| Breeder: Sir Marmaduke Wyvill, 6th Baronet
First advertised at stud in 1733 for 10 guineas, a high fee for the era
Sire of 1) [Wyvill's] Volunteer (1742 King's Plate Newmarket, 1744 King's Plate The Curragh); 2) [Old] Standard (1742 King's Plate Guildford, sire of exceptional racehorse Jason (1754 King's Plate Lichfield, 1755 King's Plates Guildford, Winchester, Salisbury, Canterbury, Lewes, Newmarket, 1757 Jockey Club Plate)); 3) Primate (1746 King's Plate York, 1747 King's Plate The Curragh, 1748 King's Plate The Curragh, 1751 King's Plate The Curragh);
4) Antelope (1752 King's Plates York, Lincoln, 1754 Jockey Club Plate Newmarket); 5) Sister One to Antelope, ancestress of Oriana (1810 Oaks); 6) Sister One to Volunteer, ancestress of Waxy (1793 Derby, Champion Sire 1810, continued progenitor of the Darley Arabian male line), and of Smolensko (1813 2000 Guineas, Derby)
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