Catton (horse)
Catton was a British racehorse who won 22 races, including an unbeaten streak in 14 consecutive races, and was a successful sire.
Background
Catton was bred at Catton, by Horsely and King. He was purchased by Richard Lumley Saunderson, 6th Earl of Scarborough, of Sandbeck Park. He was described as a horse of medium size with great strength and quality.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
Notable offspring:- Mulatto - successful stallion
- Royal Oak - successful stallion
- Tarrare - won the St Leger Stakes
- Gallopade - successful mare in the United States
- Trustee - Leading sire in North America
- Mundig - won the Epson Derby
Sire line tree
- Catton
- *Coronation
- *Sandbeck
- **Redshank
- **Humphrey
- *Akarius
- *Swap
- **Lochinvar
- *Panmure
- *Scarborough
- *Contract
- **Chorister
- *Cromarty
- *King Catton
- *Mulatto
- **Sepoy
- **Bloomsbury
- ***The Iron Marshall
- ***Leonidas
- **Discord
- **Maroon
- **Molineux
- ***Duc-An-Dhurras
- **Swinton
- **Old England
- ***Defiance
- ****Tolurno
- ***Haco
- *Royal Oak
- **Slane
- ***The Scavenger
- ***The Merry Monarch
- ***Sting
- ****Moustique
- ****Baroncino
- ****Monarque
- ****Peu d'Espoir
- ****Bon Vivant
- ****Minos
- *****Reugny
- ***Conyngham
- ***Glendower
- ***Sesostris
- ***Little Jack
- ****Alfold
- ***Mildew
- ****High Treason
- ***Little David
- ***Blight
- ***Quince
- ***Coroebus
- **Plover
- **Commodore Napier
- **King Charles
- **Porthos
- *Tarrare
- **Derby
- *Truth
- *Nonplus
- **Buford
- *Scarborough
- *Cambridge
- *Coronet
- *Cicercian
- *Clarion
- *Contest
- *Creole
- *Bassetlaw
- *Minster
- *Trustee
- **Tempest
- ***Whirlwind
- **Revenue
- ***Engineer
- ***Deucalion
- ***Planet
- ****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
- *St Bennett
Pedigree
^ 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 ^ and fourth generation once on the dam side of his pedigree.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.