| Owner: Sir Marmaduke Wyvill, 6th Baronet
Captured in 1717 from the Bashaw of Belgrade, Serbia during a siege of the Turkish occupied city by Prince Eugene of Savoy. Subsequently purchased by Sir Marmaduke Wyvill who stood the horse at his Constable Burton stud
Sire of 1) an unnamed mare which is ancestress of such horses as Comus, Slane, Planet and Sefton; 2) an unnamed mare which is ancestress of such horses as Gladiator, St. Frusquin and Mill Reef; 3) Young Belgrade, sire of [Old] Standard (1742 King's Plate Guildford, and sire of top class racehorse Jason, winner of 7 King's Plates in 1754 and 1755); of [Wyvill's] Volunteer (1744 King's Plate The Curragh);
of Primate (1746 King's Plate York, 1747 King's Plate The Curragh, 1748 King's Plate The Curragh, 1751 King's Plate The Curragh); of Antelope (1752 King's Plates York, Lincoln); and of a number of mares which bred on, most significantly Sister One to Volunteer, 4th dam of Waxy
Died around 1740
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(SRB) dkb/br. H, 1712
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