Lap-dog
| Lap-dog | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Whalebone |
| Grandsire | Waxy |
| Dam | Canopus mare |
| Damsire | Canopus |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1823 |
| Country | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | George Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont |
| Owner | Lord Egremont |
| Trainer | R. Stephenson or Bird |
| Record | 8:4-2-1 |
| Earnings | £2,180 |
| Major wins | |
| Epsom Derby (1826) | |
Lap-dog (1823–1838) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. His racing career consisted of a single season, 1826, during which he ran eight times. After finishing unplaced on his racecourse debut, Lap-dog won his next four races including the Epsom Derby. He was retired to stud at the end of the year, but had little success as a sire of winners in England and was later exported to the United States. His name appeared in variations including Lapdog, Lap Dog and The Lap Dog.
Lap-dog was a small bay horse with no white markings, bred by his owner George Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont at his stud at Petworth. He was sired by Whalebone out of Egremont's unnamed Canopus mare making him a full brother to the 1831 Derby winner Spaniel. In addition to the two Derby winners, the Canopus mare also produced Fanchon, the dam of the 1000 Guineas winner Cara. Lap-dog's sire, Whalebone won the 1810 Derby and thirteen other races before becoming a successful and important stallion. He was British Champion sire in 1826 and 1827 and through his son Sir Hercules, is the male-line ancestor of most modern Thoroughbreds.
On Wednesday 12 April, Lap-dog made his first appearance by running in a £50 subscription plate for two-, three- and four-year-olds at the Newmarket Craven meeting. He finished unplaced behind the odds-on favourite Muleteer. For this race, Lap-dog was technically a two-year-old as racehorses in England had their official "birthdays" on 1 May: the modern practice of calculating horses' ages from 1 January was not introduced until 1834, and did not become generally accepted until the late 1850s. On Tuesday 9 May at the Second Spring meeting at Newmarket Lap-dog recorded his first win in a £50 pound race for three-year-olds. He started at odds of 12/1 in a field of eleven runners and won from Lord Exeter's colt Recruit, with the favourite, Lamplighter running unplaced. In both these races his owner is recorded as being "Mr. Wyndham".
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