| Winnings: 31 Starts: 27 - 4 - , $69,700
15.2-1/2
The best race horse after Lexington up to the Civil War. Won at all distances, beginning at 3, was most famous as a 4-miler, winning major 4-mile heat sweepstakes and Jockey Club purses at New Orleans; Ashland, VA; Savannah, GA, and Charleston, SC, as well as numerous 3- and 2-mile heats in various locations. Top of the list of leading money winners, a record for over 20 years. Retired sound at 6.
Perhaps the 1st TB (American?) champion ever photographed.
Died 1875.
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