Sir Percy dam Percy's Lass won the Group 3 September Stakes in 1988 (and subsequently died of colic when Sir Percy was a foal. Sir Percy was the last of her offspring) and his damsire Blakeney won the Epsom Derby himself in 1969. Sir Percy was named after Sir Percy Blakeney, the hero of the novel "The Scarlet Pimpernel". In November 2003 Sir Percy was sent as a weanling to the Tattersalls sales. He was bought for 20,000 guineas by Will Edmeades bloodstock, acting on behalf of Anthony Pakenham. Pakenham bought the colt as compensation for losing a National Hunt Horse. Sir
Keloğlan (fictional character) Keloğlan (fictional character) Keloğlan is a fictional figure in Turkish folklore and literature. "Kel" means "bald" and "oğlan" means "boy" . In tales, Keloğlan is a poor and witty boy lived during the Ottoman Empire times. There are many Keloğlan tales.In these tales Keloğlan usually has an old and widowed mother. In a few tales, he also has a father and brothers. His main antagonist is a man named "Köse" (literally "beardless") In some tales a sultan, a vizier a kadı (judge) or even a giant or a fairy may also be one of his antagonists. In all such tales