| Owner: Sir Harry Harpur, 5th Baronet Breeder: Cuthbert Routh
1745 - £50 Newcastle; 1745 - £50 Durham; 16 Aug 1745 - £50 York (from Roger of the Vale [Jolly Roger])
4 Oct 1745 - 2nd 80gns Newmarket
Subsequently breaks down at exercise and is taken out of training
Initially named and runs as Baby
Also spelt Blackeyes
3rd dam of Citizen, good class racehorse in England, winner of 19 races, and, when imported into America in 1803 at 18 years old, an extremely successful stallion, said to have covered over 500 mares in 6 years, most notably as sire of the dam of the outstanding racehorse and stallion Sir Charles, Leading Sire in North America 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833 and 1836;
and of highly successful stallion Bedford (sire of top class racehorses Gallatin, Lottery (21 wins from 22 starts), Nancy Air, of the dam of outstanding racehorse and sire Bertrand (Leading Sire 1835), and the grandams of the great champion racemare Trifle, top class Kate Kearney, Sussex, Gohanna and Betsy Ransom
AKA specifically ROUTH'S Black Eyes.
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