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Godolphin

American  
[goh-dol-fin, guh-] / goʊˈdɒl fɪn, gə- /

noun

  1. Sidney, 1st Earl of, 1645–1712, English statesman and financier.


Godolphin British  
/ ɡəˈdɒlfɪn /

noun

  1. Sidney. 1st Earl of Godolphin. 1645–1712, English statesman; as Lord Treasurer, he managed the financing of Marlborough's campaigns in the War of the Spanish Succession

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Sovereignty won the Kentucky Derby in May to give Godolphin stables a long-awaited first victory in the first jewel of US flat racing's Triple Crown.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2025

Mott, and the colt’s owner Godolphin, decided that running in Belmont was the better move.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2025

Michael Banahan, the director of bloodstock for Godolphin, Sovereignty’s owner and breeder, appeared on “At the Races” radio show with Steve Byk on Monday.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2025

Stablemate Shadow Of Light led in the closing stages but eventually finished third with another Godolphin runner, Tornado Alert, in fourth.

From BBC ● May 3, 2025

He died at Gogmagog in Cambridgeshire, in the possession of Lord Godolphin, in 1753, being then, as is supposed, in his twenty-ninth year.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various

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