Godolphin

American

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

noun

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

Godolphin British

/ ɡəˈdɒlfɪn /

noun

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

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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

Third, the horse is owned by Godolphin, the racing arm of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 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

In the human categories, Bill Mott was top trainer, Irad Ortiz Jr. took the jockey award and Godolphin won in both the owner and breeders categories.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2024

Inland, Godolphin and Tregonning's granite hills are conspicuous, and near the coast is Pergersick Castle, a picturesque ruin of which strange legends are told.

From Cornwall by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould

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