Bay Bolton
Bay Bolton | |
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Sire | Grey Hautboy |
Grandsire | Hautboy |
Dam | Makeless mare |
Damsire | Makeless |
Sex | Stallion |
Foaled | 1705 |
Country | Great Britain |
Colour | Brown/Bay |
Breeder | Sir Matthew Pierson |
Owner | 2nd Duke of Bolton |
Major wins | |
Queen Anne's Gold Cup (1710) | |
Honours | |
Leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland (1724, 1726, 1727, 1729, 1732, 1733, 1734) | |
Last updated on 30 October 2012 |
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Bay Bolton or Brown Lusty (1705–1736) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse who won Queen Anne's Gold Cup as a five-year-old in 1710. After retiring from racing he became a successful sire for the Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton, and his son Charles Powlett, 3rd Duke of Bolton, was Champion sire seven times.
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Background
Bay Bolton (originally called Brown Lusty) was a brown or bay colt foaled in 1705. Bred by Sir Matthew Pierson, he was a son of Grey Hautboy and a Makeless mare.[2]
Racing career
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At York in 1710, Bay Bolton (then a five-year-old) beat eight six-year-olds to win Queen Anne's Gold Cup. In 1710 he also won the Subscription Purse at Middleham-Moor.[2] He then walked 200 miles to run in, and win, the Rich Prize at Quainton-Meadow in Buckinghamshire.[3] Bay Bolton was then bought by the Duke of Bolton, who sent him to Newmarket, where he won a match race against the Duke of Somerset's Wyndham and a match against Sir Matthew Pierson's Merlin. He also won two match races against Mr Frampton's Dragon.[2]
Stud career
Bay Bolton was retired to stud where he became a very successful stallion, becoming Champion sire in 1724, 1726, 1727, 1729, 1732, 1733 and 1734. His progeny included Bonny Lass, Fearnought, Looby, Starling (a Champion sire) and Whitefoot.[4] He died at the Duke of Bolton's stud at Bolton Hall in Yorkshire in 1736.[2]
- Bay Wanton, on Newmarket Heath with jockey up, 1725, by John Wootton, possibly a son of Bay Bolton and inscribed (but possibly not) 'The property of Charles Paulett, 3rd Duke of Bolton'.
- Fearnought, Fear-Nought, a horse belonging to the Duke of Bolton, got by Bay Bolton, foaled 1725, print after John Wootton.
- Detail of the Duke of Bolton's Syphax, black colt, foaled 1727, by Bay Bolton out of Golden Locks got by Mostyn’s Grasshopper her dam by Lord Bristol’s Hog, 25 x 30 inches, by Richard Roper, 1734.
- Starling, the Duke of Bolton's grey colt, foaled 1727, by Thomas Spencer (1700-1763).
Pedigree
Sire Grey Hautboy (GB) |
Hautboy | Places White Turk | Helmsley Turk |
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(unknown) | |||
Royal mare | (unknown) | ||
(unknown) | |||
Natural Barb Mare | Natural Barb | (unknown) | |
(unknown) | |||
(unknown) | (unknown) | ||
(unknown) | |||
Dam Makeless mare (GB) |
Makeless | Oglethorpe Arabian | Darcy's Yellow Turk* |
(unknown) | |||
Darcys Yellow Turk Mare | Darcys Yellow Truk | ||
Natural Truk | |||
Grey Royal | Places White Turk | Helmsley Turk | |
(unknown) | |||
Darcys Yellow Turk | Darcys Yellow Turk | ||
Sedbury Royal Mare |
* Bay Bolton was inbred 4x4 to Darcy's Yellow Turk. This means that the stallion appears twice in the fourth generation of his pedigree.
References
- ↑ Christie's, South Kensington, 5 June 2013, lot 107.
- 1 2 3 4 Pick, William; Johnson, R. (1803). The Turf Register. A. Bartholoman, High-Ousegate.
- ↑ "Thoroughbred Foundation Sires". Tbheritage.com. Retrieved 2012-10-30.
- 1 2 "Bay Bolton". Bloodlines.net. Retrieved 2012-10-30.