| Owner: John Martindale Breeder: John Thynne Howe, 2nd Baron Chedworth Winnings: 9 Starts: 9 - 0 - 0
The best horse of 1745 and 1746, dominant in winning 8 King's Plates
17 May 1745 - £50 Prize Epsom; 12 Jun 1745 - King's Plate Winchester (narrowly, from [Old] Teazer); 18 Jun 1745 - King's Plate Salisbury (w.o.); 2 Jul 1745 - King's Plate Nottingham (easily, from Wormwood and Champion); 30 Jul 1745 - King's Plate Canterbury (narrowly, from [Old] Teazer); 16 Aug 1745 - King's Plate Lewes (easily, from Grey Lincoln); 10 Sep 1745 - King's Plate Lincoln (easily, from Champion); 3 Oct 1745 - King's Plate Newmarket (easily, from Grey Lincoln); 3 Apr 1746 - King's Plate Newmarket (easily, from [Old] Teazer)
Undefeated in 9 starts
Ran his first race as Sweetlips
Champion Sire 1754, 1755, 1756, 1757, 1761, 1763, 1765 and 1766
Sire of many excellent progeny, his best son is [Warren's] Careless, winner of 10 King's Plates, but his most enduring legacy is Spiletta, dam of Eclipse, greatest racehorse of the 18th century and perpetuator of the Darley Arabian sire line from which 95% of the world's throughbreds descend
Died at Low Garterley in 1765
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