Principal victories, all Newmarket:- 1779:- 20 Oct - 140 Guineas Stakes (from Freeholder); 1780:- 19 Apr - 140 Guineas Stakes (1/1, from King Fergus 4/1 and Dorimant 2/1); 20 Apr - Jockey Club Plate (1/3, from Tandem); 19 Oct - 150gns Subscription (2/1, from Woodpecker 5/6 and Tandem 5/1); 1781:- 18 Apr - 1,400gns stakes (4/6 from Woodpecker 5/2 con 7lbs and Guildford 5/1 rec 14lbs); 1782:- 18 Mar - Craven Stakes (6/4, from Hollandaise 6/1); 25 Apr - Jockey Club Plate (1/5, from Buccaneer and Mercury)

Pot8os got his name from a stable lad asked to put "Potatoes" on his stall door but misspelled it Potoooooooo. It amused the Earl, and so it appears in the GSB, later shortened to Pot-8-Os

A great success as a stallion, sire of 172 winners of £61,971, including Waxy (1793 Derby, continuing progenitor of Darley Arabian sire line) and 3 other classic winners

Died early November 1800