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Ormonde (1883–1904) was an English Thoroughbred racehorse, an unbeaten Triple Crown winner, generally considered to be one of the greatest racehorses ever. He also won the Champion Stakes and the Hardwicke Stakes twice. At the time he was often labelled as the 'horse of the century'. Ormonde was trained at Kingsclere by John Porter for the 1st Duke of Westminster. His regular jockeys were Fred Archer and Tom Cannon. After retiring from racing he suffered fertility problems, but still sired Orme, who won the Eclipse Stakes twice.
Ormonde is a surname, also occurring in Portugal (mainly Azores), Brazil, England, and United States. It may refer to:
In people
- Ann Ormonde (born 1935), an Irish politician
- James Ormond or Ormonde (c. 1418–1497), the illegitimate son of John Butler, 6th Earl of Ormonde, and Princess Margret of Thormond
- John Ormonde (1905–1981), a senior Irish Fianna Fáil politician
- Paul Ormonde (born 1977), an Irish sportsperson
In places:
- Ormonde Island, Nunavut, Canada
- Ormonde, Gauteng, a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa
- Ormonde (Cazenovia, New York), a mansion listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
In other uses:
- The British peerage of the Earl of Ormonde
- Ormonde (horse) (1883–1904), a thoroughbred racehorse
- Ormonde Wind Farm in the Irish Sea
Ormonde (1885–88) is a Shingle Style country house built on the eastern shore of Cazenovia Lake in Cazenovia, New York. It was designed by architect Frank Furness for George R. Preston, a New Orleans banker who settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The 9-bedroom "summer cottage" was originally the centerpiece of a 300-acre (121.4 ha) estate, that was expanded to 400 acres (161.8 ha) early in the 20th century. The carriagehouse and other buildings have since been demolished, and the land subdivided, leaving the main house and boathouse on 2.4 acres (1 ha).
The boathouse's design is unusual: a square stone ground floor at lake's edge supporting a circular shingled second floor, ringed by a 360-degree deck. It relates to Furness's Undine Barge Club (1882–83) on Philadelphia's Boathouse Row, and the architect's own summer cottage, Idlewild (c. 1890), in Media, Pennsylvania.
The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. In addition to the main house and boathouse, it includes one non-contributing building.
Ormonde is "architecturally and historically important as an outstanding early example of the type of large mansions constructed chiefly as summer residences by wealthy clients in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries near the shores of Cazenovia Lake in central New York."
It followed Cedar Cove, designed by architect George Browne Post, the first "summer cottage" built on the lake. Others included Notleymere, designed by architect Robert W. Gibson; Scrooby, designed by architect Robert S. Stephenson; and Shore Acres, designed by architect Stanford White.
Ormonde is part of the Cazenovia Town Multiple Resource area.