Barefoot (horse)
Barefoot | |
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Chestnut | |
Breeder | Richard Watt |
Owner | Richard Watt William Vane, 1st Duke of Cleveland |
Trainer | Richard Shepherd William Chifney |
Record | 20: 10-6-2 |
Major wins | |
Spring St Leger (1823) Great St Leger Stakes (1823) Swinley Stakes (1824) Lancaster Gold Cup (1825, 1826) |
Barefoot (1820–1840) was a British
Background
Barefoot was a
Racing career
1822: two-year-old season
Barefoot made his racecourse debut on 14 May at
1823: three-year-old season
Barefoot made his first appearance as a three-year-old at York Racecourse on 19 May when he contested the "Spring St Leger Stakes". The success of the St Leger at Doncaster had led other major courses, including York and Newmarket to use the name for their own long-distance races for three-year-olds; the original race was renamed the "Great St Leger" for several years to distinguish itself from the imitators. Barefoot started favourite and won "cleverly"[6] from Sir Anthony and Harpooner.[7] He returned to York in August when he won a ten furlong sweepstakes for three-year-olds "very easy",[8] beating Mr Richardson's unnamed colt at odds of 4/5.[9] On 2 September Barefoot appeared at Pontefract and won a sweepstakes from his only opponent, a filly named Palatine.[10]
Thirteen days after his win at Pontefract, Barefoot was one of twenty-seven colts and fillies to contest the Great St Leger at
Shortly after his St Leger win, Barefoot was sold by Watt to Lord Darlington,
1824: four-year-old season
In 1824 Barefoot was based at
In September, Barefoot returned to the scene of his greatest success for two runs at Doncaster. He finished third to Arrogance in a four-mile King's Plate and was beaten by Lottery in a sweepstakes over the St Leger course.[19]
1825: five-year-old season
On 29 June, Barefoot was made his first appearance as a five-year-old when he was sent to Lancaster Racecourse, for the three-mile Lancaster Gold Cup. Ridden by H Edwards, he started at odds of 2/1 and won from Lottery, the betting favourite.[20] A month later Barefoot started favourite for the Gold Cup at Derby Racecourse, but finished third behind Sir Gray and Canteen,[21] and in August he finished second to the gelding Euphrates in the Cup at Darlington.[22] On his only other appearance, in October, he failed to concede twenty-seven pounds to Alderman, his only opponent in the two-mile Northallerton Gold Cup.[23]
1826: six-year-old season
Barefoot's final season began on 29 March when he finished unplaced behind
Stud career
At the end of his racing career, Barefoot was sold to Admiral Sir Isaac Coffin and exported to the United States. He stood as a breeding stallion at various studs in Massachusetts, New York, New England, Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee but was not a great success although some of his daughters became successful broodmares. Barefoot died from a snake bite at Tipton County, Tennessee, in 1840.[29][30]
Pedigree
Sire Tramp (GB) 1810 |
Dick Andrews 1797 |
Joe Andrews | Eclipse |
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Amaranda | |||
Highflyer mare (1790) | Highflyer | ||
Cardinal Puff mare | |||
Gohanna mare 1803 |
Gohanna | Mercury | |
Dundas' Herod mare | |||
Fraxinella | Trentham | ||
Woodpecker mare | |||
Dam Rosamond (GB) 1798 |
Buzzard 1787 |
Woodpecker | Herod |
Miss Ramsden | |||
Misfortune | Dux | ||
Curiosity | |||
Roseberry 1792 |
Phoenomenon | Herod | |
Frenzy | |||
Miss West | Matchem | ||
Regulus mare (Family:5)[32] |
- Barefoot was inbred 4 x 4 to Herod, meaning that this stallion appears twice in the fourth generation of his pedigree.
Note
[1] The Rosanne colt was later named Carnival and won the Great Subscription Purse at York in 1824 but died a year later.[33]
References
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- ^ James Christie Whyte (1840). History of the British turf. Retrieved 2012-01-20.
- ^ "Tramp". Bloodlines.net. Retrieved 2012-01-20.
- ^ Edward and James Weatherby (1823). Racing calendar. 1822. C H Reynell. p. 36. Retrieved 2013-03-02.
- ^ Edward and James Weatherby (1823). Racing calendar. 1822. C H Reynell. p. 126. Retrieved 2013-03-02.
- ^ Sporting magazine (Apr. -Sept. 1823). Pittman. 1823. p. 18. Retrieved 2013-03-03.
- ^ Edward and James Weatherby (1824). Racing calendar. 1823. C H Reynell. p. 37. Retrieved 2013-03-03.
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- ^ Edward and James Weatherby (1824). Racing calendar. 1823. C H Reynell. p. 112. Retrieved 2013-03-03.
- ^ Edward and James Weatherby (1824). Racing calendar. 1823. C H Reynell. p. 132. Retrieved 2013-03-03.
- ^ a b Sporting magazine (Apr. -Sept. 1823). Pittman. 1823. p. 69. Retrieved 2013-03-03.
- ^ Edward and James Weatherby (1824). Racing calendar. 1823. C H Reynell. p. 149. Retrieved 2013-03-03.
- ^ Sporting magazine (Apr. -Sept. 1823). Pittman. 1823. p. 307. Retrieved 2013-03-03.
- ^ Sporting magazine (Oct. 1823-Mar. 1824). Pittman. 1824. p. 24. Retrieved 2013-03-03.
- ^ Edward and James Weatherby (1824). Racing calendar. 1823. C H Reynell. p. 200. Retrieved 2013-03-03.
- ^ Sporting magazine (Oct. 1823-Mar. 1824). Pittman. 1824. p. 89. Retrieved 2013-03-03.
- ^ Sporting magazine (Oct. 1823-Mar. 1824). Pittman. 1824. p. 222. Retrieved 2013-03-03.
- ^ Edward and James Weattherby (1825). Racing calendar. 1824. C H Reynell. p. 50. Retrieved 2013-03-03.
- ^ Edward and James Weattherby (1825). Racing calendar. 1824. C H Reynell. p. 158. Retrieved 2013-03-03.
- ^ Edward and James Weatherby (1826). Racing calendar. 1825. C H Reynell. p. 73. Retrieved 2013-03-03.
- ^ Edward and James Weatherby (1826). Racing calendar. 1825. C H Reynell. p. 93. Retrieved 2013-03-03.
- ^ Edward and James Weatherby (1826). Racing calendar. 1825. C H Reynell. p. 124. Retrieved 2013-03-03.
- ^ Edward and James Weatherby (1826). Racing calendar. 1825. C H Reynell. p. 208. Retrieved 2013-03-03.
- ^ Edward and James Weatherby (1827). Racing calendar. 1826. C H Reynell. p. 8. Retrieved 2013-03-03.
- ^ Edward and James Weatherby (1827). Racing calendar. 1826. C H Reynell. p. 17. Retrieved 2013-03-03.
- ^ Edward and James Weatherby (1827). "Racing calendar. 1826". Racing Calendar, Containing an Account of Plates, Matches, and Sweepstakes Run for in Ireland. C H Reynell: 69. Retrieved 2013-03-03.
- ^ Edward and James Weatherby (1827). "Racing calendar. 1826". Racing Calendar, Containing an Account of Plates, Matches, and Sweepstakes Run for in Ireland. C H Reynell: 129. Retrieved 2013-03-03.
- ^ Edward and James Weatherby (1827). "Racing calendar. 1826". Racing Calendar, Containing an Account of Plates, Matches, and Sweepstakes Run for in Ireland. C H Reynell: 142. Retrieved 2013-03-03.
- ^ "Barefoot". Bloodlines.net. Retrieved 2013-03-03.
- ^ James Douglas Anderson, Balie Peyton (1916). Making the American thoroughbred: especially in Tennessee, 1800–1845. Plimpton Press. p. 282. Retrieved 2013-03-03.
Barefoot snake leger.
- ^ "Barefoor pedigree". Equineline. 2012-05-08. Retrieved 2013-03-03.
- ^ Patricia Erigero. "5 The Massey Mare". Tbheritage.com. Retrieved 2013-03-03.
- ^ "The General stud book, containing pedigrees of race horses from earliest accounts". 1808.