Didelot (horse)
| Didelot | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Trumpator |
| Grandsire | Conductor |
| Dam | Highflyer mare |
| Damsire | Highflyer |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1793 |
| Country | Kingdom of Great Britain |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Sir Frank Standish |
| Owner | Sir Frank Standish |
| Trainer | Richard Prince |
| Record | 10:2-4-2 |
| Major wins | |
| Prince's Stakes (1796) Epsom Derby (1796) |
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Didelot (1793 – after 1798) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a career that lasted from March 1796 to October 1798 he ran ten times and won two races. In 1796 he won a race at Newmarket and then defeated ten opponents, including his more fancied stable companion to win the Epsom Derby. His subsequent form was disappointing, as he failed to win in his remaining seven races. At the end of his racing career he was exported to stand at stud in Russia.
Didelot was bred by his owner Sir Frank Standish. He was the second of ten foals produced by an unnamed Highflyer mare bred by Mr Tattersall. Her first foal had been the 1795 Derby winner Spread Eagle and she went on to produce Eagle, the beaten favourite in the 1799 Derby. Didelot was sired by Lord Clermont's black stallion Trumpator, who won several races at Newmarket in 1786 and went on to become a "huge success" at stud being Champion sire in 1803.
Didelot began his racing career at Newmarket's Craven meeting in spring 1796. On 28 March he started 7/4 favourite for the Produce Stakes over ten furlongs "Across the Flat" and finished second of the four runners to Mr Hallett's colt Stickler. Didelot ran over the same course and distance on 13 April and recorded his first win. Running against three opponents in the second class of the Prince's Stakes, he started 4/5 favourite and won from Lord Darlington's Tally-Ho!
The 11/8 favourite for the Derby at Epsom was Didelot's stable companion, an unnamed brown colt sired by Sir Peter who would later be given the name Mr. Teazle. Despite his win at Newmarket, Didelot did not feature in the betting, suggesting that his role in the race was to provide pace and support for Mr. Teazle. Ridden by the experienced John Arnull (or Arnold), he won from Stickler, the Duke of Bedford's Leviathan and eight others. Mr. Teazle was unplaced.
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