| Owner: John Crofts
An immensely important broodmare stallion, sire of 1) Brown Farewell (grandam of King's Plate winners Toy and Molotto, and of Matchem (Champion Sire 1772, 1773, 1774, and the perpetuator of the direct male line of the Godolphin Arabian (barely) to today; 2) Chestnut Layton (an early mare in the lineage of Family 4, from which branches 4-o and 4-p descend); 3) Chestnut Thornton, from which all current members of Family 2 descend; 4) Milbanke's Black Mare, dam of the successful stallion Hartley's Blind Horse, and of Soreheels Mare (3rd dam of the great racehorse and sire Highflyer, Champion Sire 13 times);
5) dam of Bay Bolton (7 times Champion Sire) and Lamprie (winner of 3 King's Plates); 6) Old Scarborough Mare (grandam of successful stallion Young Belgrade); 7) dam of the stallion [Wood's] Counsellor; 8) 3rd dam of top class racehorse Whistlejacket (winner of 6 King's Plates); 9) 4th dam of Sloe (unbeaten in 8 starts, winning 5 King's Plates); and 10) other mares which bred on successfully
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