Jenny Jessamy Horse Pedigree

Owner: Sir Edward O'Brien, 2nd Baronet
Breeder: Sir Edward O'Brien, 2nd Baronet

1753 - Ł20 Clogheen; 1753 - 50gns Loughrea (prize divided between Jenny Jessamy and Smirking Nan, having won one heat each, the judges being unable to decide result of 3rd heat due to the crowd closing in on the judges in excitement); 1754 - 20gns Clogheen; 1756 - Ł50 Give and Take Killarney; 1756 - Ł30 Tralee; 1757 - Ł50 Give and Take Castle Bar

Grandam of Mother Brown (1778 King's Plate [mares] The Curragh); 3rd dam of Bacchus, winner of 31 races between 1791 and 1796 including 3 King's Plates); of Toby (1796 King's Plates The Curragh x 2, 1797 King's Plates The Curragh x 2); of Jerry Sneak (1800 King's Plates The Curragh x 2 [as Young Toby], 1803 King's Plate The Curragh);

5th dam of Nabocklish (1815 King's Plate The Curragh, 1816 King's Plates The Curragh x 2, 1817 King's Plate The Curragh; and of Carlow (1827 King's Plate The Curragh)

Allowed to be "one of the handsomest and best mares that had ever been bred in Ireland" (although she was actually bred in England, sired by [Bolton/Old] Starling], the year her dam Flintshire Lady was exported to Ireland)

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