Benjamin Tasker, Jr.

Colonel Benjamin Tasker, Jr. (1720- October 17, 1760) was the son of Ann Bladen and Benjamin Tasker, the Provincial Governor of Maryland from 1752 to 1753.

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1720 - October 17 - 1760 - Benjamin Tasker - Provincial Governor - Maryland - 1752 - 1753

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An owner of thoroughbred horses, Tasker is noted in horse racing circles for having imported from England the mare "Selima" in 1745. Sired by Godolphin Arabian, "Selima" was raced until the end of the 1752 season then was sent to Samuel Ogle's Belair Stud in what is now Bowie, Maryland. As a broodmare, "Selima" produced ten foals that would became an important bloodline in American racing with important racing offspring such as "Hanover" and is even the ancestress of George Washington's stallion, "Magnolia."

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Thoroughbred - Horse - England - Selima - Godolphin Arabian - Samuel Ogle - Belair Stud - Bowie, Maryland - Hanover - George Washington's

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