Owner: 1) Sir John Dutton 2) Fulke Greville 3) Sir Watkins Williams Wynn 4) Sir Edward O'Brien 5) Edward Leedes Breeder: Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin
Top class racehorse in 1747 and peaking in 1748 winning the King's Plate at Newmarket from Squirrel, the winner of 3 King's Plates the previous year
13 Jun 1746 - 70gns Burford; 18 Apr 1747 - 50gns match Newmarket v Pompey (rec 10lbs); 25 Apr 1747 - 70gns Newmarket: 9 Jun 1747 - King's Plate Guildford (from Veteran); 14 Apr 1748 - King's Plate Newmarket (from Squirrel); 10 Aug 1748 - £50 Warwick (from Bald Partner); 1749 - Annual Prize Farndon (w.o.); 16 Aug 1749 - £50 Warwick (w.o.); 29 Aug 1749 - 50gns Lichfield
Initially called and ran as Slug until June 1747
14 Jul 1747 - 5th King's Plate Nottingham (to Squirrel); 24 Aug 1748 - 3rd 80gns Ladies' Purse Oxford (to Babraham and Bustard); 5 Apr 1750 - 6th 100gns The Curragh (to [Portmore's] Othello); 7 Apr 1750 - unplaced £50 The Curragh
Sired a number of winners, some of good class, and broodmares, including an unnamed mare, ancestress of many classic winners
Leading Sire in Ireland 1762
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