| Owner: owned in 1780 by Titus Moore of North Carolina Breeder: bred in North Carolina
Sire of an unnamed mare which is the 4th dam of 1) Betsey Richards, one of the greatest racemares of the 19th century, winner of many top races between 1821 and 1826, and one of the Southern choices for the Great Match Race of 1823 against American Eclipse; and of 2) top class racehorse John Richards, also one of the Southern choices for that Great Match Race, being the likely first choice until suffering an injury shortly before race
Otherwise he made no mark as a stallion
Ran against and beat Selim, in 1769
Stood at Yorktown, Va., from 1773
If he was born in 1775 how did he run a race in 1769&1773? You have mixed him up with a Running Horse
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