Queen Mab (horse) explained

Horsename:	Queen Mab
Sire:	Musgrove Grey Arabian^[1]
Sex:	Mare
Country:	England
Owner:	Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore, Hon. Samuel Ogle
Record:	unknown
Earnings:	unknown

Queen Mab was one of the first pair of English-bred Thoroughbred horses imported to the Province of Maryland in 1747 by Provincial Governor of Maryland, Samuel Ogle.^{[2] [3]}

Queen Mab was given to Ogle by Lord Baltimore during Ogle's trip to England in 1740.^[1] The importation of Queen Mab and Spark established the Belair Stud legacy.^[4]

Progeny

• Hoppers Pacolet, grey colt 1750. Sired by Spark^[5]
• Gantts Mille, brown mare 1752. Sired by Spark^[6]

See also

• Belair Mansion (Bowie, Maryland)
• Belair Stable Museum (Bowie, Maryland)

Notes and References

1. Deubler . Cindy . Belair Museums stand in path of "Progress" . Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred . 22–27 . May 2002 . .
2. Web site: Maryland Sports - Horse Racing . 2024-09-02 . msa.maryland.gov.
3. Web site: Samuel Ogle, MSA SC 3520-947 . 2024-09-02 . msa.maryland.gov.
4. Book: Baltz , Shirley Vlasak . A Chronicle of Belair . Bowie Heritage Committee . 1984 . . 14–19 . 85165028.
5. Book: Herbert, Henry William . Frank Forester's horse and horsemanship of the United States and British provinces of North America . Bruce . S. D. (Sanders Dewees) . Bruce . B. G. (Benjamin Gratz) . 1871 . New York : G.E. Woodward . Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine.
6. Web site: Gantts Mille Thoroughbred . 2024-09-02 . www.allbreedpedigree.com.