Rowton (horse)

Rowton
The Hon. E. Petre's Rowton with W. Scott up and his trainer at Doncaster by John Frederick Herring, Sr.
Sire	Oiseau
Grandsire	Camillus
Dam	Katherina
Damsire	Woful
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1826
Country	United Kingdom
Colour	Chestnut
Breeder	Edward Petre
Owner	Edward Petre William Chifney
Trainer	John Scott William Chifney
Record	11:7-2-2
Major wins
York Two-year-old Stake (1828) St Leger Stakes (1829) Great Subscription Purse (1831) Oatlands Stakes (1832)

Rowton (1826–1841) was a British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse and sire best known for winning the St Leger Stakes in 1829. He was lightly campaigned during his racing career, competing in eleven races in five seasons and winning seven times. Until his last competitive season he was raced exclusively in Yorkshire running only at the meetings at York in August and Doncaster in September. Apart from the St Leger, his wins included the York Two-year-old Stake, the Great Subscription Purse and a division of the Oatlands Stakes. On his final appearance he ran a dead heat for the Ascot Gold Cup before being beaten in a run-off by the filly Camarine. After three seasons at stud in England he was exported to the United States where he died in 1841.

Rowton was a dark-coated chestnut horse with no white markings who stood 15.2 hands high when fully grown. Henry Hall Dixon described him as being "as nearly perfection as possible", with "beautiful quarters", a "deer-like" head and an "exquisitely expressive eye".

He was owned and bred by Edward Petre (1794–1848), a free-spending sportsman and gambler, who was a younger son of Robert Petre, 9th Baron Petre. Like the rest of Petre's horses, Rowton was trained by John Scott, who sent out the winners of 41 classics, from his Whitewall Stables at Malton in North Yorkshire. Rowton was ridden in most of his races by his trainer's younger brother Bill Scott.

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