| Owner: 1) Sir Roger Mostyn, 3rd Baronet 2) Charles Pelham 3) Mr. Robinson 4) Mr. Wharton 5) Mrs. Wharton
Breeder: Sir Roger Mostyn, 3rd Baronet
Stood as a common stallion in Lincolnshire, probably at the Brocklesby Park stud of Charles Pelham, until the racing success in 1723 and 1724 of his son [Croft's] Partner brought him to attention
Continued the Byerley Turk direct male line which survives (barely) to the current day
Sire of 1) [Croft's] Partner, Champion Sire 1737, 1740, 1741, 1743, and sire of Tartar, sire of 8 times Champion Sire [King] Herod; top class racehorse Sedbury, winner of 4 King's Plates in 1740 and 1741; Sly, Barforth, Little Partner, Cato, Spectre, Spinster, Badger and Little John, all King's Plate winners; and numerous significant broodmares;
2) Robinson Crusoe (1729 King's Plate York, 1730 King's Plate Newmarket); 3) dam of [Rutland's] Coneyskins (1718 King's Plates York, Newmarket, Nottingham, Lincoln, 1719 King's Plate Newmarket); 4) the grandam of the useful racehorses [Hunt's] Jigg, Jigg-of-Jiggs and [Hunt's] Spanker; and 5) other mares which bred on to moderate success
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(GB) b. H, 1702c
{6} DP = 0-0-0-0-0 (0) DI = Inf CD = Inf 