| Owner: 1) William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire 2) Charles Colyear, 2nd Earl of Portmore Breeder: William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire
A good racehorse but behind the best of his generation
1 April 1741 - 200 guineas match Newmarket versus Billy; 28 July 1741 - King's Plate Canterbury (from Sedgmoor)
30 June 1741 - 2nd King's Plate Winchester (to Poor Robin); 1 September 1741 - 3rd King's Plate Lincoln (to [Bethell's] Favourite and Wyvill's Volunteer)
Sire of Pumpkin (1752 King's Plate Guildford); of the dam of good class racehorse Wildair (1757 Great Subscription Purse [4yo division] York): of grandam of Carnatic (1766 King's Plate Newmarket); of 3rd dam of Pilot (1786 King's Plate Ipswich, 1787 King's Plate Burford); and of 4th dam of Sir Harry (1798 Derby, 1799 Claret Stakes, 1801 King's Plate Lewes)
Full brother to Fleec'em
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