| Owner: Philip Wharton, 1st Duke of Wharton
Breeder: Philip Wharton, 1st Duke of Wharton
In April, 1701, he won 'an extraordinary fine match and for a good deal of money" against the Duke of Devonshire's Dimple, who is the earliest recorded winner of The Whip."
St Martin stood at the Duke of Ancaster's famous Grimsthorpe Stud. Sire of Old Lady Mare (by Pert), the second earliest mare in the lineage of Family 14 and ancestress of many good horses including the outstanding sire Leamington, Leading Sire in North America in 1875, 1877, 1879 and 1881, and Touchstone (1834 St Leger, 1835, 1836 Doncaster Cup, Champion Sire 1842, 1843, 1848, 1855, sire of Blue Bonnet (1842 St Leger), Cotherstone (1843 2000 Guineas, Derby),
Orlando (1844 Derby, Champion Sire 1851, 1854, 1858), Mendicant (1846 1000 Guineas, Oaks), Flatcatcher (1848 2000 Guineas), Surplice (1848 Derby, St Leger), Nunnykirk (1849 2000 Guineas), Newminster (1851 St Leger, Champion Sire 1859, 1863) and Lord of the Isles (1855 2000 Guineas)
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(GB) H, 1695c
{2} DP = 0-0-0-0-0 (0) DI = Inf CD = Inf 