was purchased as a yearling for £500 by Mr. A. Baltazzi...Kisber was trained by J. Hayhoe, and ridden by C. Maidment...[He] stands 15 hands 3 in...He has a somewhat plain head, with a strong and very muscular neck running into a splendid pair of shoulders. His back and loins are enormously strong and muscular, and he is altogether, one of the most powerful three-year-olds ever seen'. From "Illustrated London News", 1876.