| Owner: John Howe, 1st Baron Chedworth Breeder: Henry Curwen and Charles Pelham
Sire of 1) Little Bowes, dam of Mab (1747 King's Plate [mares] Malton, 1748 King's Plate [mares] Newmarket), dam of Sophia (1759 King's Plate [mares] Newmarket), grandam of Silvio (1759 Great Subscription Purse [5yo division] York), and 5th dam of Tartar (1792 St Leger); 2) Monkey Mare, grandam of useful racehorse Pharaoh;
And 3) Mixbury Mare, 3rd dam of the great racehorse Meteor, which achieved the longest undefeated run by a British racehorse, of 21 races, winning his last 4 races in 1786, all 5 of his starts in 1787 and his first 12 races in 1788. It took a racehorse of the calibre of the great Sir Peter Teazle to bring his unbeaten run to an end; Meteor won 30 of 33 career starts
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