Florizel (1768–1791) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse. He was a bay son of Herod foaled in 1768.
As a sire, he produced 175 winners who won a total of 75,901 pounds. Offspring included Eager (winner of the 1791 Derby), Tartar (St. Leger), Ninety-three (St. Leger), Brilliant, Diomed (winner of the Derby and a great sire in the US, producing Sir Archy), Ulysses, Moustrap, and Admiral. Important daughters included Leveret (dam of Lilliput), Fancy (dam of Rattle), Lucy (dam of Skylark), and the dam of Clifden.
Florizel died in 1791. 'Florizel' is on the permanent list, of The International List of Protected Names. Lester Piggott, retired jockey, named his house 'Florizel'.
Sire line tree
Florizel
Brilliant
Moustrap
Crookshanks
Diomed
Centinel
Peacemaker
Stump-the-Dealer
Grey Diomed
Glaucus
Anthony
Sir Charles
Wrangler
Albemarle
Hamlintonian
Diomed (Darnaby) Hamlintonian (Hancock) Hamlintonian (Davis) Randolph Top Gallant Truxton Wonder Tennessee Oscar Columbus Bolivar Diomed (Lawrence) Diomed (Ragland) Diomed (Randolph) Florizel (Ball) Tuckahoe Orphan Florizel (Turpin) Richmond Enterprise Vingt'un Diomed (Kennedy) Grey Diomed (Barksdale) Eclipse Monroe Potomac Little John Sir Archy Cicero Sir Arthur Director Aratus Grey Archy Spring Hill Tecumseh Young Sir Archy Columbus Warbler Walk-In-The-Water Timoleon Washington Marquis Sir John Falstaff Jackson Boston Carolinian Contention Kosciusko Pulaski Clermont Woodford Romulus Greybeard Napoleon Virginian Byron Mercury Sidi Hamet Sir Solomon Rattler Marylander Sir Charles Collier Andrew Frank Wagner Sir William Childers Roanoke Grey Beard John Hancock Muckle John Sumpter Almanzor Brunswick Henry Robin Hood Gerow John Richards Corsica Stockholder Pumpkin Boy Arab Union Bertrand McDonough Richard Singleton Woodpecker Bertrand Jr. John Bascombe Gauglion Gangle Cherokee Whalebone Marion Cymon John Blount Phoenomenon Sir Richard Sir William of Transport Sir Leslie Plato Robin Adair Gohanna Occupant Waxy Pacific Epsilon Saxe Weimer Crusader Sir Archy Montorio Rodolph Giles Scroggins Industry Goldboy Merlin Red Gauntlet Tariff Hyazim Wild Bill Gandor Copperbottom Golddust Rock Copperbottom (Captain Edwards) Longwaist Zinganee George Martin Virginius Muzzle Diomed Duroc Sir Lovell Trouble Marshal Duroc Marshall Bertrand American Eclipse Forward Goliah Paul Clifford Constellation Orphan Boy Lance Mambrino Druid Eclipse (Monmouth) Godolphin Medoc Shark Cadmus Mingo Tom Moore Job Sufferer Ecliptic Vincente Nolte Zenith Eclipse (Brawner) Eclipse (Trmble) St. Charles Cock of the Rock Romp American Star American Star 14 Gracchus Rob Roy Fredericksburg Madison Doublehead Constitution Ulysses Play or Pay King William Admiral Fortunio King Bladud Fidget Fidget Colt Bustler Prizefighter Swordsman Spartacus Buffler Lenox Abundance The Curragh Guide Master Robert Skeleton Drone Regulator Bags Rust Eager Slapbang Tartar Ninety-three