Staveley (horse)
| Staveley | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Shuttle |
| Grandsire | Young Marske |
| Dam | Drone mare |
| Damsire | Drone |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1802 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Colour | Bay or Brown |
| Breeder | William Fletcher |
| Owner | William Fletcher Colonel Harry Mellish |
| Trainer | Bartle Atkinson |
| Record | 19: 7-7-3 |
| Major wins | |
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St Leger Stakes (1805) Match against Cardinal Beaufort (1806) Jockey Club Plate (1806) Match against Pavilion (1807) |
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Staveley (foaled 1802) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire best known for winning the classic St Leger Stakes in 1805. Bred in Yorkshire, he won seven of his nineteen races in a career which lasted from April 1805 until September 1807. As a three-year-old in 1805, he won his first three races, culminating with a victory at odds of 6/1 in the St Leger at Doncaster Racecourse. In the following season he was transferred to race at Newmarket, Suffolk, where he achieved mixed results, being beaten in most of his races but winning a match against the Epsom Derby winner Cardinal Beaufort. He won two further races in 1807 before being retired to stud in Yorkshire. He had no impact as a breeding stallion.
Staveley was a bay or brown horse bred by William Fletcher at Boroughbridge, and was the third of fifteen foals produced by his dam, an unnamed mare sired by Drone. Staveley's sire, Shuttle, owned by Henry Tempest Vane, was best known as the loser of a famous 1000 guinea match race at Doncaster. He stood as stallion at Middlethorpe, North Yorkshire, where he proved highly popular, covering up to seventy mares a year. Staveley was one of his first foals to appear on the racecourse. Shuttle sired several other good broodmares and racehorses including Middlethorpe and Pope (known as Shuttle Pope to distinguish him from the 1809 Derby winner).
Staveley began his racing career in the ownership of his breeder, but as a three-year-old he was sold to Colonel Henry Mellish, a veteran of the Peninsular War, who engaged in duelling, prize-fighting and dog-fighting. His enthusiasm for racing of any kind was such that he once trained a racing pig and gambled on which of two raindrops would be the first to reach the bottom of a window-pane. Staveley was trained by the former jockey Bartle Atkinson. The village of Staveley, North Yorkshire lies four miles south-west of Boroughbrige, and was the likely inspiration of the colt's name.
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