| Owner: 1) John Swinsen 2) Richard Grosvenor, The Lord Grosvenor Breeder: John Swinsen
Top class winner of 11 races including 2 Great Subscription Purses, a Jockey Club Plate and a King's Plate, often defying betting odds to win
Principal performances, Newmarket unless stated:- 9 May 1781 - Jockey Club Plate [4yo division] (4/7, from Prince William); 8 Aug 1781 - 625gns stakes Nottingham (from Diomed 2/9 and Bay Bolton); 24 Aug 1781 - Great Subscription Purse [4yo division] York (5/4, by half a head); 22 Jul 1783 - Oxford Cup (6/4, from Glancer and Brush); 28 Jul 1783 - Great Subscription Purse [6yo+ division] York (10/1, from Drone 5/4, Privateer 5/2, Cora 3/1, Captain Tart and Crookshanks 4/1); 2 Oct 1783 - King's Plate (8/1, from Mercury 2/1 and Anvil 4/7)
4 Oct 1784 - £50 Prize (10/1, from Oliver Cromwell 3/1, Ascot and Chance 4/1)
21 Aug 1782 - 4th Great Subscription Purse [5yo division] York (8/13, to Privateer 5/1, Cora 2/1 and Catch); 25 Aug 1783 - 3rd Great Subscription Purse [4yo+ division] York (2/1, to Faith 8/1 and Petrarch 4/1)
Sire of John Bull (1793 Derby, successful stallion)
Died at Balsham in 1789, aged only 12
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