| Owner: 1) Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin 2) Mr. Potts Breeder: Edward Coke
24 April 1739 - 2nd 800 guineas sweepstakes Newmarket (to Blaze)
Sold to Mr. Potts in 1739 and stands at stud in Yorkshire
Sire of high class racehorses Stadtholder (1748 King's Plates Winchester, Salisbury, Lewes); and Joseph Andrews (1749 King's Plates York, Lincoln);
of Mary Gray, ancestress of top class racehorse Himyar (winner of 14 races, 2nd 1878 Kentucky Derby, Leading Sire 1893, sire of the superb sprinter Domino); and a few other mares which bred on successfully although without lasting legacy
One of few horses in GSB described as sorrel (light chestnut)
Half brother to high class racehorses Cade and Lath
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