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Sainfoin (GB)
ch c 1887 (Springfield - Sanda, by Wenlock). Sire Line Stockwell. Family 2-g.
 
  Salmon-Trout (GB)
b c 1921 (The Tetrarch - Salamandra, by St. Frusquin). Sire Line Buzzard. Family 19-c.
 
Saltram (GB)*
br c 1780 (Eclipse - Virago, by Snap). Sire Line Eclipse. Family 7.
 
Sam (GB)
ch c 1815 (Scud - Hyale, by Phoenomenon). Sire Line Beningbrough. Family 6-b. Bred by Thomas Thornhill he won the Derby Stakes in 1818. In the stud he sired the unnamed second dam (br f 1832) of the Two Thousand Guineas winner, Conyngham (b c 1844). Sam was named after Sam Chifney, his jockey.
 
Sampson (GB)
bl c 1745 (Blaze - Mare, by Hip). Sire Line Darley Arabian. Family 12.
 
  Sancho (GB)
b c 1801 (Don Quixote - Sister to Maid of all Work, by Highflyer). Sire Line Eclipse. Family 17. Bred by Mr Mellish he won the St Leger in 1804. In the stud he got the Craven Stakes winner Cannon Ball (b c 1810), the July Stakes winner Cato (b c 1809) and the stallion Prime Minister (br c 1810).
 
  Sandbeck (GB)
b c 1818 (Catton - Orvillina, by Beningbrough). Sire Line Eclipse. Family 8-a. He sired Mr Bird's Craven Stakes winner (twice) Redshank (b c 1833) and Barbelle (b f 1836) the dam of the great stallion The Flying Dutchman (br c 1846 Bay Middleton).
 
  Sarpedon (GB)
br c 1828 (Emilius - Icaria, by The Flyer). Sire Line Beningbrough. Family 13. Bred by General Grosvenor he was imported into America by Merritt & Company in 1834 and stood at William G Skillman's near Lexington, Kentucky, in 1835. He got the dam of Lexington (b c 1850 Boston).
 
Satellite (GB)
ch c 1774 (Eclipse - Titania, by Shakespeare). Sire Line Eclipse. Family 4-a.
 
Saunterer (GB)
bl c 1854 (Birdcatcher - Ennui, by Bay Middleton). Sire Line Birdcatcher. Family 27-a.
 
Scar (GB)
[Old] b c 1705 (Makeless - Bay Layton, by Darcy's Counsellor). Sire Line Darcy's Yellow Turk. Family 4.
 
Scaramouch (GB)
bl c 1768 (Snap - Sophia, by Godolphin Arabian). Sire Line Darley Arabian. Family 21. Bred by the Duke of Kingston and later owned by Mr O'Kelly and John Edwards he ran successfully for O'Kelly winning several plates and the Great Sweepstakes (worth 1400 guineas) at York. He sired the Irish mare Smallhopes (f 1785c).
 
  Scarborough Colt (GB)
bl c 1724 (Tifter - Old Scarborough Mare, by Makeless). Sire Line Thoulouse Barb. Family 25. Bred in Yorkshire by Sir Marmaduke Wyvill (1692-1754), 6th bt, he ran second to Mr Humberstone's Stump for the King's Plate at York in 1730. He was a private stallion at the Wyvill stud in Constable Burton near Bedale, Yorkshire. He got several runners although he is probably better known as the sire of the dam of the sisters to Antelope (b c 1748 Young Belgrade) who contributed to the establishment of Family 18.
 
  Scud (GB)
b c 1804 (Beningbrough - Eliza, by Highflyer). Sire Line Beningbrough. Family 1-a. A winner of the Doncaster Cup he sired two Derby winners, Sailor (ch c 1817) and Sam (ch c 1815), the Oaks winner Shoveler (b f 1816), and the stallions Actaeon (ch c 1822) and Steel Trap (ch c 1815).
 
  Scythian (GB)*
b c 1851 (Orlando - Scythia, by Hetman Platoff). Sire Line Camel. Family 1-s.
 
Second (GB)
br c 1732 (Childers - Sister to Soreheels, by Basto). Sire Line Darley Arabian. Family 9-a.
 
Sedbury (GB)
ch c 1734 (Crofts Partner - Old Montagu, by Darcy's Woodcock). Sire Line ByerleyTurk. Family 68.
 
Selim (GB)
ch c 1802 (Buzzard - Mare, by Alexander). Sire Line Selim. Family 2-n.
 
  Sesostris (GB)
b c 1845 (Slane - Palmyra, by Sultan). Sire Line Eclipse. Family 12-c. He sired Tomyris (b f 1851) the dam of the One Thousand Guineas winner Hester (b f 1867 Thormanby) and the second dam of the Two Thousand Guineas winner Prince Charlie (ch c 1869 Blair Athol).
 
  Seymour (GB)
b c 1807 (Delpini - Bay Javelin, by Javelin). Sire Line Highflyer. Family 3-a. Bred by the Duke of Hamilton he sired the second dam of the Derby winner Amato (br c 1835 Velocipede). Although the Derby winner Moses (b c 1819) is generally assumed to have been sired by Seymour, the second covering stallion, Moses was advertised in the racing calendar as "got by Whalebone, his dam by Gohanna, out of Grey Skim" [Weatherby's 1824:502].
 
Shakespeare (GB)
ch c 1745 (Hobgoblin - Amorett, by Bartlet's Childers). Sire Line Darley Arabian. Family 15.
 
Shark (GB)
br c 1771 (Marske - Mare, by Snap). Sire Line Darley Arabian. Family 56.
 
  Sheet Anchor (GB)
br c 1832 (Lottery - Morgiana, by Muley). Sire Line Eclipse. Family 12-c. In England he got the good stallion Weatherbit (b c 1842). Purchased by the Gestut Harzburg, he was sent to Germany in 1844. There his colour is recorded as black. He sired the German Oaks winner Fullsail (br f 1859).
 
  Shock (GB)
(br c 1729 (Jigg - Sister to Old Country Wench, by Lister's Snake). Sire Line Byerley Turk. Family 11.
 
Shotover (GB)
ch f 1879 (Hermit - Stray Shot, by Toxophilite). Sire Line Camel. Family 13-c.
 
Sickle (GB)
br c 1924 (Phalaris - Selene, by Chaucer). Sire Line Phalaris. Family 6-e.
 
Silverlocks (GB)
ch f 1725 (Bald Galloway - Sister to Chaunter, by Acaster Turk). Sire Line St. Victor Barb. Family 6-a.
 
Sir Archy (USA)
b c 1805 (Diomed* - Castianira, by Rockingham). Sire Line King Herod. Family 13.
 
Sir Harry (GB)
br c 1795 (Sir Peter Teazle - Matron, by Alfred). Sire Line Highflyer. Family 4-o.
 
Sir Hercules (IRE)
bl c 1826 (Whalebone - Peri, by Wanderer). Sire Line Pot8os. Family 2-t.
 
Sir Peter Teazle (GB)
br c 1784 (Highflyer - Papillon, by Snap). Sire Line Highflyer. Family 3.
 
  Sir Solomon (GB)
b c 1796 (Sir Peter Teazle - Matron, by Florizel). Sire Line Highflyer. Family 24. Bred by Earl Fitzwilliam and owned by Mr Johnson he won many races, including the Newcastle Cup twice, Nottingham Cup and a Royal Plate at York. Thought to be the stoutest son of Sir Peter he sired the dam of the St Leger winner Tarrare (b c 1823 Catton) and the third dam of of the Derby winner Daniel O'Rourke (ch c 1849 Birdcatcher).
 
Sir Visto (GB)
b c 1892 (Barcaldine - Vista, by Macaroni). Sire Line Matchem. Family 4-f.
 
Six Wheeler (GB)
br c 1925 (Tetrameter - Valentia Bay, by Valens). Sire Line Buzzard. Family 5-c.
 
  Skipjack (GB)
ch c 1710c (Darley Arabian - Jester, by Old Merlin). Sire Line Darley Arabian.
 
Skim (GB)
gr c 1746 (Bolton Starling - Miss Mayes, by Bartlet's Childers). Sire Line Darcy's White Turk. Family 19.
 
Skyscraper (GB)
b c 1786 (Highflyer - Everlasting, by Eclipse). Sire Line Highflyer. Family 3.
 
  Slane (GB)
b c 1833 (Royal Oak - Mare, by Orville). Sire Line Eclipse. Family 25. A champion sire in 1845 he got the Derby winner The Merry Monarch (b c 1842), the Oaks winner The Princess (ch f 1841), the Two Thousand Guineas winner Conyngham (b c 1844), and the One Thousand Guineas winner Lady Orford (ch f 1847).
 
  Sleight of Hand (GB)
br c 1836 (Pantaloon - Decoy, by Filho da Puta). Sire Line Buzzard. Family 3-h. Said to be a less than brilliant performer he nevertheless won the Liverpool Cup, Tradesman's Plate at Manchester and the Cleveland Stakes. He is seen in many of the pedigrees that descend from mares in the Sledmere stud. He sired Lady Sykes* (gr f 1850) and Madame Stodare (ch f 1850).
 
  Slipby (GB)
br c 1734 (Fox - Gipsey, by Bay Bolton). Sire Line Darcy's White Turk. Family 1. Owned by Lord Portmore he sired Brown Slipby (br f 1745).
 
  Sloe (GB)
bl c 1740 (Crab - Mare, by Childers). Sire Line Alcock's Arabian. Family 33.
 
Sloven (GB)
[Bolton] br c 1719 (Bay Bolton - Sister to Mixbury, by Curwen's Bay Barb). Sire Line Darcy's White Turk. Family 9. Bred by the Duke of Bolton he sired Beau* (ch c 1731), Young Coquette (br f 1734), and Fleacatcher (gr f 1733).
 
  Smiling Tom (GB)
[Gallant's] gr c 1710c (Conyers Arabian - Mare, by Chillaby - Mare, by Makeless - Mr Crofts Snowden Mare). Sire Line Conyers Arabian. Bred at Hampton Court he covered at Burn Park near Beverley for a fee of two guineas. He sired Appleyard's Craftsman (gr c 1724), Appleyard's Favourite (gr c 1730) and Gallant's Young Smiling Tom (gr c 1724). The General Stud Book has confused his year of birth and pedigree with that of his son, Young Smiling Tom, who also ran as Gallant's Smiling Tom.
 
  Smithson (GB)
[Old] bbr c 1695c (Cole's Barb). Sire Line Cole's Barb. Owned by John Millbanke he was unbeaten in his six or seven starts. He later sired the second dam of Hobgoblin (br c 1724 Aleppo).
 
  Smockface (GB)
c 1714c (Darley Arabian - Mare, by Hautboy). Sire Line Darley Arabian. Family 53.
 
  Smolensko (GB)
bl c 1810 (Sorcerer - Wowski, by Mentor). Sire Line Matchem. Family 18. Bred by Sir Charles Bunbury he won the Two Thousand Guineas, Newmarket and Derby Stakes. He sired the Oaks winner Gulnare (b f 1824) and the St Leger winner Jerry (bl c 1821).
 
  Snail (GB)
[Wharton's or Old] c 17120c (Whynot - Mare, by Wilkinson's Arabian). Sire Line Fenwick Barb. Family 43. He was first called Old Smales but his name was corrected in an old match book and the name Snail is used in other pedigrees. He ran in 1718 for the Duke of Wharton without apparent success and he may have raced earlier for Mr Blacket. He sired Young Kitty Burdett (b f 1720), Milkmaid (b f 1720) and the 4th dam of Pharoah* (b c 1753 Chedworth's Moses).
 
  Snake (GB)
[Lister's or Bowe's] c 1708c (Lister's Turk - Mare, by Hautboy). Sire Line Lister Turk.
 
  Snake (GB)
[Easby or Smith's son of Snake] b c 1721 (Lister's Snake - Mare, by Acaster Turk). Sire Line Lister Turk. Family 70. Smith's Son of Snake is not identified as Easby Snake until the 1891 edition of the General Stud Book and this is probably incorrect.
 
Snap (GB)
[Old] bl c 1750 (Snip - Sister to Slipby, by Fox). Sire Line Darley Arabian. Family 1.
 
Snap (GB)
[Latham's] b c 1759 (Snap - Sister to Merryman, by Cade). Sire Line Darley Arabian. Family 4.
 
  Snip (GB)
br c 1736 (Childers - Sister to Soreheels, by Basto). Sire Line Darley Arabian. Family 9-a.
 
Solario (IRE)
b c 1922 (Gainsborough - Sun Worship, by Sundridge). Sire Line Camel. Family 26.
 
Songstress (GB)
b f 1849 (Birdcatcher - Cyprian, by Partisan). Sire Line Birdcatcher. Family 23-a.
 
Son-In-Law (GB)
br c 1911 (Dark Ronald - Mother-In-Law, by Matchmaker). Sire Line Camel. Family 5-d.
 
Soothsayer (GB)
ch c 1808 (Sorcerer - Goldenlocks, by Delpini). Sire Line Matchem. Family 15.
 
Sorcerer (GB)
bl c 1796 (Trumpator - Young Giantess, by Diomed). Sire Line Matchem. Family 6-a.
 
  Soreheels (GB)
b c 1714c (Basto - Sister to Mixbury, by Curwen's Bay Barb). Sire Line Byerley Turk. Family 9-a.
 
  South (GB)
b c 1750 (Regulus - Mare, by Soreheels). Sire Line Godolphin Arabian. Family 13.
 
  Spanker (GB)
b c 1675c (Darcy's Yellow Turk - Old Morocco Mare, by Fairfax Morocco Barb). Sire Line Darcy's Yellow Turk. Family 6.
 
  Spanker (GB)
br c 1758 (Antelope - Charming Molly, by Godolphin's Whitefoot). Sire Line Belgrade Turk. Family 13.
 
Spanking Roger (GB)
ch c 1732 (Childers - Sparkler, by Cyprus Arabian - Mare, by Spanker). Sire Line Darley Arabian.
 
  Spark (GB)
[Old] c 1700c (Honeycomb Punch - Wilkes' Old Mare, by Hautboy). Sire Line Taffolet Barb. Family 11. The General Stud Book notes that his dam, Hautboy Mare, may be Grey Wilkes [GSB 1:383], making him a half-brother to Old Country Wench (gr f 1712c Snake) and her sisters. This is confirmed by Heber, who says: "Spark, Son of the famous Honeycomb Punch, and out of the Robinson Hautboy Mare, bred by Mr Wilks, and was the Dam of the Dam of Regulus" [Heber 1754:238]. He may have been the same horse as Frampton's Spark. The Earl of Bristol recorded in his Diary that his famous horse Wenn beat Mr Frampton's Sparke on May 8, 1708 [Royal Studs:207]. Along with several useful daughters, he got offspring from Sister to Hanniball for Cuthbert Routh from 1723 to 1729. Spark Mare was the 2nd dam of Sampson (b c 1745 Blaze). Another Spark Mare was the 2nd dam of *Spark (c 1733c Aleppo), who was sent to America where he was a useful stallion at the stud of Benjamin Tasker in Maryland. And yet another Spark Mare was the dam of the Smiling Ball Colt, who sired Bald Partner (ch c 1743).
 
  Spark (GB)
[Tasker's] c 1733c (Aleppo - Sister to Look-About-You, by Bartlet's Childers). Sire Line Darley Arabian. Family 28. Bred by Charles, 2nd Lord Tankerville, in Northumberland, and later owned by Charles Fleetwood, of Middlesex. The latter presented him to Frederick, Prince of Wales, who in turn presented him to Charles, 5th Lord Baltimore. Imported in 1747 by Benjamin Tasker, he was the first English horse to reside in Maryland. He stood at Tasker's Belair Stud until his death in 1756. He sired the full siblings Hopper's Pacolet (gr c 1750c) and Gantt's Mille (f 1752c).
 
  Spectator (GB)
b c 1749 (Crab - Mare, by Partner). Sire Line Alcock's Arabian. Family 1-a.
 
Spendthrift (USA)
ch c 1876 (Australian - Aerolite, by Lexington). Sire Line Matchem. Family A3.
 
  Spinaway (GB)
b f 1872 (Macaroni - Queen Bertha, by Kingston). Sire Line Highflyer. Family 1-w.
 
  Spinner (GB)
gr c 1727 (Almanzor - Sister to Bay Bolton, by Grey Hautboy). Sire Line Darley Arabian. Family 37.
 
  Sportsman (GB)
[Warren's] b c 1753 (Cade - Silvertail, by Heneage's Whitenose). Sire Line Godolphin Arabian. Family 32.
 
  Spot (GB)
[Curwen's or Old] c 1690c (Selaby Turk). Sire Line Selaby Turk.
 
  Spot (GB)
[Hutton's] gr c 1728 (Hartley's Blind Horse - Mare, by Hutton's Surley). Sire Line Holderness Turk. Family 34. Bred by Mr Hutton he is often confused in the racing calendars with a younger Spot. His best sons were Bay Ranger (b c 1749) and Hutton's Merryman (gr c 1742). He is perhaps bertter known for his daughters: (1) Spot Mare, taproot mare of Family 8-b, (2) Sister to Stripling, taproot mare of Family 16, (3) Lady Augusta (gr f c1747), bred by Velters Cornwall, 4th dam of Dimple and her sister, Family 9-d, (4) Spot Mare, 4th dam of Abba Thulle and *Ara Kooker, (5) Bessy Bell (gr f 1754), bred by James Lenox Dutton, was half-sister to Babraham Blank (b c 1758 Babraham) and Merlin (b c 1748 Second). In 1759 she won a £50 Maiden Plate at Chipping-Norton, beating Mr Snell's Diomed and distancing four others in four-mile heats. She also won the King's Plate at Burford, beating Lord Chedworth's Bosphorus, Mr Adams's Traveller and Mr Gorge's Brazenface, winning the last two of four heats, and (6) Sister to Bay Ranger, dam of Chesnut Ranger (ch c 1759 Regulus).
 
Springfield (GB)
b c 1873 (St. Albans - Viridis, by Marsyas). Sire Line Stockwell. Family 12-c.
 
Squirrel (GB)
[Williams's] b c 1719 (Snake - Mare, by Acaster Turk). Sire Line Lister Turk. Family 70.
 
  Squirrel (GB)
b c 1754 (Traveller - Grey Bloody Buttocks, by Bloody Buttocks). Sire Line Byerley Turk. Family 4.
 
  Squirt (GB)
ch c 1732 (Bartlet's Childers - Sister to Old Country Wench, by Lister's Snake). Sire Line Darley Arabian. Family 11.
 
St. Albans (GB)
ch c 1857 (Stockwell - Bribery, by The Libel). Sire Line Stockwell. Family 2-u.
 
St. George (GB)
b c 1789 (Highflyer - Sister to Soldier, by Eclipse). Sire Line Highflyer. Family 9.
 
  St. Martin (GB)
c 1695c (Spanker - Burton's Barb Mare). Sire Line Darcy's Yellow Turk. Family 2.
 
St. Simon (GB)
br c 1881 (Galopin - St. Angela, by King Tom). Sire Line St. Simon. Family 11-c.
 
  Stadtholder (GB)
ch c 1742 (Roundhead - Young Nanny, by Hartley's Blind Horse). Sire Line Darley Arabian. Family 41.
 
  Stamford (GB)
br c 1794 (Sir Peter Teazle - Horatia, by Eclipse). Sire Line Highflyer. Family 30. Bred by Sir Frank Standish he won the Doncaster Cup in in 1797 and 1798 and the Royal Plate at York in in 1799. Described as a compact horse with much quality he sired Viscount (gr c 1809), Young Wryneck (ch f 1809) and Mother Goose (ch f 1805).
 
  Standard (GB)
[Old, or Bashaw] b c 1736 (Young Belgrade - Mare, by Tifter). Sire Line Belgrade TurkFamily 13.
 
Star (GB)
[Bridgewater's] c 1725 (Ashridge Ball - Mare, by Richards Arabian). Sire Line Leedes Arabian.
 
Starke (USA)
ch c 1855 (Wagner - Reel, by Glencoe). Sire Line King Herod. Family 23-b.
 
Starling (GB)
[Bolton or Old] gr c 1727 (Bay Bolton - Camilla's Dam, by Brother to Grey Grantham). Sire Line Darcy's White Turk. Family 24.
 
Starling (GB)
[Ancaster] gr c 1738 (Bolton Starling - Ringbone, by Crofts Partner). Sire Line Darcy's White Turk. Family 2-a.
 
  Stefan the Great
gr c 1916 (The Tetrarch - Perfect Peach, by Persimmon). Sire Line Buzzard. Family 2-e.
 
Sterling (GB)
b c 1868 (Oxford - Whisper, by Flatcatcher). Sire Line Sterling. Family 12-a. Considered to be a game, determined horse he won the Liverpool Cup. He retired to the Yardley Stud where he was among the top twenty champion sires four times. He sired the Derby winner Harvester (br c 1881), and three Two Thousand Guineas winners: Enterprise (ch c 1884), Enthusiast (ch c 1886) and Paradox (b c 1882).
 
Stockwell (GB)
ch c 1849 (The Baron - Pocahontas, by Glencoe). Sire Line Stockwell. Family 3-n.
 
  Stripling (GB)
ch c 1795 (Phoenomenon - Laura, by Eclipse). Sire Line King Herod. Family 2. Bred by Sir H Williamson he sired the St Leger winner Octavian (ch c 1807) and the second dam of the Manchester Cup winner The Slayer's Daughter (bl f 1843 Cain) the latter an ancestress of Man O'War (ch c 1917 Fair Play).
 
  Stump (GB)
[Humberston's] b c 1724 (Manica - Mare, by Lister's Snake). Sire Line Darley Arabian. Family 104.
 
Sultan (GB)
b c 1816 (Selim - Bacchante, by Williamson's Ditto). Sire Line Selim. Family 8-b.
 
  Sumpter (USA)
ch c 1818 (Sir Archy - Mare, by Robin Redbreast). Sire Line King Herod. Family 4-r. Bred by John Goode Senior of Virginia he was full-brother to Thornton's Rattler (ch c 1816). He won eight consecutive races between 1821 and 1823 in Virginia, South Carolina and Georgia. Sold to Kentucky he stood there from 1824 until he died in 1831. Noted for his excellent daughters he sired Butterfly (ch f 1825), Miss Obstinate (b f 1829), Rowena (ch f 1826), and Yarico (ch f 1831).
 
  Surley (GB)
[Hutton's White Turk] gr c 1708 (Hutton's Grey Barb - Mare, by Hutton's Royal Colt). Sire Line Hutton's Grey Barb. Family 8.
 
  Surley (GB)
[Routh's] gr c 1720, (Hutton's Surley - Mare, by Coneyskins). Sire Line Hutton's Grey Barb. Family 34.
 
Surplice (GB)
b c 1845 (Touchstone - Crucifix, by Priam). Sire Line Camel. Family 2-i.
 
  Sweepstakes (GB)
[Bolton] ch c 1722 (Bloody Shouldered Arabian - Snell's Mare, by Gase's Horse - Mare, by Lister Turk). Sire Line Bloody Shouldered Arabian.
 
  Sweepstakes (GB)
[Turner's, Norris's Bolton] ch c 1743 (Bolton Sweepstakes - Mare, by Bay Bolton). Sire Line Bloody Shouldered Arabian. Family 44. A half-brother to Bolton Little John (ch c 1731 Crofts Partner) he was sometimes, according to the General Stud Book [GSB 1:33], called Norris's Bolton. He sired a number of winners including Turner's Brutus (b c 1752).
 
  Sweepstakes (GB)
[Gower's] b c 1749 (Gower Stallion - Brown Crofts, by Crofts Partner). Sire Line Godolphin Arabian. Family 4. Bred by Lord Gower he sired Trentham (b c 1766).
 
Sweetbriar (GB)
ch c 1769 (Syphon - Mare, by Shakespeare). Sire Line Darley Arabian. Family 15.
 
Sweetmeat (GB)
br c 1842 (Gladiator - Lollypop, by Starch or Voltaire). Sire Line Highflyer. Family 21-a.
 
Sweetwilliam (GB)
ch c 1768 (Syphon - Miss Roan, by Cade). Sire Line Darley Arabian. Family 4.
 
  Swiss (GB)
b c 1821 (Whisker - Sister to Corduroy, by Shuttle). Sire Line Pot8os. Family 5. Bred by Colonel Craddock he won the Champagne Stakes in 1823. His daughter Lustre (b f 1830) was grandam to the Prix de Diane and Grosser Preis von Baden winner Geologie (b f 1856 The Prime Warden). Lustre was also third dam of the Prix Royal Oak winner Etoile Filante (b f 1863 Young Gladiator) and the Poule d'Essai winner Gouvernail (b c 1868 Young Gladiator). Swiss was sent to America in 1835 and owned there by F B Ogden.
 
  Swordsman (IRE)
b c 1796 (Prizefighter - Zara, by Eclipse). Sire Line King Herod. Family 2-b. Owned by Mr Whaley he was said to have comparable shape, bone, sinew and strength to any horse in Ireland. Standing 15 hands 3 inches his beauty was matched by his turf performance. He won seven King's Plates, a sweepstakes and a match. He covered at the Curragh for a fee of six guineas for blood mares. He sired Medora (b f 1813) the dam of the St Leger winner Rockingham (b c 1830 Humphrey Clinker) and the Chester Cup winner The Cardinal (br c 1827 Waxy Pope).
 
  Syphax (GB)
bl c 1727 (Bay Bolton - Golden Locks, by Bristol's Grasshopper). Sire Line Darcy's White Turk. Family 30.
 
  Syphon (GB)
ch c 1750 (Squirt - Shuttle's Dam, by Bolton Patriot). Sire Line Darley Arabian. Family 9-c.