| Owner: 1st Earl Grosvenor
Breeder: Earl of Abington
Winnings: 40 Starts: 34 - ? - ?, unknown
Won 30 races, including the Jockey Club Purse three times and, at nine, the Craven Stakes.Pot8os is half brother to SIR THOMAS a winner of the Derby Stakes.
Pot8os Got his name from a stable lad who was asked to put "Potatos" on his corn bin but misspelled it (possibly as "Potoooooooo"). It was said to have amused his lordship, and so it appears in the General Stud Book. Later it was shortened to Pot-8-Os for general use.
A great success in the stud, he sired 172 winners.
Sire of:
Waxy (1793, Derby Stakes)
Champion, the first horse to win both the Derby and the St. Leger Stakes (in 1800)
Tyrant (1799, Derby Stakes).
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(GB) ch. H, 1773
DP = 0-0-0-0-0 (0) DI = Inf CD = Inf - 40 Starts, 34 Wins, ? Places, ? Shows Career Earnings: unknown