Algerine (1873 — c. 1892) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse that won the 1876 Belmont Stakes and was the maternal grandsire of Rhoda B, the dam of the 1907 Epsom Derby winner Orby.
Bullfield Stud was owned by Major Thomas Walker Doswell (1823 — 1890), and it was a premiere Thoroughbred breeding farm in the years preceding the Civil War.
[2] Abd-el-Kader, Algerine's sire, (foaled in 1865) was a son of the imported British stallion Australian out of the Bethune mare, Rescue.
Adb-el-Kader was a successful long-distance racer, notably winning a four-mile (6.4 km) race at Saratoga in a time of 7:31 3/4.
[7] However, he was not listed as one of the lots in the dispersal auction of the Algeria Stud that occurred in October 1892,[8] indicating that he was sold by other means or he most likely died during this period.
[9] Algerine's most lasting contribution to Thoroughbred genetics is through his daughter Margerine (foaled 1886 out of Sweet Songstress by Doncaster).