Catton (horse)
{{Short description|British Thoroughbred racehorse}}
{{Infobox racehorse
| horsename = Catton
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| sire = Golumpus
| grandsire = Gohanna
| dam = Lucy Gray
| damsire = Timothy
| sex = Stallion
| foaled = 1809
| country = Great Britain
| colour = Bay
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| record = 32, 22-6-1
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Catton (1809 – 1833) was a British racehorse who won 22 races, including an unbeaten streak in 14 consecutive races, and was a successful sire.
Background
Racing career
Catton raced from 1812 to 1818. He won 22 of 32 races, including 14 in a row. He won the Doncaster Cup in 1815.
Stud career
- Mulatto (1823) - successful stallion
- Royal Oak (1823) - successful stallion
- Tarrare (1823) - won the St Leger Stakes
- Gallopade (1828) - successful mare in the United States[https://www.tbheritage.com/Portraits/Galopade.html Portrait: Gallopade][https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/154278/the-breeding-behind-domino The Breeding Behind Domino]
- Trustee (1829) - Leading sire in North America
- Mundig (1832) - won the Epson Derby
Sire line tree
{{tree list}}
- Catton[https://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricSires/SireLineschts/SireLineDAEclipse.html Darley Arabian Sire Line: Eclipse Branch][https://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Sirelines/Eclipse.htm Sire Line: Eclipse][https://www.tbheritage.com/Portraits/Catton.html Portrait: Catton][https://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Bios2/Bios-C/Catton.htm Biography: Catton][https://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricSires/JumpSires/JumpsiresDAA.html Jumpers: Darley Arabian Sire Line]
- Coronation
- Sandbeck
- Redshank[https://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Studbook/EarlyQR.htm Studbook: Early QR]
- Humphrey
- Akarius
- Swap
- Lochinvar
- Panmure
- Scarborough (1820)
- Contract
- Chorister
- Cromarty
- King Catton
- Mulatto[https://www.tbheritage.com/Portraits/Catton.html#Mulatto Portrait: Mulatto]
- Sepoy
- Bloomsbury[https://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Bios2/Bloomsbury.htm Biography: Bloomsbury]
- The Iron Marshall
- Leonidas
- Discord
- Maroon
- Molineux
- Duc-An-Dhurras
- Swinton
- Old England
- Defiance
- Tolurno
- Haco
- Royal Oak[https://www.tbheritage.com/Portraits/RoyalOak.html Portrait: Royal Oak]
- Slane[https://www.tbheritage.com/Portraits/Slane.html Portrait: Slane][https://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Studbook/EarlyS.htm Studbook: Early S]
- The Scavenger
- The Merry Monarch
- Sting
- Moustique
- Baroncino
- Monarque[https://tbheritage.com/Portraits/Monarque.html Portrait: Monarque]
- Peu d'Espoir
- Bon Vivant
- Minos
- Reugny
- Conyngham
- Glendower
- Sesostris
- Little Jack[https://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Studbook/EarlyL.htm Studbook: Early L]
- Alfold
- Mildew
- High Treason
- Little David
- Blight
- Quince
- Coroebus
- Plover
- Commodore Napier
- King Charles
- Porthos
- Tarrare
- Derby
- Truth
- Nonplus
- Buford
- Scarborough (1824)
- Cambridge
- Coronet
- Cicercian
- Clarion
- Contest
- Creole[https://www.tbheritage.com/Portraits/Liverpool.html Portrait: Liverpool][https://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Bios2/Bios-L/Liverpool.htm Biography: Liverpool]
- Bassetlaw
- Minster
- Trustee[https://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Studbook/EarlyT.htm Studbook: Early T]
- Tempest
- Whirlwind
- Revenue[https://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricSires/LeadingSires/AmLeadSires.html Leading Sires of the U.S.A.]
- Engineer
- Deucalion
- Planet[https://www.tbheritage.com/Portraits/Planet.html Portrait: Planet][https://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Studbook/EarlyP.htm Studbook: Early P][https://www.racingmuseum.org/hall-of-fame/horse/planet-va Hall of Fame: Planet][https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1890/07/18/103253473.pdf Obituary: Thomas Doswell]
- Plantagenet
- Grey Planet
- Hubbard
- Whisper
- Dudley
- Plainroid
- Two Bitts
- Exchequer
- Eugene
- Oakland
- Princeton
- Willie W
- Revolver
- Culpepper
- Lewis E Smith
- Rivoli
- Amadis
- Maeonides
- Florestan
- Mundig[https://www.tbheritage.com/Portraits/GibsideFairy.html#Mundig Portrait: Mundig]
- St Bennett
{{tree list/end}}
Pedigree
{{Pedigree
|name = Catton (GB), bay horse, 1809
|inf =
|f = Golumpus (GB)
1802
|m = Lucy Gray (GB)
1804
|ff = Gohanna
1790
|fm = Catherine
1795
|mf = Timothy
1794
|mm = Lucy
1789
|fff = Mercury
|ffm = Herod mare
|fmf = Woodpecker
|fmm = Camilla
|mff = Delpini
|mfm = Cora
|mmf = Florizel
|mmm = Frenzy
|ffff = Eclipse*
|fffm = Tartar mare
|ffmf = Herod*
|ffmm = Maiden
|fmff = Herod*
|fmfm = Miss Ramsden
|fmmf = Trentham
|fmmm = Coquette
|mfff = Highflyer*^
|mffm = Countess
|mfmf = Matchem
|mfmm = Turk mare
|mmff = Herod*
|mmfm = Cygnet mare
|mmmf = Eclipse*
|mmmm = Engineer mare
}}
{{asterisk}}^ Catton is inbred 4S × 4S x 5D x 4D to the stallion Herod, meaning that he appears fourth generation twice on the sire side of his pedigree and fifth generation once (via Highflyer)^ and fourth generation once on the dam side of his pedigree.
{{asterisk}} Catton is inbred 4S × 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.