Whizgig

Whizgig
Sire	Rubens
Grandsire	Buzzard
Dam	Penelope
Damsire	Trumpator
Sex	Mare
Foaled	1819
Country	United Kingdom
Colour	Chestnut
Breeder	George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton
Owner	Duke of Grafton
Trainer	Robert Robson
Record	14:7-1-0
Earnings	ca. £5,000
Major wins
1000 Guineas (1822) Oatlands Stakes (1822) Match against Ardrossan (1822) Subscription Handicap Plate (1823)

Whizgig (1819–1840) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare who won the classic 1000 Guineas at Newmarket in 1822. In a racing career which lasted from April 1822 until May 1824 she ran fourteen times and won seven races. Unraced as a two-year-old, Whizgig won six of her seven races in 1822, her only defeat coming in the Oaks Stakes. She remained in training for a further two seasons, but was less successful, winning only one more race. She later became a successful broodmare.

Whizgig was a chestnut mare bred by her owner George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton at his stud at Euston Hall in Suffolk. Her sire, Rubens was a successful racehorse, who at the time of Whizgig's conception was covering mares at Newmarket at a fee of 25 guineas. He sired two other classic winning fillies in Landscape, who won the Oaks in 1816 and Whizgig's contemporary and stable companion Pastille. Rubens was champion sire in 1815, 1821 and 1822. Whizgig's dam, Penelope was a contemporary of the 1801 Derby-winning filly Eleanor, beating her several times, and was half-sister to 1809 Derby winner Pope and the mares Pope Joan, Parasol and Prudence. Penelope was a prolific and influential broodmare, producing thirteen foals between 1806 and 1823, all with names beginning with the letter W. Whizgig was her eleventh foal and her siblings included the Derby winners Whalebone, Whisker as well as Web, Woful, Wilful, Wire, Wildfire and Windfall. Penelope died in 1824. Grafton sent the filly to be trained at Newmarket by Robert Robson, the so-called "Emperor of Trainers".

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