Sweetmeat (foaled 1841) was a successful English

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racehorse that won 16 consecutive races (including walk-overs) as a three-year-old, including the Doncaster Gold Cup, and was a useful sire of the early 19th century.

Background

He was a bay or brown colt foaled in 1841 that was sired by Gladiator, who became an important sire in France. Sweetmeat's dam, Lollypop was sired by either Starch or

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, as recorded in the

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, with Voltaire listed in second position, which indicates he was the last stallion to cover the mare and therefore the most likely sire of Lollypop. If Lollypop was indeed by Voltaire she was incestuously

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to Blacklock, who was the sire of both Voltaire and Belinda (the dam of Lollypop).

Racing record

At two years

In July 1844 Sweetmeat won the Stanley Stakes at Liverpool. He then won a £220 sweep at Wolverhampton, and a 60 sovereign race at Wrexham, defeating three other horses. In the Two Year Old Stakes at Nottingham, he finished second.

At three years

Sweetmeat was undefeated in his 16 starts, including a number of walk-overs, as a three-year-old, which included victories in the Ascot Gold Vase and the 2¼ mile Doncaster Gold Cup defeating Alice Hawthorne who had twice previously won the race.

At four and five years

Sweetmeat only started once at four, in the

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in which he was unplaced. At five he started once again, at Chester in the Cheshire Stakes, and was again unplaced. Sweetmeat finished his racing career with 22 race starts for 19 wins, 1 second and 2 unplaced runs.

Stud record

In 1847 James Cookson purchased Sweetmeat for 300 guineas as a sire for his Neasham Hall Stud near

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. It was here that Cookson bred the great

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who won in 1868 the

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and Newmarket Oaks. Seven years earlier Cookson bred both Dundee and Kettledrum, who finished first and second in The Derby. Sweetmeat stood at this stud until 1861 when, aged 19 and blind, he was sold for 800 guineas and exported to Russia. His progeny included: *

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, who won the

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and

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; sired three Epsom Oaks winners and the top-class broodmare

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). * Mincemeat (a half sister to Kettledrum, both being out of Hybla) won the Epsom Oaks Stakes and was the dam of 1000 Guineas winner Tomato. * Mincepie (1853) won Epsom Oaks Stakes * Muscovado exported to

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, sire of stakes-winners including

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) * Nettle (1852) won

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, third dam of the Triple Crown winner Common * Parmesan sire of two Derby winners and a French Oaks winner plus others. * Plum Pudding (1857), sired Grand National (won the 1876 Irish Grand National), Billy Pitt (won Irish Derby) and Silk (dam of Master Kildare, undefeated juvenile in Ireland). * Saccharometer (1860) won

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* Sweetsauce (1857) won

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Sire line tree

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Pedigree

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3D x 3D to the stallion

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, meaning that he appears third generation twice on the dam side of his pedigree.

References

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