| Owner: John Hutton II Breeder: John Hutton II
5 July 1731 - 2nd King's Plate Nottingham (to Lowther)
Sire of The Ruby Mare, dam of Marske, sire of the peerless Eclipse, the greatest racehorse of the 18th century, unbeaten winner of 18 races including 12 King's Plates, second in the list of leading sires 11 times, every year from 1778 and 1788, and progenitor of the Darley Arabian male line from which over 95% of the world's current thoroughbreds descend;
of the dam of Stately (1755 King's Plate [mares] Hambleton, 1756 King's Plate [mares] Newmarket); and of good class racehorse Moorcock
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