Squirrel (horse)

Squirrel
Sire	Traveller
Grandsire	Partner
Dam	Grey Bloody Buttocks
Damsire
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1754
Country	Great Britain
Colour	Bay
Breeder	William Cornforth
Owner	Jenison Shafto
Record	9: 7-2-0
Major wins
1400 Guineas Stakes (1758) 120 gs at Newmarket (1758) Match against Mystery (1759) Match against Spider (1759) Match against Dapper (1760) Match against Jason (1761)

Squirrel (1754–1780) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse. He won seven of his nine races, including the 1400 Guineas Stakes and match races against Dapper and Jason. He was also a successful stallion, siring Craven Stakes winner Firetail. However he was more well known for producing broodmares, siring the dams of seven Classic winners including Derby winner Noble, along with the dam of champion sire Trumpator. Squirrel was owned by Jenison Shafto.

Squirrel was a bay colt bred by William Cornforth and foaled in 1754. He was sired by Traveller, who won several races. As a sire he served few mares until Dainty Davy, and Squirrel himself, made it to the racecourse and turned out to be good horses. Squirrel's dam was Grey Bloody Buttocks, a daughter of . He was sold to Jenison Shafto.

Squirrel's first race was at Huntingdon, where he finished runner-up to Mr. Swinburn's Belford. In October 1758 in the first running of the 1400 Guineas Stakes over the four-mile, one-and-a-half furlong Beacon Course at Newmarket. He won the race, where the opposition included the Earl of Northumberland's Primrose and Mr. Panton's Posthumous. Later in the same meeting he beat Kiddleston, Standby, Crab, Shock, Bosphorus, Dormouse, Perseus and Rake to win 120 guineas. He returned to the track in May 1759, when he won a 300 guineas match race against Mr. Panton's Mystery over the Beacon Course. At York he finished second to Silvo and in October at Newmarket he beat Spider in a match race for 200 guineas over the Rowley Mile.

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