He was held up in the early stages before producing a powerful late run to take the lead inside the final furlong and win by a neck from the odds-onn favourite Horatio Nelson. Percy is eventually killed at Castle Scandia by Mordred during the fall of Camelot when stabbed from behind with an enchanted blade made of the same material as his own Ebony Blade – although Mordred then dies himself of wounds inflicted by Arthur during the Battle of Camlann earlier that day. His sire Mark of Esteem won the 1996 2,000 Guineas; his dam Percy's Lass won the Group 3 September Stakes in 1988 (and subsequently died of colic when Sir Percy was a foal.

Martin Dwyer's ride on Sir Percy at Epsom earned him the 2006 Lester Award for Flat Ride of the Year.In the final quarter mile Dwyer struggled to find room for a clear run until the last hundred yards when he sent the colt through a gap along the rails. Percy wielded the Ebony Blade, and Merlin's spells rendered the Black Knight invulnerable to physical harm as long as he held the Ebony Blade. Sir Percy sustained a pulled muscle in training after the Guineas and his participation in the Derby was in some doubt, [7] with Tregoning considering the less demanding Prix du Jockey Club as an alternative target. Several of Sir Percy's descendants adopted the identity of the Black Knight: Sir Raston, active during the late 6th and early 7th century, who eventually became an agent of the time traveler Kang the Conqueror; and Sir Eobar Garrington, a 12th-century knight serving under Richard the Lionheart during the Third Crusade.

He was a master of swordsmanship, horseback riding and all forms of combat known in Britain at the time of Camelot. Sir Percy was troubled with a series of training problems which included a shoulder injury which ruled him out of a run in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. He was struck into just after the field left the stalls but ran on to finish fourth to Vengeance of Rain. Our web site offers retail and commercial sales, so please browse and enjoy our wide variety of product offerings. His first race of the season came in the Dubai Sheema Classic at Nad Al Sheba Racecourse on 31 March.DeFalco, Tom; Sanderson, Peter; Brevoort, Tom; Teitelbaum, Michael; Wallace, Daniel; Darling, Andrew; Forbeck, Matt; Cowsill, Alan; Bray, Adam (2019). He tracked the leaders for most of the way and stayed on strongly in the closing stages to finish second, beaten two and a half lengths by George Washington. A constant foe of the evil knight Mordred the Evil (Arthur's traitorous "nephew") and Morgan le Fay, in time Sir Percy retired his dual identity and married Lady Rosamund.

The five-issue series was written by Stan Lee, with art by Joe Maneely in the first three interiors and all five covers.Four weeks late he started 7/4 favourite for a minor stakes race at Salisbury and won by one and a quarter lengths from Dont Dili Dali. serves the manufacturing, distribution, and ecommerce fulfillment industries by offering full service solutions from manufacturing to retail, with a specialty in ecommerce sales. On his only start after his Derby win he finished seventh of eight runners behind Pride in the Champion Stakes, [12] when it was revealed he was still suffering the ill effects of an injury sustained in the Derby.

Recruited by the wizard Merlin, Percy adopts a double identity, and pretends to be totally incompetent until changing into the persona of the Black Knight. The original Black Knight is Sir Percy of Scandia, a 6th-century knight who serves at the court of King Arthur Pendragon as his greatest warrior and one of the Knights of the Round Table.

In the 2005 International Classification for two-year-olds he was assessed on 121 making him the top-ranked colt in Britain and the second highest ranked two-year-old in Europe, three pounds behind George Washington.