| Owner: 1) Hon. Richard Vernon 2) Hon. Charles Wyndham 3) Benjamin Tallmadge 4) Charles Butler Breeder: Thomas Panton
Top class racehorse, winner of 22 races
Principal performances, Newmarket unless stated:- 24 Apr 1783 - King's Plate (6/1, from Diomed, Grasshopper and Buccaneer 3/1); 15 Oct 1783 - 140 Guineas Stakes (3/1, from Puzzle, Oliver Cromwell 4/1 and Fortitude); 6 May 1783 - Jockey Club Plate (from Anvil 1/4); 21 Apr 1785 - Jockey Club Plate (1/6, from Crop); 12 Jul 1785 - 60 Guineas Stakes (13/8, from Buzaglo 2/1); 18 May 1786 - Jockey Club Plate (6/4, from Anvil 6/5, Latona 10/1 and Glancer 8/1)
28 Jul 1783 - 2nd Great Subscription Purse [6yo+ division] York (5/4, to Fortitude 10/1); 10 May 1787 - 2nd Jockey Club Plate (to Rockingham 2/5)
Sire of Lounger (1797 St Leger) and the dam of Staveley (1805 St Leger)
Imported into Connecticut by Charles Butler in 1797 but he had little success as a stallion in America; the reports that he drowned on the passage from England are incorrect as a poster exists advertising his services in Litchfield, Connecticut in 1800
Died in about 1807
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