title: His Eminence (horse)
text: # His Eminence (horse)
  
  His Eminence (1898 – c.1906) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse that was bred in Kentucky and is best known for winning the 1901 Kentucky Derby. He was a bay colt sired by the great turf-racer Falsetto out of the mare Patroness. His dam (with His Eminence in utero) was sold to Overton H. Chenault at the 1897 Woodburn Stud dispersal sale for $75. As a yearling, he was sold to J. B. Lewman for $$500^{[1]}.$
  
  His Eminence was ridden in the 1901 Derby by African-American jockey James Winkfield. His Eminence also won the Clark Handicap as a three-year-old.
  
  The colt was purchased in the latter part of 1901 for $15,000 by millionaire racing enthusiast Clarence Mackay as a stud horse, but was later sold in 1902 due to the death of Mackay's father. His Eminence was then returned to racing by his new owner, Fred Gebhard, as a five-year-old, winning the 1903 Omnium Handicap at the Sheepshead Bay Race Track.
  
  The stallion was once again sold at auction in September 1903 to A.C. Jaeger for $2,900. He was again sold to William Collins Whitney who trained him for steeplechasing, but His Eminence was killed while trying to jump a hurdle sometime before 1910.
  
  ## Pedigree
  
  Pedigree of His Eminence :
  
  | Sire Falsetto 1876 | Enquirer 1867 | Leamington | Faugh-a-Ballagh |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Sire Falsetto 1876 | Enquirer 1867 | Leamington | Pantaloon Mare |
  | Sire Falsetto 1876 | Enquirer 1867 | Lida | Lexington |
  | Sire Falsetto 1876 | Enquirer 1867 | Lida | Lize |
  | Sire Falsetto 1876 | Farfaletta 1867 | Australian | West Australian |
  | Sire Falsetto 1876 | Farfaletta 1867 | Australian | Emilia |
  | Sire Falsetto 1876 | Farfaletta 1867 | Elkhorna | Lexington |
  | Sire Falsetto 1876 | Farfaletta 1867 | Elkhorna | Glencoda |
  | Dam Patroness 1881 | Pat Malloy 1865 | Lexington | Boston |
  | Dam Patroness 1881 | Pat Malloy 1865 | Lexington | Alice Carneal |
  | Dam Patroness 1881 | Pat Malloy 1865 | Gloriana | American Eclipse |
  | Dam Patroness 1881 | Pat Malloy 1865 | Gloriana | Trifle |
  | Dam Patroness 1881 | Iverness 1866 | Macaroni | Sweetmeat |
  | Dam Patroness 1881 | Iverness 1866 | Macaroni | Jocose |
  | Dam Patroness 1881 | Iverness 1866 | Elfrida | Faugh-a-Ballagh |
  | Dam Patroness 1881 | Iverness 1866 | Elfrida | Espoir |
  