| Owner: 1) Mr. Nelson 2) Sir Robert Eden, 1st Baronet
Breeder: William Wildman
18 July 1772 - £50 Prize Chelmsford
3 September 1772 - unplaced £50 Prize Abingdon (to Charlotte)
Imported to America in 1773 by Sir Robert Eden, the Governor of Maryland, where he had a modest record as a stallion
"Stands at £5 the season, fifty shillings the leap" [Virginia Gazette [1777]]
Sire of Duke of Norfolk, the sire of Taunton, the grandam of Kentucky Blossom, the second earliest mare in the very minor American Family A56; and of Governor Benjamin Ogle's Badger, described as "a capital racer at 4-mile heats"
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(GB) gr. H, 1768
{ } DP = 0-0-0-0-0 (0) DI = Inf CD = Inf 