| Owner: 1) Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin 2) Thomas Meredith
Breeder: Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin
Winnings: 4 Starts: 1 - 2 - 1
The best horse of 1740, running only once but in the October King's Plate at Newmarket defeating Sedbury (winner of 3 King's Plates that season) and Elephant which had won the King's Plate at Lewes; Cade was never so good afterwards, Sedbury reversing the form in 1741
2 Oct 1740 - King's Plate Newmarket (from Sedbury and Elephant)
2 Apr 1741 - 2nd King's Plate Newmarket (to Sedbury); 27 Jul 1744 - 2nd £50 Huntingdon (to Molotto); 2 Oct 1745 - 3rd 50gns Subscription Purse Newmarket (to Bucephalus [Arthur O'Bradley), [Ancaster] Starling)
Orphaned at 14 days of age, Cade was raised on cow's milk, which gave him his name, cade meaning untended by a mother and raised by a human
Full brother to Lath, undefeated in 4 starts.
Champion Sire in GB in 1752, 1753, 1758, 1759 and 1760.
Sire of many successful racehorses and broodmares which bred on, his most enduring progeny was Matchem, Champion Sire 1772, 1773 and 1774, through which the direct male line of the Godolphin Arabian was perpetuated into 20th century and (barely) to today.
Died Sept. 1756
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(GB) b. H, 1734
{6-a} DP = 0-0-0-0-0 (0) DI = Inf CD = Inf - 4 Starts, 1 Wins, 2 Places, 1 Shows 