St Patrick (horse)

St Patrick was a chestnut horse with a white star and snip, bred by his owner Sir Edward Smith-Dodsworth. He was sired by Walton, a stallion based at Boroughbridge in Yorkshire. Walton won several King's Plates in his racing career and was successful as a sire of winners. Apart from St Patrick, he sired the classic winners Phantom and Nectar (2000 Guineas).[1] St Patrick was the third of fourteen foals produced by his dam, an unnamed mare sired by Dick Andrews.[2]

St Patrick is not to be confused with another British colt named St Patrick, foaled in the same year, whose wins included the Wokingham Stakes at Royal Ascot.

St Patrick began his stud career at Mr Hood's Grantham Arms in Boroughbridge at a fee of ten guineas,[11] before moving to Thornton Watlas, near Bedale in 1827.[12] In 1830 he stood at Newmarket for an undisclosed fee,[13] but moved back to Yorkshire to stand for a fee of five guineas at Newland Park near Wakefield in 1833.[14] In the following year he moved to Thetford in Norfolk where he stood at a fee of fifteen guineas until 1839.[15] The best of his progeny included St Francis, winner of the Ascot Gold Cup, Shillelagh second to Plenipotentiary in the 1837 Epsom Derby and Birdcatcher, the runner-up in the 1832 St Leger. Through his daughter Currency, he was the damsire of Saint Germain (Prix du Jockey Club) and Jouvence (Prix du Jockey Club, Prix de Diane, Goodwood Cup). St Patrick died in early June 1843 at the age of 26.[16]

* St Patrick is inbred 3S x 4D x 4D to the stallion Highflyer, meaning that he appears third generation once on the sire side of his pedigree and fourth generation twice on the dam side of his pedigree.

* St Patrick is inbred 4S x 4D to the stallion Eclipse, meaning that he appears fourth generation on the sire side of his pedigree and fourth generation on the dam side of his pedigree.