Cardinal Beaufort (horse)

Cardinal Beaufort
Cardinal Beaufort in a painting by Henry Bernard Chalon, c. 1805.
Sire	Gohanna
Grandsire	Mercury
Dam	Colibri
Damsire	Woodpecker
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1802
Country	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Lord Egremont
Owner	1) 3rd Earl of Egremont 2) William Ladbroke 3) Mr. S. Arthur 4) Mr. Arthur Shakespear 5) Colonel H. F. Mellish 6) Francis Lloyd 7) William Shakespear 8) General Leveson Gower
Trainer	Francis Neale
Record	18: 8-9-0
Major wins
Epsom Derby (1805)

Cardinal Beaufort (1802–1808) was a Thoroughbred racehorse that won the 1805 Epsom Derby. Cardinal Beaufort raced until he was six-years-old, winning eight races before his death in late 1808. Cardinal Beaufort was bred by the Earl of Egremont who raced him during his early career. Cardinal Beaufort was sold frequently in his later racing career, changing hands seven times in the last two years of his life.

Cardinal Beaufort was foaled in 1802 at Lord Egremont's estate Petworth House. Cardinal Beaufort's sire, Gohanna, was also owned by Egremont and was second to Waxy in the 1793 Epsom Derby. In addition to Cardinal Beaufort, Gohanna also sired Election, the winner of the 1807 Derby. Cardinal Beaufort's dam, Colibri (foaled in 1793), was a full sister to the mare Young Camilla, the grandam of St. Leger winner Altisidora and Epsom Oaks winner Manuella. Colibri was bred by Lord Egremont and was sired by the successful stallion Woodpecker. Cardinal Beaufort was Colibri's third foal and one of two sired by Gohanna, the other being Canopus. She produced four foals, dying at ten-years of age in 1803 two weeks after foaling Canopus. Canopus later sired an unnamed mare (the Canopus Mare) that produced the Derby winners Lap-dog and Spaniel.

Cardinal Beaufort was painted by Henry Bernard Chalon during his racing career, and from Chalon's depiction, he was a large bay horse with a white star on his forehead and one white sock on his left hind foot.

Cardinal Beaufort did not race as a two-year-old and his most important race win was in the Epsom Derby. He had several owners over his three-year racing career and died at the end of his six-year-old year in 1808. Cardinal Beaufort was trained by Frank Neale at Newmarket.