| Owner: 1) Abraham Dixon 2) Sir Richard Grosvenor, Baron Grosvenor, later The Lord Grosvenor Breeder: Abraham Dixon
High class racehorse, winner of the Jockey Club Plate at Newmarket and the 4yo division of the Great Subscription Purse at York
Newmarket unless stated:- 24 Aug 1759 - Great Subscription Purse [4yo division] York (5/1); 29 Oct 1761 - 75gns Subscription (from Bosphorus); 6 May 1762 - Jockey Club Plate (from Babraham)
20 Aug 1760 - 2nd Great Subscription Purse [4yo division] York (to Engineer); 16 Mar 1761 - beaten 200gns match v Bosphorus (con 4lbs); 28 Sep 1761 - 2nd 1,500gns stakes (to Engineer); 29 Jul 1762 - 2nd £80 Ladies' Plate Huntingdon (to Well-Done); Apr 1764 - beaten 200gns match v Dumplin; 11 Oct 1764 - unplaced Subscription Euston;
Apr 1765 - beaten 200gns match v Narcissus; Oct 1765 - beaten 200gns match v Rocket (con 8lbs)
Broke a leg at Farn in 1766, but survived to sire a number of offspring, easily the best being Barbary (1775 Craven Stakes), and the dam of top class racehorse Minos, winner of 17 races including 4 King's Plates and the Craven Stakes
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