Don John (horse)
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Don John, The Winner of the 1838 St. Leger with William Scott Up by John Frederick Herring
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| Sire | Waverley |
| Grandsire | Whalebone |
| Dam | Comus mare |
| Damsire | Comus |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1835 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | William Garforth or George Stanhope, 6th Earl of Chesterfield |
| Owner | George Stanhope, 6th Earl of Chesterfield |
| Trainer | John Scott |
| Record | 10: 9-1-0 |
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Champagne Stakes (1837) Great St Leger Stakes (1838) Doncaster Cup (1838) Gascoigne Stakes (1838) Heaton Park St Leger (1838) |
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Don John (foaled 1835) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire best known for winning the classic St Leger Stakes in 1838. In a racing career which lasted from May 1837 until April 1839 he ran ten times and won nine races, although three of his victories were walkovers when no rival appeared to oppose him. He was one of the leading British two-year-olds of 1837, when his three wins included the Champagne Stakes at Doncaster Racecourse. In the following year he returned to Doncaster where he recorded an emphatic win in the St Leger and then defeated a strong field of older horses in the Doncaster Cup. In the following year he was campaigned at Newmarket where he was beaten for the first time by Grey Momus in the Port Stakes. After one more win he suffered serious leg injuries which ended his racing career. He was retired to stud where he became a successful breeding stallion.
Don John was a bay horse standing 15 hands three inches high with a white sock on his left hind leg. He was bred by Mr Garforth and sold as a foal for 140 guineas to Robert Ridsdale and at Ridsdale's disperal sale in 1836, the yearling was bought by George Stanhope, 6th Earl of Chesterfield. Lord Chesterfield, however, was listed as the colt's breeder in the General Stud Book, and the exact relationship between Chesterfield's racing interests and those of the Ridsdale brothers was somewhat unclear. Lord Chesterfield sent Don John into training with John Scott who trained forty classic winners at his base at Whitewall stables, Malton, North Yorkshire. The colt was ridden in most of his important races by the trainer's younger brother, Bill Scott.
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