Pan (horse)
| Pan | |
|---|---|
| Sire | St. George |
| Grandsire | Highflyer |
| Dam | Arethusa |
| Damsire | Dungannon |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1805 |
| Country | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
| Colour | Chestnut |
| Breeder | Sir Hedworth Williamson |
| Owner | Sir Hedworth Williamson Mr Bouverie Lord Sackville Mr Stephenson Mr Mitford Mr Weston |
| Trainer | J. Lonsdale |
| Record | 20:9-8-0 |
| Major wins | |
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Epsom Derby (1808) Cheveley Stakes (1811) Matches against Harpocrates, Tumbler, Morel |
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Pan (1805 – circa 1822) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a career that lasted from June 1808 to July 1814 he had six different owners, ran twenty times and won nine races. His most important success came on his only appearance as a three-year-old in 1808 when he won the Derby as a 25/1 outsider. Pan won another eight races over the next four seasons, running mainly in match races at Newmarket. He raced for two more years without success before being retired as a nine-year-old in 1814.
Pan's dam Arethusa, who was bred by the Prince of Wales, was one of the most successful broodmares of her era: apart from Pan she produced the leading stallion Walton the Derby winner Ditto and the Ascot Gold Cup winner Lutzen. Pan's sire St. George finished fifth in the 1792 Derby and raced up to the age of ten, winning many matches and Plate races. Pan was his most successful offspring. Pan was owned in his early racing career by his breeder, Sir Hedworth Williamson of Whitburn, near Sunderland.
Unraced as a two-year-old, Pan made his one and only appearance of 1808 in the Derby at Epsom on 2 June. Ridden by Frank Collinson, a "cunning Yorkshireman", he was a 20/1 and 25/1 outsider for the race, with the Duke of Grafton's colt Vandyke starting 9/4 favourite in a field of ten runners. In the straight, Vandyke moved to the front and after a "severe" struggle with Clinker and Rubens, looked the likely winner. Collinson however, produced Pan with a strong late run to catch the leaders inside the final furlong and win by half a length. It appeared that Vandyke's jockey had failed to notice the challenge of the outsider until it was too late for his colt to respond. The race was considered one of the finest Derbies ever run. After the race, the owners of the second, third and fourth placed horses all challenged the winner to match races, but Sir Hedworth did not accept.
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