Owner: Charles Pelham Breeder: Charles Pelham
Best racehorse of 1717 and the best racemare of the second half of the 1710s decade
The third earliest mare in the lineage of Family 23
Dam of Brocklesby (by Greyhound) through which the maternal line of the family continues
Newmarket unless stated:- April 1716 - 100gns match v the Duke of Devonshire's mare; 19 Aug 1716 - King's Plate [mares] Hambleton; 9 Apr 1717 - King's Plate [mares]; 1 Aug 1717 - £60 Gold Cup York; Aug 1717 - Silver Tea Board Lincoln; 3 Oct 1717 - King's Plate; 3 Apr 1718 King's Plate; May 1718 - 200 gns match v [Wharton's] Snail; 7 Oct 1718 - 900 gns match v Ashridge Ball
Full sister to Brocklesby (1715 King's Plate York) and
to the good stallion Hip, which sired a number of mares which breed on, including the dam of Sampson (winner of six King's Plates and sire of high class racehorse Engineer, the sire of top class racehorse Mambrino, and of Ringtail Galloway, grandam of outstanding racehorse Atlas (1758 King's Plates York, Lincoln, Newmarket, 1759 King's Plate Newmarket, Jockey Club Plate)
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