| Owner: 1) Sir Marmaduke Wyvill, 6th Baronet 2) Henry Scudamore, 3rd Duke of Beaufort Breeder: Sir Marmaduke Wyvill, 6th Baronet
One of the best horses of 1742, but behind [Wyvill's] Volunteer and Sourface in racing ability
2 September 1741 - £50 Prize Lincoln; 20 April 1742 - 60 guineas Plate Newmarket; 18 May 1742 - 60 guineas Prize Epsom (easily); 8 June 1742 - King's Plate Guildford (easily, from Routh's Crab)
6 August 1741 - 2nd £50 Prize York (to Tom Tinker); 29 June 1742 - 2nd King's Plate Winchester (to Sourface, Standard falling lame in finishing 2nd in the second heat, having also finished 2nd in the first heat)
Sire of top class racehorse Jason (winner of 7 King's Plates in 1754 and 1755) and [Hamilton's] Figure, sire of Figure, a good stallion in America, his most enduring progeny being Moll, maternal line ancestress of the outstanding racehorse and magnificent sire Nearco, male line ancestor of the great sires Northern Dancer, Sadler's Wells and Galileo
Initially named and ran as Bashaw
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