Lounger (horse)

Lounger
Sire	Drone
Grandsire	Herod
Dam	Miss Judy
Damsire	Alfred
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1794
Country	Kingdom of Great Britain
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Henry Goodricke & Gilbert Crompton
Owner	Gilbert Crompton Mr Vernon
Trainer	George Searle
Record	19:8-3-7
Major wins
St Leger Stakes (1797)

Lounger (foaled 1794) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the classic St Leger Stakes in 1797. Bred and initially trained in Yorkshire he won his last three races as a three-year-old including the St Leger at Doncaster Racecourse. He won a further five races as a four-year-old before being sold and transferred to the south of England where he raced with disappointing results in 1799. He does not appear to have had a stud career.

Lounger was a bay horse bred by his owner Gilbert Crompton, who operated his racing interests in partnership with the Reverend Henry Goodricke, Rector of Aldborough. Lounger was the only classic winner sired by Drone, a successful racehorse who twice defeated the Derby winner Diomed. As a breeding stallion, Drone was based in Yorkshire before being exported to the United States where he stood in Connecticut and New York. Lounger was the fourth of fourteen foals produced by Goodricke's broodmare Miss Judy. As a granddaughter of the Old England mare, the foundation mare of Thoroughbred family 2-t, Miss Judy was closely related to many good horses of the time including Theodore, Blacklock, Ambidexter and Imperatrix. Miss Judy's other descendants included the Epsom Derby winner Teddington.

Lounger's racing career began at Beverley Racecourse, where he finished third to Mr Bethell's unnamed grey filly in a sweepstake over one and a half miles on 14 June. Three days later at the same venue he ran in a weight-for-age maiden race which was run in a series of two mile heats, with the prize going to the first horse to win twice. He finished fourth to Sir Thomas Gascoigne's four-year-old Opposition in the first heat and runner-up to the same in the second. On his next appearance he recorded his first win in a race at Nottingham Racecourse in August: he finished fourth in the first heat to a filly named Creeping Ceres, but won the next two heats.

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