Partner (also known as Croft's Partner or Old Partner) was a British

Thoroughbred The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word ''thoroughbred'' is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed. Thoroughbreds are ...

racehorse and sire. He won six of his seven races before being retired to stud where he was the

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four times, and continued the

Byerley Turk The Byerley Turk (c. 1680 – c. 1703), also spelled Byerly Turk, was the earliest of three stallions that were the founders of the modern Thoroughbred horse racing bloodstock (the other two are the Godolphin Arabian and the Darley Arabian).Ahnert ...

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.Bloodlines: Partner
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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

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and a good sire there) and Traveller (1735), as well as the dam of

Matchem Matchem (1748 – 21 February 1781), sometimes styled as Match 'em, was a Thoroughbred racehorse who had a great influence on the breed, and was the earliest of three 18th century stallions that produced the Thoroughbred sire-lines of today, in ...

, before his death at 29.

Pedigree

Sire line tree

*PartnerByerley Turk Line
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/ref> **Sly (Bumper) **Pembed **Partner (Grisewood) **Partner (Moore) ***Grey Spot ***Ploughboy ***Partner ****Lycurgis **Plunder **Barforth **Cato **Little John ***Freeholder ***Achilles ***Little John (Constable) **Spectre **Sedbury
/ref> ***Soldier ***Alfred ***Tantivy **Bumper ***Stilts ***Badsticks ****Almanzor **Golden Ball ***Skeleton **Looby **Merry Andrew **Stroker **White Stockings **Badger ***Badger (Sedley) ***Dart ***Baboon ***Mettle ***Mixbury **Bedlam **Little John (Croft) **Pompey **True Blue **Cheshire Tom ** Tartar ***Lucifer ***Miner ***Beaufremont ***Favourite *** HerodHerod Sire Line
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Florizel Florizel (1768–1791) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse. He was a bay son of Herod foaled in 1768. As a sire he produced 175 winners who won a total of 75,901 pounds. Offspring included Eager (winner of the 1791 Derby), Tartar (St. Leg ...

*****Crookshanks *****

Diomed Diomed, foaled in 1777, was an English Thoroughbred race horse who won the inaugural running of the Derby in 1780. He was subsequently a successful sire in the United States. Racing years A bright chestnut standing 15 hands 3 inchesAhner ...

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*****Slapbang ***** Tartar *****

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Sir Peter Teazle Sir Peter Teazle (1784 – 18 August 1811) was a good British bred Thoroughbred racehorse, a Leading sire in Great Britain & Ireland nine times, and carried on the sire line of Herod. Breeding Sir Peter Teazle was a brown horse bred and own ...

*****Spadille *****Escape *****Traveller ***** Skyscraper *****Walnut *****St. George *****Oberon *****Moorcock *****Diamond ****Justice *****Douglas *****Justice *****Mentor ***** Rhadamanthus *****

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****Tom Tugg *****Cornet *****Commodore ****Guido ****Pantaloon *****Columbus ****Argos ****Gambler ****Slender ****Snake ****Bagot *****Master Bagot *****Drone *****Swindler *****Loyal ****Balance ****Challenger ****Phoenomenon ***** Ambidexter *****Stride *****Comet *****Diomed (Tate) *****Huby *****Restless *****Standard *****Wonder *****Firetail *****Stripling ****Punch ****Herod (Harpur) ****Spectre ****Posthumus *****Monckton ***Nimrod ***Smiling Ball ***Tartar (Wildman) ****Cream of Tartar ****Little John ***Venture **Tom Jones **Traveller ***Young Traveller (Coatsworth) ***Skim ***Dainty Davy ****David ****Hambletonian ****Gilkicker ****Hercules ****Pilot *****Pilot *****Smoker ****Pineapple ****Prince William ****Privateer ***Young Traveller (Fermor) *** SquirrelSquirrel
/ref> ****Firetail ****Hippolitus ****Squirrel (Carlisle) *****Cossus ****Weazel ****Touchstone ****Labyrinth ****Slim ****Houghton **Snail **Traveller (Morton) ***Ariel ***Partner (Lightfoot) ****Mark Anthony *****Standard *****Romulus *****Chatham *****Collector ****Pennsylvania Farmer ****Sloe ****Rockingham *****Bashaw ****King Alfred ****Virginia Cade ****Partner (Beckham) *****Gander Neck ****Fitzpartner ***Norval ***Nonpareil ****Nonpareil *****Pegasus ***Yorick ****Junius *****Spangloss ****Polyphemus *****Arion ****Cub *****Driver ****Tryol ***Apollo ***Bellair ***Silverlegs ***Tristram Shandy ***Traveller (Burwell) ***Lycurgus ***Traveller (Lloyd) ****Traveller (Heath) ****Leonidas ****True BritonTrue Briton Pedigree
/ref> *****

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References

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Racing career

Stud career

Pedigree

Sire line tree

See also

References