SAMPSON  (GB) blk. H, 1745
{12} DP = 0-0-0-0-0 (0) DI = Inf CD = Inf - 10 Starts, 9 Wins, 1 Places, 0 Shows |
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| Owner: 1) Mr. Robinson 2) Charles Watson-Wentworth, the 2nd Marquis of Rockingham, Prime Minister of Great Britain 13 July 1765 - 30 July 1766
Breeder: James Preston
Winnings: 10 Starts: 9 - 1 - 0
Best horse of 1751, winning 5 King's Plates
8 May 1750 - £50 Malton (from Jigg of Jiggs); 17 Aug 1750 - £50 Hambleton; 4 Sep 1750 - King's Plate Lichfield (from Gustavus); 13 Apr 1751 - £109 Plate Newmarket (from Oroonoko and Drudge); 11 Jun 1751 - King's Plate Winchester (w.o.); 25 Jun 1751 - King's Plate Salisbury (w.o.); 13 Aug 1751 - King's Plate Canterbury (from Drudge); 16 Aug 1751 - King's Plate Lewes; 3 Oct 1751 - King's Plate Newmarket (w.o.) - Sampson (1/8) wins 1st heat, but not very easily; Thwackum wins 2nd heat, Sampson whipped for first time in his career; and Thwackum wins 3rd heat, closely contested the whole 4 miles and considered to be the best ever run by 2 horses
2 April 1752 - 2nd King's Plate Newmarket (to Thwackum)
Sampson was a successful sire, particularly of the outstanding racehorse Bay Malton (1766 Great Subscription Purse York and 1768 Jockey Club Plate); and the high class racehorse Engineer (1761 King's Plate Newmarket), sire of the even better Mambrino (1775 Jockey Club Plate)
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