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Sire Line
Blaze
Flying Childers
Darley Arabian |
Grenadier [ex-Captain] b c 1746 (Blaze
- Mare by Sultan). Sire Line Darley
Arabian. Family 40. Bred and owned by George Witty of
Yorkshire, he was probably a half-brother to
Jenny
Cameron* (b f 1742). He raced for three years, initially under the
name of Captain. In the Witty stud he sired a
number of racehorses although his stock did not breed on.
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Grenadier |
Blaze |
Childers |
Darley Arabian |
| Betty
Leedes |
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Confederate Filly |
Grey
Grantham |
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Rutland Barb Mare |
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Sultan
Mare |
Lonsdale's Sultan |
Lonsdale Grey Arabian |
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Sister to Bonny Lass |
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Commoner
Mare |
Warton's Commoner |
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Castaway Mare |
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Race Record |
| In 1751 at New Malton he won £50,
beating Mr. Coatsworth's Traveller (ch c 1746 Old Traveller), who had
won that year the Gold Cup at Chester, the King's Plate at Edinburgh and
three other £50 plates, Mr. Storey's Little David (ch c 1747 Gower
Stallion), and one other, carrying 10 stone each for 3-mile heats. In
August at Black Hambeton he won 70 guineas, defeating Lord Portmore's Skim
(gr c 1746 Bolton Starling), each carrying 10 stone for four miles. The
following week at York he lost the Great Subscription Purse, worth
nearly £129, to Skim, carrying 10 stone for four
miles, although he beat two others. |
| In 1752 at Nottingham he
walked-over for the King's Plate. In August at York, he lost both heats
of the King's Plate to Sir Marmaduke Wyvill's Antelope
(b c 1748 Young
Belgrade), each carrying 12 stone for 4-mile heats. |
| In April of 1753 at Newmarket he
won the King's Plate, beating Mr. Meredith's Midas (ch c 1746
Saucebox), Antelope, and two others, all
carrying 12 stone in 4-mile heats. This was Grenadier's final race. |
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