Brigadier Gerard (horse) the Sussex Stakes and the Lockinge Stakes, and the non-winning racemare, La Paiva, a daughter of Prince Chevalier. On his female side he traced back to the brilliant fillies' Triple Crown winner, Pretty Polly, who was his fifth dam. This beautifully balanced bay colt was named after Arthur Conan Doyle's swashbuckling hero. Brigadier Gerard had good conformation, an excellent temperament and stood 16 hands 2 inches high. Brigadier Gerard was trained during his racing career by Major Dick Hern and ridden in all his races by Joe Mercer. Brigadier Gerard began his two-year-old career on 24 June 1970 in the
Gerard of Csanád (encompassing present-day Banat in Serbia, Romania and Hungary) around 1030. Benedictine monks who could speak Hungarian helped him to preach among the local inhabitants. Most information of Gerard was not preserved in impartial sources, but in his hagiographies. The "Short Life of Saint Gerard", which was composed around 1100, is an abridgement of an earlier biography. The earlier biography did not survive. The "Short Life" primarily presents Gerard as a bishop. The majority of scholars regard the "Short Life" the most reliable source of Gerard's life. The "Long Life of Saint Gerard" is a compilation of multiple sources, including the