| Owner: 1) Frederick St John, 2nd Viscount Bolingbroke 2) Sir Charles Bunbury, 6th Baronet 3) Sir Richard Grosvenor, The Lord Grosvenor Breeder: Frederick St John, 2nd Viscount Bolingbroke Winnings: 10 Starts: 8 - 2 - 0
8 April 1774 - 1,600gns stakes Newmarket (1/5); 25 April 1774 - 200gns match Newmarket versus Transit (con 18lbs); 27 April 1774 - Jockey Club Plate [4yo division] Newmarket (6/4, from Hyacinth and Maiden 6/4); 17 October 1774 - 300gns match Newmarket versus Ranger (con 12lbs); 22 October 1774 - 500gns match Newmarket Corydon (rec 12lbs); 18 April 1775 - 1200 Guineas Stakes Newmarket (1/8, from Magnet); 8 May 1775 - 500gns match Newmarket (1/2) versus Priestess (con 2lbs); 10 May 1775 - 140 Guineas Stakes Newmarket (1/1, from Comus 1/1)
3 October 1774 - 2nd 1,400 Guineas Stakes Newmarket (2/1, to Comus 4/5); 6 October 1774 - 2nd Weights and Scales Plate Newmarket (6/5, to Maiden 1/1)
He was a disappointment as a stallion, other than high class racer Oliver Cromwell
Half brother to the great stallion [King] Herod, continued progenitor of the Byerley Turk male line, Champion Sire 8 times (1777-1784), sire of 497 winners of £201,505 in 19 years, including Highflyer (Champion Sire 13 times 1785-1794, 1798, sire of Sir Peter Teazle (Champion Sire 9 times 1799-1802, 1804-1809)
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