Trentham

Sire Line

Trentham b c 1766 (Gower's Sweepstakes - Miss South, by South). Sire Line Godolphin Arabian. Family 5.

Trentham was bred by Sir John Moore from his homebred mare Miss South and was the first and most successful of her offspring. She herself won two races, at Newmarket and Ascot, before going lame in her third start after which she was taken out of training. Trentham was sold at Sir John's sale to Charles Ogilvy who ran him until 1771 when he was purchased by Patrick Blake for £1575. He was next sold to Lord Foley & the Rt Hon Charles James Fox, and at the end of 1773 to Sir Charles Sedley, and again at the end of 1776 to Mr Codrington, and eventually to Lord Egremont.

Known as the "terrible horse Trentham" he ran from three to ten amassing earnings of over £8450 and two Jockey Club Plates whilst beating most of the best of his generation. He won eleven in a row and lost only fourteen times during his long turf career, mostly to good runners such as Conductor (ch c 1767 Matchem), Mambrino (gr c 1768 Engineer), Pumpkin (ch c 1769 Matchem) and Johnny (b c 1769 Matchem).

He retired to Lord Egremont's stud at Petworth, Sussex, where he commanded a fee as high as 10 guineas. He achieved distinction as the sire of the Oaks winner Tag, along with many other fine runners. Trentham died around 1792.

Pedigree

Trentham	Gower's Sweepstakes	Gower Stallion	Godolphin Arabian
			Sister to Tortoise
		Brown Crofts	Croft's Partner
			Brown Farewell
	Miss South	South	Regulus
			Soreheels Mare
		Young Cartouch Mare	Young Cartouch
			Ebony

Race Record

At 3: Won £50 at Swaffham, beating Mr Cross's Titus (Snap), Mr Shafto's Harpy (b f 1766 Snap), Lord Bolingbroke's Bijou (Brilliant) and J Tuting's Zophiel, 4th for £50 at Newmarket, First Spring, beaten by Faggergill (br c 1766 Snap), Centre (gr c 1766 Warren's Careless) and Petit Maitre (b c 1766 Merlin), won 100 guineas at the same meeting beating Mr Pigott's Petit Maitre over the Rowley Mile.

At 4: Won 200 guineas at Newmarket, First Spring, beating the Duke of Kingston's Brother to Foundling (b c 1766 Old England), won 100 guineas at Newmarket, Second Spring, beating Mr Shafto's Snap filly, won a 25 guineas each sweepstakes at Burford, beating C Blake's Piper (b c 1766 Captain), Mr Wildman's Timanthes (ch c 1766 Posthumus), Lord Grosvenor's Cervantes (b c 1766 Sampson) and ten others, won 500 guineas at Newmarket, First October, beating P Blake's Metaphysician (b c 1763 Snap) over the Beacon Course, collected 140 guineas each compromise at Newmarket, Second October, from Lord Ossory's Fish (b c 1766 Brilliant) and Patrick Blake's Stripling (br c 1766 Marske), won over £50 at the same meeting, beating Sir C Bunbury's Bellario (b c 1763 Brilliant), Lord Bolingbroke's Chalfont (gr c 1763 Blossom) and four others.

At 5: Won 300 guineas at Newmarket, First Spring, beating Lord March's Rosetta (f 1765 Squirrel) over the Rowley Mile, won 500 guineas at Newmarket, Second Spring, beating Lord Craven's Petit Maitre over the Ditch-in course, won 500 guineas at Burford, beating Lord Abingdon's Transit (ch c 1766 Marske) over four miles.

At 6: Won 300 guineas at Newmarket, Craven, beating Lord Clermont's Rosetta (Squirrel), won 1000 guineas at Newmarket, First Spring, beating Christopher Blake's Don Joseph (b c 1767 Babraham Blank) over the Beacon Course, won the Jockey Club Plate at Newmarket, Second Spring, beating Charles Ogilvy's Denmark (b c 1764 Regulus), J Smith-Barry's Amaranthus (b c 1766 Old England) and four others over the Beacon Course, collected a 500 guineas half-forfeit at the same meeting from Lord Rockingham's Solon (br c 1766 Sampson), won a 10 guineas each sweepstakes at Burford, beating Lord Oxford's Methodist (gr c 1768 Coombe Arabian), Mr Vernon's Milliner (b f 1768 Matchem) and four others, collected at forfeit from Lord Abingdon's Transit (ch c 1766 Marske) at the same place, won a 200 guineas each sweepstakes at Newmarket, First October, beating Mr Vernon's Milliner and Lord Clermont's La Signora, collected a compromise from Christopher Blake's Firetail (b c 1769 Squirrel) at the same meeting, won 1000 guineas at Newmarket, Houghton, beating Lord March's Piccadilly over the Beacon Course.

At 7: won a 1000 guineas match at Newmarket, Craven, beating Pyrrhus (br c 1767 Sprightly), with both horses having to beat Mr Ogilvy's Pincher (ch c 1765 Shakespeare), which they did, collected a 108 guineas compromise from Lord Bolingbroke's Marianne (b f 1767 Squirrel) at Newmarket, First Spring, then lost a race to Regulator, Pantaloon and others and was sold to Sir Charles Sedley.

At 8: Collected a 150 guineas half-forfeit from Mr Vernon's Milliner at Newmarket, Second Spring, won the Subscription Purse at York, worth nearly 300 guineas, beating Mr Wentworth's Ancaster (b c 1768 Blank), Sir Lawrence Dundas's Carbineer (b c 1765 Young Cade), Mr Vernon's Florizel (b c 1768 King Herod) and four others, won 200 guineas at newmarket, Houghton, beating Lord Clermont's Priestess (b f 1767 Matchem) over the Beacon Course.

At 9: ran a dead heat at Newmarket, Second Spring, for the Jockey Club Plate, with Lord Grosvenor's Mambrino (gr c 1768 Engineer), beating Sandbeck, Atalanta, Transit and Papist, won 200 guineas at the same meeting, beating Lord Abingdon's Transit, won the £100 Plate at Lincoln, beating Mr Moody's Phaeton who was withdrawn after the first heat.

At 10: Won the 140 guineas at Newmarket, Second Spring, beating the Duke of Grafton's Magnet (br c 1770 King Herod), Sir C Bunbury's Fair Star (ch c 1771 Turf) and three others over the Beacon Course, the following day won the Jockey Club Plate, beating Lord Rockingham's Cincinnatus (b c 1768 Sampson), the Duke of Richmond's Gay and two others over the Beacon Course.

Notable Offspring

Camilla (b f 1778) produced both Young Camilla (b f 1787 Woodpecker) the taproot mare of Family 11-b, and Jerboa (b f 1803 Gohanna) the taproot mare of Family 11-c. Camilla was also the 2nd dam of the Derby winner Cardinal Beaufort (b c 1802 Gohanna).

Driver [Egremont's] (br c 1783), sire of the Derby winner Hannibal (b c 1801) and Amazon, the taproot mare of Family 3-m.

Sister to Driver (br f 1781) was the dam of the stallion Sir David (br c 1801 Trumpator) and the 4th dam of the Two Thousand Guineas winner Enamel (ch c 1822 Phantom).

Fraxinella (b f 1793) was the 2nd dam of the Doncaster Cup winner and good stallion Tramp (b c 1810 Dick Andrews), and the 4th dam of Brown Bess (br f 1844 Camel), the taproot mare of Family 3-d.

Grey Trentham (gr c 1788) won King's Plates at Burford, Lichfield and Guildford.

Tabitha (ch f 1782) was the 2nd dam of the American stallion Sir Archy (b c 1805 Diomed*).

Tag (b f 1786), an Oaks winner herself, who in turn produced HRH the Prince of Wales's Tag (ch c 1797 Precipitate), a winner of several large matches and stakes.

Trentham Mare (b f 1789) was the dam of the July Stakes winner Ringtail (b f 1801 Buzzard), and the 2nd dam of the Derby winner Blucher (b c 1811 Waxy).

Trentham Mare was the dam of the Ascot Gold Cup winner Brighton (br c 1804 Gohanna), and the 3rd dam of the St Leger winner Tarrare (b c 1823 Catton).

Trentham Mare (b f 1779) was among the foundation mares of Family 42.