Partner (horse) explained

Horsename:	Partner
Sire:	Jigg
Grandsire:	Byerley Turk
Dam:	Sister to Mixbury
Damsire:	Curwen's Bay Barb
Sex:	Stallion
Foaled:	1718
Country:	Great Britain
Colour:	Chestnut
Breeder:	Charles Pelham of Lincolnshire
Owner:	Mr. Cotton of Sussex Lord Halifax John Croft of Barforth, Yorkshire
Record:	7 starts, 6 wins
Awards:	Leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland (1737, 1740, 1741, 1743)
Updated:	29 August 2012

Partner (also known as Croft's Partner or Old Partner) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He won six of his seven races before being retired to stud where he was the Leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland four times, and continued the Byerley Turk sire-line.

Racing career

Partner's breeder sold him to Mr. Cotton of Sussex, who in turn sold him to Lord Halifax. Lord Halifax raced the colt with great success over four mile courses. He was unbeaten in 1723 and 1724, taking the following year off to come back to the track in 1726, beating Sloven in a match race. His only loss was in a race in 1728 to Smiling Ball, after which he was sold to John Croft to begin his breeding career.^[1]

Stud career

His most important son was Tartar, who went on to sire the very influential Herod. He also sired Cato, Golden Ball, Sedbury, Morton's Traveller, (b c 1746 - exported to United States and a good sire there) and Traveller (1735), as well as the dam of Matchem, before his death at 29.

Sire line tree

• Partner^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}
  • Partner (Grisewood)^[6]
  • Partner (Moore)^[6]
  • Cato
  • Little John
  • Spectre
  • Sedbury^{[7] [8]}
    • Soldier
    • Alfred
    • Tantivy
  • Golden Ball
  • Merry Andrew
  • Badger^[9]
  • Tartar^{[10] [11]}
    • Miner
      • Quibbler
    • Beaufremont
    • Herod^{[2] [12] [13] [14]}
      • Florizel^{[15] [16]}
        • Moustrap
        • Crookshanks
        • Diomed^{[17] [18]}
        • Ulysses^[19]
        • King William
        • Admiral
        • Fortunio
        • Fidget
        • Brilliant
        • Bustler
        • Prizefighter^[20]
        • Eager
        • Slapbang
        • Tartar
        • Ninety-three
      • Magnet^[21]
        • Ringwood
        • Poker
        • Shoveler
        • Dare Devil
      • Plunder^[22]
        • Oak
      • Postmaster^[23]
        • Express
      • Fitzherod
        • Mufti^{[24] [25]}
      • Woodpecker^{[26] [14]}
        • Buzzard^{[27] [28]}
        • Chanticleer^[29]
        • Dragon^[30]
        • Young Woodpecker
      • Bourdeaux^[14]
        • Highlander
      • Highflyer^{[31] [32]}
        • Delpini^{[33] [34]}
        • Pharamond^[31]
        • Rockingham^{[35] [36]}
        • Slope^[31]
        • Noble^{[37] [38]}
        • Sir Peter Teazle^{[39] [40]}
        • Spadille^[41]
        • Escape^{[42] [43]}
        • Traveller^{[44] [45]}
        • Skylark^[31]
        • Skyscraper^{[46] [47]}
        • Sourcrout^[31]
        • Walnut^{[48] [49]}
        • Lambinos^[31]
        • St George^[50]
        • Oberon^[31]
        • Moorcock^[51]
        • Diamond^{[52] [53]}
      • Justice^[54]
        • Mentor
        • Rhadamanthus^[55]
        • Daedalus
      • Il' Mio^[56]
        • Blandish
        • Minos
      • Weazle^[49]
      • Whipcord^[49]
      • Anvil^{[57] [58]}
        • St George
        • Cymbeline
        • O' Kelly
      • Drone^[59]
        • Arra Kooker
        • Lounger
      • Fortitude
        • John Bull^{[60] [2] [12]}
      • Tom Tug(g)^[61]
        • Commodore^[62]
      • Bagot^[9]
        • Master Bagot
      • Phoenomenon^{[63] [20]}
        • Ambidexter
        • Boreas
        • Idas
        • Lizard
        • Huby
        • Restless
        • Freeholder
        • Roman
        • Spunk
        • Gay Deceiver
        • Brilliant
        • Hydaspes
        • Tygress
        • Hero
        • Wonder
        • Firetail
        • Stripling^[64]
        • Brother to Vivaldi^[65]
    • Tartar (Wildman)
  • Traveller (Old)^{[66] [67]}
    • Dainty Davy^[68]
      • David
      • Hambletonian
      • Gilkicker
      • Pilot^[69]
        • David
      • Pine-Apple
    • Squirrel^[70]
      • Firetail
      • Dasher
  • Traveller (Morton)
    • Ariel
    • Partner (Lightfoot)
    • Yorick^[71]
      • Junius
      • Polyphemus
      • Cub
    • Bellair
    • Silverlegs
    • Tristram Shandy
    • Traveller (Lloyd)
      • True Briton
        • Figure^[72]

Pedigree

* Partner is inbred 3S × 4S to the mare Old Morocco mare, meaning that she appears once third generation and once fourth generation on the sire side of his pedigree.

See also

• List of leading Thoroughbred racehorses

Notes and References

1. http://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Bios/Partner.htm Bloodlines: Partner
2. http://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricSires/SireLineschts/SireLineBT.html Byerley Turk Line
3. http://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Sirelines/ByerleyTurk.htm Byerley Sirelines
4. http://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricSires/FoundationSires/FoundSiresP.html#OldPartner Foundation Sire: Old Partner
5. https://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Bios/Partner.htm Biography: Partner
6. http://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricSires/FoundationSires/FoundSiresP.html Foundation Sires: P
7. http://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricSires/FoundationSires/FoundSiresS.html#Sedbury Foundation Sire: Sedbury
8. https://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Bios/Sedbury.htm Biography: Sedbury
9. https://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Studbook/EarlyB.htm Studbook: Early B
10. https://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricSires/FoundationSires/FoundSiresT.html#Tartar Foundation Sire: Tartar
11. https://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Bios2/Tartar.htm Biography: Tartar
12. http://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Sirelines/Herod.htm Herod Sire Line
13. http://www.tbheritage.com/Portraits/Herod.html Portraits: Herod
14. https://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Bios/Herod.htm Biography: Herod
15. http://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricSires/FoundationSires/FoundSiresF.html#Florizel Foundation Sire: Florizel
16. https://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Bios/Herod.htm#Florizel Biography: Herod/Florizel
17. http://www.tbheritage.com/Portraits/Diomed.html Portraits: Diomed
18. https://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Bios/Diomed.htm Biography: Diomed
19. https://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricSires/FoundationSires/FoundSiresU.html#Ulysses Foundation Sire: Ulysses
20. https://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Studbook/EarlyP.htm Studbook: Early P
21. https://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricSires/FoundationSires/FoundSiresM.html#Magnet Foundation sire: Magnet
22. https://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricSires/FoundationSires/FoundSiresP.html#Plunder Foundation sire: Plunder
23. https://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricSires/FoundationSires/FoundSiresP.html#Postmaster Foundation sire: Postmaster
24. https://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricSires/FoundationSires/FoundSiresM.html#Mufti Foundation sire: Mufti
25. https://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Bios/Mufti.htm Biography: Mufti
26. http://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricSires/FoundationSires/FoundSiresW.html#Woodpecker Foundation sire: Woodpecker
27. https://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricSires/FoundationSires/FoundSiresB.html#Buzzard Foundation sire: Buzzard
28. http://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Sirelines/Buzzard.htm Buzzard
29. https://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricSires/FoundationSires/FoundSiresC.html#Chanticleer Foundation sire: Chanticleer
30. https://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricSires/FoundationSires/FoundSiresD.html#Dragon Foundation sire: Dragon
31. http://www.tbheritage.com/Portraits/Highflyer.html Portraits: Highflyer
32. https://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Bios/Highflyer.htm Biography: Highflyer
33. http://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricSires/FoundationSires/FoundSiresD.html#Delpini Foundation sire: Delpini
34. https://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Bios/Highflyer.htm#Delpini Biography: Delpini
35. https://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricSires/FoundationSires/FoundSiresR.html#Rockingham Foundation sire: Rockingham
36. https://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Studbook/EarlyQR.htm Studbook: Early QR
37. https://books.google.com/books?id=pZQXAAAAYAAJ&q=Noble General Stud Book
38. https://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricSires/FoundationSires/FoundSiresN.html#Noble Foundation sire: Noble
39. http://www.tbheritage.com/Portraits/SirPeterTeazle.htm Portraits: Sir Peter Teazle
40. https://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Bios/SirPeterTeazle.htm Biography: Sir Peter Teazle
41. http://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricSires/FoundationSires/FoundSiresS.html#Spadille Foundation sire: Spadille
42. http://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricSires/FoundationSires/FoundSiresE.html#Escape Foundation sire: Escape
43. https://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Bios/Escape.htm Biography: Escape
44. https://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricSires/FoundationSires/FoundSiresT.html Foundation sires: T
45. https://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Bios/Traveller1785.htm Biography: Traveller
46. https://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricSires/FoundationSires/FoundSiresS.html#Skyscraper Foundation sire: Skyscraper
47. http://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Bios/Skyscraper.htm Biography: Skyscraper
48. https://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricSires/FoundationSires/FoundSiresW.html#Walnut Foundation sire: Walnut
49. https://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Studbook/EarlyW.htm Studbook: Early W
50. https://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Bios/StGeorge.htm Biography: St George
51. http://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricSires/FoundationSires/FoundSiresM.html#Moorcock Foundation sire: Moorcock
52. https://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricSires/FoundationSires/FoundSiresD.html#Diamond Foundation sire: Diamond
53. https://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Bios/Diamond.htm Biography: Diamond
54. https://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricSires/FoundationSires/FoundSiresJ.html#Justice Foundation sire: Justice
55. https://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricSires/FoundationSires/FoundSiresR.html#Rhadamanthus Foundation sire: Rhadamanthus
56. https://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricSires/FoundationSires/FoundSiresI.html#IlMio Foundation sire: Il' Mio
57. https://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricSires/FoundationSires/FoundSiresA.html#Anvil Foundation sire: Anvil
58. https://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Bios/Anvil.htm Biography: Anvil
59. https://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Studbook/EarlyD.htm Studbook: Early D
60. http://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricSires/FoundationSires/FoundSiresJ.html#JohnBull Foundation Sire: John Bull
61. https://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Studbook/EarlyT.htm Studbook: Early T
62. https://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Studbook/EarlyC.htm Studbook: Early C
63. http://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricSires/FoundationSires/FoundSiresP.html#Phoenomenon Foundation sire: Phoenomenon
64. https://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Studbook/EarlyS.htm Studbook: Early S
65. https://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricSires/FoundationSires/FoundSiresB.html Foundation sires: B
66. https://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricSires/FoundationSires/FoundSiresT.html#OldTrav Foundation Sire: Old Traveller
67. https://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Bios2/TravellerOld.htm Biography: Traveller
68. https://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricSires/FoundationSires/FoundSiresD.html#DaintyDavy Foundation Sire: Dainty Davy
69. https://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricSires/FoundationSires/FoundSiresP.html#Pilot Foundation Sire: Pilot
70. http://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricSires/FoundationSires/FoundSiresS.html#ShaftSquirrel Foundation Sire: Squirrel
71. https://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Studbook/EarlyXYZ.htm Studbook: Early XYZ
72. https://www.morganhorse.com/about/museum/the-life-and-times-of-figure/ The Life and Times of Figure