| Owner: 1) Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham 2) Colonel Lewis Burwell
Imported to America in 1765 and owned by Colonel Lewis Burwell of Stoneland, Mecklenburgh County, Virginia
His only stud success was as sire of [Burwell's] Maria, dam of Page's Tippoo Saib, sire of the dam of 1) the highly successful stallion [Jackson's] Pacolet, many of whose daughters bred on, and his best son was the great Monsieur Tonson, undefeated for his other 11 races after losing on debut; Monsieur Tonson a successful stallion, both of sons and daughters, including being Leading Sire in America in 1834; and of 2) Wilkes' Wonder, sire of a) Bet Bosley, the 5th dam of Lord Murphy (1879 Kentucky Derby); and of California Derby winners Mollie McCarthy, Sally Black and Phillip S
and of b) Rosetta, ancestress of Worth (1912 Kentucky Derby); of Dangerous (1925 Travers Stakes); and of the great Count Fleet 1943 Kentucky Derby, Preakness, Belmont, Wood Memorial Stakes, Leading Sire in North America in 1951); and Burwell's Maria is 3rd dam of the magnificent racemare Lady Lightfoot (winner of between 30 and 40 races including around 15 Jockey Club Purses)
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