HAMPTON (GB) b. H, 1872
{10-a} DP = 0-0-0-0-0 (0) DI = Inf CD = Inf - 33 Starts, 19 Wins, 3 Places, 1 Shows |
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| Owner: James Nightingall/ Mr F. G. Hobson/ Lord Ellesmere Breeder: Lord Norreys Winnings: 33 Starts: 19 - 3 - 1
At 3: Won Great Welcome's H. (ENG); Great Metropolitan H. (ENG). At 4: Won Goodwood S. (ENG, Goodwood). At 5: Won Goodwood Cup (ENG, Goodwood, 20f); Northumberland Plate (ENG, 16f). At 6: Won Epsom Gold Cup (ENG, Epsom). Also won Doncaster Cup (ENG, Doncaster, 21f).
Won from 5 to 21 furlongs, on the flat and over hurdles. Purchased by Lord Ellesmere at the Newmarket December 1877 sale for 7,200 guineas.
Pensioned after the 1896 season, and died on 8 December 1897. Buried in a corner of his home paddock; his taxidermied head hung on the drawing-room wall of Stetchworth stud manager John Castle.
Champion sire 1887. Photo taken in 1896.
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Family Summary: 1-a (2), 2-h (4), 3-n (2), 3-j (5), 4-b (1), 8-a (1), 8 (3), 10-a (4), 10 (1), 11-g (1), 12-a (1), 14-a (2), 22 (1), 24 (2), 37 (1),
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