| This is the original pedigree given by Burwell Wilkes of Brunswick Co., VA. It differs from the implausible pedigree presented by Edgar and then copied in other studbooks, which ends with a plow horse. Hervey notes that this sparked a bitter dispute that "stopped only just short of bloodshed, and provoked enmities...which endured for generations." Potomac was a celebrated 4-mile horse, racing from three to six. He sired Jenny Cockracy, as well as the dams of Betsey Malone and Directress.
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