| Owner: 1) Colonel John Tayloe III and Captain Archibald Randolph 2) Ralph Wormeley VI 3) Colonel William Ransom Johnson 4) Allen J. Davie 5) William Amis 6) John D. Amis Breeder: Colonel John Tayloe III and Captain Archibald Randolph Winnings: 8 Starts: 5 - 1 - 1
Great racehorse once he had come to his peak in Fall 1809, considered the best they had seen by contemporary observers
1809 - Post Stakes Richmond; 1809 - 4m heats Jockey Club Purse Richmond (distancing field in 1 heat); 1809 - 4m heats Jockey Club Purse Petersburg (distancing field in 1 heat); 1809 - 4m heats Jockey Club Purse Halifax (1st heat in 7:52, record time south of James River)
1808 - distanced by Phoebus (still suffering effects of distemper); 1808 - 4th Fairfield Stakes; 1809 - 2nd 4m heats Jockey Club Purse Petersburg
One of the greatest sires in American turf history, sire of a multitude of top class and better racehorses including Arab, Beggar Girl,
Bertrand, Betsey Richards, Contention, Eliza White, Flying Childers, Gohanna, Henry, Iris, Isabella, Janet, Janette, John Richards, Kate Kearney, Lady Lightfoot, Marion, Muckle John, Old Flirtilla, Reality, Sally Hope, Sir Charles, Sir William, Sumpter, Timoleon, Vanity and Virginian
Died 7 June 1833
Hall of Fame on opening in 1955
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