| Owner: Prince William, Duke of Cumberland Breeder: Sir Robert Eden, 3rd Baronet
Family 12 is a conflation of four different female lines, as shown by mtDNA evidence, of which two lines relate to the original Foundation Mare
Spiletta is the fifth earliest mare in the lineage of the maternal line of the family descending from Foundation Mare Brimmer Mare
Ran 4th and last in a £50 Prize at Newmarket on 16 April 1754
Dam of Prosperine (by Marske) through which the maternal line of the family continues, subsequently evolving into branch 12-g of the family
Dam of the peerless Eclipse, greatest racehorse of the 18th century, unbeaten winner of 18 races including 12 King's Plates, second in the list of leading sires 11 times, every year from 1778 and 1788, and progenitor of the Darley Arabian male line from which over 95% of world's current thoroughbreds descend; 4th dam of Scotia (1802 Oaks); and 5th dam of Tigris (1815 2000 Guineas)
Died 1776
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