| Owner: Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven Breeder: Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven
Unraced
A highly significant broodmare
Dam of top class racehorse Mark Anthony (winner of 20 of 28 career starts between 1770 and 1776); and most enduringly of great racehorse and sire Highflyer (undefeated in 12 starts and Champion Sire 13 times, consecutively between 1785 and 1796, and in 1798, and progenitor of the Byerley Turk direct male line to (barely) the present day,
and sire of Omphale (1784 St Leger); of Cowslip (1785 St Leger); of Noble (1786 Derby); of the great racehorse and stallion Sir Peter Teazle (1787 Derby, 10 times Champion Sire); of Spadille (1787 St Leger); of Young Flora (1788 St Leger); of Skyscraper (1789 Derby); and of Volante (1792 Oaks)
Died spring 1781, aged only 18
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