Margrave (horse)
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'Margrave', the Winner of the Great St. Leger Stakes at Doncaster, 1832 by John Frederick Herring, Sr.
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| Sire | Muley |
| Grandsire | Orville |
| Dam | Election mare |
| Damsire | Election |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1829 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Colour | Chestnut |
| Breeder | Alexander Nowell |
| Owner | Mr Wreford Mr Dilly John Gully |
| Trainer | John Scott |
| Record | 10: 6-2-0 |
| Major wins | |
| Criterion Stakes (1831) St Leger Stakes (1832) Gascoigne Stakes (1832) Grand Duke Michael Stakes (1832) |
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Margrave (1829–1852) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire best known for winning the St Leger Stakes in 1832. In a racing career which lasted from June 1831 until April 1833 he ran ten times and won six races. He was one of the leading British two-year-olds of 1831, when his three wins included the Criterion Stakes at Newmarket and he was one of the favourites for the following year's British Classic Races. He finished fourth in the Epsom Derby, allegedly being held back to allow another of his owner's horses to win. In autumn he won the St Leger and the Grand Duke Michael Stakes but ran poorly on his only race as a four-year-old the following spring. He was then retired to stud where he had some success as a sire of winners in both the United Kingdom and the United States.
Margrave was bred by Alexander Nowell at Underley Hall near Kirkby Lonsdale in Westmoreland where his sire Muley was based. Muley was a son of the Derby-winning mare Eleanor and won two races as a five-year-old at Newmarket in 1815. His early stud career was disappointing and he had been covering half-bred mares for some time before being bought by Nowell and relocated to Underley where he had considerable success. In addition to Margrave, he sired the Classic winners Little Wonder (Epsom Derby) and Vespa (Epsom Oaks).
Margrave was an very dark-coated chestnut with no white markings. He was a large, powerful colt, standing 16 hands high, but not an attractive individual, being described as "a great, ugly horse... with lopping ears". As a three-year-old, he was trained by John Scott, who sent out the winners of 41 classics, from his Whitewall Stables at Malton in North Yorkshire.
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