Bajazet Horse Pedigree

Owner: 1) Fulke Greville 2) William Douglas, 3rd Earl of March
Breeder: Sir John Dutton, 2nd Baronet

4 June 1746 - Ł50 match Burford (from Russet, rec 6lbs); 23 April 1747 - 50gns match Newmarket versus Moorcock (who goes lame); 21 May 1747 - Ł50 Epsom; 1747 - Ł50 Beccles (from Lady Charlotte); 8 September 1747 - Ł50 Burford (from Arthur O'Bradley [Bucephalus]); 11 April 1748 - 50gns match Newmarket versus Babraham; 17 June 1748 - Ł50 Winchester (from Moorcock); 27 June 1750 - Ł50 Winchester (from Drudge)

20 September 1745 - unplaced 80 gns Prize Burford (going lame); 1 August 1749 - 2nd Ł50 Give and Take Plate York (to Champion (rec 5lbs)); 22 September 1749 - 2nd Ł50 Odsey (to Tom Jones); 5 September 1751 - beaten 1,000 guineas match The Curragh versus [Portmore's] Othello)

Supposedly during this match Bajazet's jockey slipped off his weights and had them returned to him before weighing out. This ruse was discovered and Sir Ralph Gore (owner of Othello) challenged Lord March (owner of Bajazet) to a duel. When they met to duel the next morning, Lord March decided to apologise after seeing the coffin provided for him by Sir Ralph

Leading Sire in Ireland 1760

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