Buzzard

Bred by Thomas Bullock, he was sold to Christopher Wilson who raced him in 1793 and 1794. There is some evidence that he was instead bred by Lord Egremont and sold to Mr Bullock at the conclusion of his first year of racing. In either case Mr Weatherby acted as agent in the sale from Mr Wilson to Colonel Hoomes.

Buzzard, like other offspring of Woodpecker, matured early and as a two year old defeated three year olds in several matches. During his six year turf career he won the Craven Stakes twice, the Jockey Club Plate, a Handicap Plate plus twenty-four other matches and stakes.

Befitting his success in the stud his fee was as high as 10gs during his years in England. In 1795 he covered at Bennington, near Stevenage in Hertfordshire, in 1796 at Newmarket, in 1797 and 1798 at Boroughbridge in Yorkshire and from 1799 to 1804 at Newmarket.

He was purchased by Colonel Hoomes for 500 guineas in 1804 at the age of 16 even though he had lost one eye and was down on one hip. Hoomes sounded well pleased with Buzzard as he wrote after his arrival in 1805: "He is a light chestnut, about 15.2 hands high and by far the most beautiful horse I ever beheld. I never saw such such fine hair." Described in a letter by Miles Selden he was said to be a "handsome horse, but under size for a stallion... a pale chestnut, with but one eye."

Arriving in Virginia just before Hoomes' death, he was sold at Hoomes' dispersal for $5,860 to a Kentucky syndicate headed by Henry Clay and Abe Buford. Buzzard died two years later in Kentucky at the age of twenty-four.


Notable Buzzard Mares
1.	Hornby Lass (b f 1796), bred by the Duke of Grafton, won a Jockey Club Plate and two King's Plates. In the stud she produced Morel (ch f 1805 Sorcerer) the taproot mare of Family 1-b, and two stallion sons, the brothers Mango (b c 1806 Sorcerer) and Truffle (b c 1808 Sorcerer). She died around 1817.
2.	Daisy [ex-Tulip] (ch f 1798), bred by Lord Grosvenor, was half sister to Ambrosio (b c 1793 Sir Peter Teazle). She finished 2nd in the Oaks Stakes and later became the 2nd dam of One Thousand Guineas winner Galantine (b f 1828 Reveller) and ancestress of Derby winner Pyrrhus the First (ch c 1843 Epirus).
3.	Rosamond (ch f 1798), bred by G Crompton, was the dam of the St Leger winner and stallion Barefoot (ch c 1820 Tramp).
4.	Sophia (b f 1798), bred by Mr Wilson, was half sister to Champion (b c 1797 Pot8os). She was the winner of a match and dam of the One Thousand Guineas winner Charlotte (b f 1811 Orville). She was also the 2nd dam of the Derby winner Mameluke (b c 1824 Partisan) and the stallion Master Henry (b c 1815 Orville), the latter the damsire of Touchstone (br c 1831 Camel). She died in 1819.
5.	Lady Charlotte (b f 1799), bred by Mr Wilkinson, was half sister to Whiskey (b c 1798 Saltram) and the dam of Two Thousand Guineas winner Cwrw (br c 1809 Dick Andrews).
6.	Buzzard Mare (b f 1800), ancestress of the Oaks winner Miss Letty (b f 1834 Priam) and the stallion Adventurer (bbr c 1859 Newminster) among others in Family 12-g.
7.	Blowing [ex-Miss Allerthorpe] (b f 1803), bred by Mr Mellish, was the dam of the Two Thousand Guineas winner Interpreter (b c 1818 Soothsayer) and 2nd dam of Goodwood Cup winner Link Boy (b c 1823 Aladdin).
8.	Merrymaid (b f 1803), bred by Mr Golding, was the dam of July Stakes winner Merrymaker (b c 1814 Dick Andrews), July Stakes winner Miracle (ch f 1816 Soothsayer) and 3rd dam of Prix du Jockey Club winner Fitz Emilius (b c 1842 Young Emilius).
9.	Vanity (b f 1803), bred by the Duke of Grafton, was the dam of the One Thousand Guineas winner Catgut (br f 1816 Comus), and ancestress of Oaks winner Brown Duchess (br f 1858 The Flying Dutchman) and Arc de Triomphe and Ascot Gold Cup winner Massine (b c 1920 Consols). Vanity died in 1821.
10.	Bronze (br f 1803), bred by Mr Craven, was sister to Castrel (ch c 1801), Selim (ch c 1802) and Rubens (ch c 1805). She won the Oaks Stakes and was ancestress of the Derby winner Cremorne (b c 1869 Parmesan). Bronze was also the dam of Miss Chantrey (br f 1818 Clinker) taproot mare of Family 2-p.
11.	Sister to Bronze (br f 1804), bred by HRH the Prince of Wales, was 3rd dam of St James's Palace Stakes winner Uriel (br c 1846 Touchstone) and his brother Umbriel (br c 1850 Touchstone) who won the Great Yorkshire Stakes, and a third brother, the stallion Ithuriel (br c 1841 Touchstone).
12.	Hannah Harris (b f 1807), bred in Kentucky by John Harris and later owned by Dr E Warfield of The Meadows near Lexington who changed her name to Paragon, was ancestress to most of Family 4-r in America.
13.	Maria (ch f 1809), ancestress to most of Family A2 in America.
14.	Old Buzzard (ch f 1809), bred in Kentucky by Dr Warfield, was the dam of Woodpecker (b c 1828 Bertrand) a worthy American stallion, and also ancestress to the rest of Family A14.
15.	Buzzard Mare (f 1809c), ancestress to Family A20 in America.
16.	Buzzard Mare (gr f 1810c), ancestress to Family A34 in America.