ajor Giles Loder inherited Eyrefield Lodge Stud upon the death of his uncle, Major Eustace Loder in 1914. The Loder family incidentally had made its fortune through great grandfather, Giles Loder who found his empire in Russia. Reportedly he was worth £3,000,000, a huge sum in the 1800’s. Giles’ only son, Robert, left eight sons including Eustace who left his thoroughbred empire to Giles. Among Eustace’s greatest thoroughbreds as we have discussed were Spearmint, Pretty Polly and another wonderful mare in Hammerkop. Hammerkop from 1902
