Owner: Samuel Galloway Breeder: Colonel Tasker State Bred: MD
The unquestioned champion of Maryland in his day
1763 - Purse Annapolis (from Dove - run on the public road to Baltimore racing 2 miles out and back as no racecourse at Annapolis then); 1764 and 1765 - Purse Philadelphia; 1765 - 500 pistoles match v True Briton; 1766 - Purse Chestertown (from [Tayloe's] Yorick); 13 Oct 1767 - 100gns Philadelphia - in 1st heat set colonial record for 4mi of 8 min 2 sec (140lbs) in 1st heat, beating Old England by 1 length (Old England bolted after 3 miles and was distanced in 2nd heat); however, a contemporaneous journal of Norton Pryor says that the 2 mile course was over 188 yards short (377 1/3 yards short for the twice round 4 miles);
1772 - match Annapolis versus Silverlegs
1768 - beaten Marlboro (9yo, his first defeat, by Figure); 1769 - 2 defeats; 24 Sep 1771 - 3rd 4m heats Jockey Club Purse Annapolis (to Nancy Bywell and Regulus)
He had a fair measure of success as a stallion
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