Mare
Colour: Dark brown, white star
Breed: Unknown
Type: Polo and riding pony
Foaled: 1906
Height: 14.2 hands
Sire: Cruikshanks GSB
Dam: 1881 Blue-light
2069 FORKED LIGHTNING dark brown, white star, black legs Foaled 1906 Breeder Mrs R.C. Bainbridge, Elfordleigh , Plympton, South Devon. Height 14.2 Measured October 15th, 1910 and entered in Volume 11 of the Polo and Riding Pony Society 1909-1910, in the Polo and Riding Pony Mares and their Produce section (but no produce is exhibited).
Sire : Cruikshanks GSB, Hunter (87) bay Height 15 1 3/4h.h (interestingly when he was measured as a Polo Pony Stallion on 30 September 1911 he was only 15.00 h.h. and given the number 584, (in Volume12 Polo and Riding Pony Society Stud book 1911-1912.)
We do know that Cruikshanks broke his leg as a colt. J. Oscar Muntz says so in 1912 in his report on the London Show.
Dam: 1881 Blue-light, brown, 14.2 (Registered in Volume 11 of the Polo and Riding Pony Stud Book 1909 – 1910) by Blue Ruin GSB by Blue Mantle Her Hurlingham Certificate No. 7478
SHOW OF THE POLO AND RIDING PONY SOCIETY 1911
Class 16 Ponies Five or Six years Old (foaled in 1905 or 1906, likely to make Polo Ponies, that have never played in a Tournament Light Weight 17 Entries
2069 FORKED LIGHTNING, brown mare, 5 years old
Sire, Cruickshanks (Cruikshanks) 583
Dam, 1881 Bluelight by Blue Ruin G.Dam, by Tipple Cider
Exhibitor Miss Imogen Collier
Breeder Mrs R.C. Bainbridge, Elfordleigh, Plympton, South Devon
Reserve for Special Prize, offered by Lady Members for the best Pony in Classes 14 – 21, bred (owned) by a Lady member and for Special Prize to the breeder
Miss Imogen Collier sold Forked Lightning between 1912 and 1920
It is possible that she played polo between 1912 and 1920 although she does not seem to have a published Hurlingham Number.
The next entry for 2069 Forked Lightning comes in Volume 19 of the National Pony Society 1925 1927
Owned by N.D. Blake, South Harp Farm, South Petherton
Produce :
1921- brown filly Breeder N.D. Blake 5345 Irish Delight (Sire; Dermot McCarthy by Desmond GSB Vol 23 p.594)
1925 – dark brown filly Breeder N.D. Blake Ballyva (Supp 1926) (Sire Ballyvodock by Beware Vol. 23 p.259)
1928 – bay colt Breeder Norman D. Blake Well Away (Sire Main Royal by Juggernaught Vol. 23 p.236)
1926 – black colt Breeder Mrs N.D. Blake Southern Cross – sire Sahara 847 grey 14.3 ¼
Dam 5354 Irish Delight
g.dam 2069 Forked Lightning
N.D. Blake owned Forked Lightning in 1920 when she was 14 years old. She was registered in 1925 (Vol.19), 5345 Irish Delight was registered at 4 years old in Volume 19
Notes:
There was another colt for Forked Lightning, Well Away, (in 1928, when she was 22 years old.)
BLUE RUIN (was Mohawk) GSB sire, Blue Mantle
(There are two Blue Ruin’s the second is by Blue Green Polo Pony Society stallion 157)
Volume 13 of the GSB page 367 states Raffle (foaled 1856) by Alarm out of The Swede continued from Volume 12 page 376 1874 b.c. MOHAWK afterwards BLUE RUIN by Bluemantle
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