Catton (horse)

Catton
Sire	Golumpus
Grandsire	Gohanna
Dam	Lucy Gray
Damsire	Timothy
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1809
Country	Great Britain
Colour	Bay
Record	32, 22-6-1

Catton (1809 – 1833) was a British racehorse who won 22 races, including an unbeaten streak in 14 consecutive races, and was a successful sire.

Background

Catton was bred at Catton, by Horsely and King. He was purchased by Richard Lumley Saunderson, 6th Earl of Scarborough, of Sandbeck Park. He was described as a horse of medium size with great strength and quality.

Racing career

Catton raced from 1812 to 1818. He won 22 of 32 races, including 14 in a row. He won the Doncaster Cup in 1815.

Stud career

Notable offspring:

• Mulatto (1823) - successful stallion
• Royal Oak (1823) - successful stallion
• Tarrare (1823) - won the St Leger Stakes
• Gallopade (1828) - successful mare in the United States
• Trustee (1829) - Leading sire in North America
• Mundig (1832) - won the Epson Derby

Sire line tree

• Catton
  • Coronation
  • Sandbeck
    • Redshank
    • Humphrey
  • Akarius
  • Swap
    • Lochinvar
  • Panmure
  • Scarborough (1820)
  • Contract
    • Chorister
  • Cromarty
  • King Catton
  • Mulatto
    • Sepoy
    • Bloomsbury
      • The Iron Marshall
      • Leonidas
    • Discord
    • Maroon
    • Molineux
      • Duc-An-Dhurras
    • Swinton
    • Old England
      • Defiance
        • Tolurno
      • Haco
  • Royal Oak
    • Slane
      • The Scavenger
      • The Merry Monarch
      • Sting
        • Moustique
        • Baroncino
        • Monarque
        • Peu d'Espoir
        • Bon Vivant
        • Minos
          • Reugny
      • Conyngham
      • Glendower
      • Sesostris
      • Little Jack
        • Alfold
      • Mildew
        • High Treason
      • Little David
      • Blight
      • Quince
      • Coroebus
    • Plover
    • Commodore Napier
    • King Charles
    • Porthos
  • Tarrare
    • Derby
  • Truth
  • Nonplus
    • Buford
  • Scarborough (1824)
  • Cambridge
  • Coronet
  • Cicercian
  • Clarion
  • Contest
  • Creole
  • Bassetlaw
  • Minster
  • Trustee
    • Tempest
      • Whirlwind
    • Revenue
      • Engineer
      • Deucalion
      • Planet
        • Plantagenet
        • Grey Planet
        • Hubbard
        • Whisper
        • Dudley
        • Plainroid
      • Two Bitts
      • Exchequer
      • Eugene
      • Oakland
        • Princeton
          • Willie W
      • Revolver
        • Culpepper
      • Lewis E Smith
      • Rivoli
        • Amadis
  • Maeonides
  • Florestan
  • Mundig
  • St Bennett

Pedigree

Pedigree of Catton (GB), bay horse, 1809

Sire Golumpus (GB) 1802	Gohanna 1790	Mercury	Eclipse*
			Tartar mare
		Herod mare	Herod*
			Maiden
	Catherine 1795	Woodpecker	Herod*
			Miss Ramsden
		Camilla	Trentham
			Coquette
Dam Lucy Gray (GB) 1804	Timothy 1794	Delpini	Highflyer*^
			Countess
		Cora	Matchem
			Turk mare
	Lucy 1789	Florizel	Herod*
			Cygnet mare
		Frenzy	Eclipse*
			Engineer mare

*^ Catton is inbred 4S × 4S x 5D x 4D to the stallion Herod, meaning that he appears fourth generation twice on the sire side of his pedigree and fifth generation once (via Highflyer)^ and fourth generation once on the dam side of his pedigree.

* Catton is inbred 4S × 4D to the stallion Eclipse, meaning that he appears fourth generation on the sire side of his pedigree and fourth generation on the dam side of his pedigree.