| Owner: 1) Sir Charles Bunbury, 6th Baronet 2) Richard Wilson 3) John Theobald Breeder: Sir Charles Bunbury, 6th Baronet Winnings: 8 Starts: 7 - 0 - 1
Superior Derby winner, although the fields he beat in the 2000 Guineas and Derby were weak
Principal performances:- 4 May 1813 - 2000 Guineas Stakes Newmarket (7/4, on debut, very easily, from Music and Phosphor 11/2); 5 May 1813 - Newmarket Stakes (1/2, canter, from Scheherazade); 3 Jun 1813 - Derby Stakes Epsom (1/1, easily, by 1/2l from Catterpillar 7/1 and Illusion 25/1); 25 Aug 1813 - Magna Charta Stakes Egham (4/7, canter, from Eurus rec 5lbs); 12 Apr 1814 - 200gns match Newmarket v Tiger (8/15); 29 Apr 1814 - 900gns stakes Newmarket
Injured, straining one of his back sinews, during race on his only defeat
Sire of 116 winners, including Jerry (1824 St. Leger, fairly successful sire); Gulnare (1827 Oaks, dam of The Corsair (1839 2000 Guineas); Fawn, dam of Venison (Champion Sire 1846, 1847); the dam of outstanding stallion in France, Royal Oak; and other daughters which bred on successfully
Died 10 January 1829, aged only 19
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