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Courtesy of Fores Gallery
Sire Line
Matchem
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Jerry bl c 1821
(Smolensko - Louisa, by Orville). Sire Line
Matchem.
Family 15. Jerry was bred by Richard Oliver
Gascoigne, who also bred his dam, Louisa (br f 1813), winner of the
Macaroni Stakes. Jerry was half-brother to Jessy (ch f 1824) who won
the Champion Stakes at Lincoln. Gascoigne also bred the Champion Sire
and St Leger winner Soothsayer (ch c 1808
Sorcerer). His father-in-law, Sir Thomas
Gascoigne, bred and raced the St Leger winners Hollandaise (gr f 1775
Matchem)
and Symmetry (gr c 1795 Delpini) and the Oaks winner Theophania (b f
1800 Delpini). He also raced the St Leger winner Tommy (ch c 1776
Wildair). An earlier Gascoigne had owned
Gascoigne's
Foreign Horse.
Jerry was described as a
horse of "remarkable size and substance" and apparently
inherited a fair amount of "Orville's coarseness" from his dam
Louisa. He was thought to be a superior stayer.
Trained by James Croft, of East
Wilton, near Middleham, Yorkshire, Jerry enjoyed a moderately successful
turf career. In 1824 he won the York St Leger, and the Doncaster St
Leger, in the latter beating Brutandorf (b c 1821
Blacklock)
and twenty-one others. In 1827 at York he beat Lord Scarborough's
Tarrare (b c 1823 Catton), who had won the St Leger the previous year.
When Jerry retired to stud, which time was spent in the Scottish stud of
Lord Kelburne who had purchased him in 1824 for 2,000 guineas, he could
there be considered moderately successful as well.
| Jerry |
Smolensko |
Sorcerer |
Trumpator |
| Young
Giantess |
| Wowski |
Mentor |
| Maria |
| Louisa |
Orville |
Beningbrough |
| Evelina |
| Thomasina |
Timothy |
| Violet |
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| Race Record |
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| In 1824 he won
the 25gs each St Leger Stakes at York, beating Major
Cunningham's Outcry colt, Lord Kelburne's Filho da Puta
colt and 4 others. Won the 25 gs each X Y Z Stakes at
Newcastle in July, beating Lord Londonderry's Ebor colt.
Won the 25gs each Great St Leger Stakes at Doncaster,
beating Lord Sligo's Canteen (b c 1821 Waxy Pope), Mr Houldsworth's Miller of Mansfield (b c 1821 Filho da
Puta), Mr Tanton's Streatham (bl c 1821
Blacklock),
Mr Watt's Brutandorf (b c 1821
Blacklock),
Mr Fulwar Craven's Helenus (ch c 1821
Soothsayer) and 17 others. |
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| Jerry does not
appear to have run in 1825. |
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| In 1826, running
for Lord Kelburne, he was unplaced for the Gold Cup at
York Spring, won by Sir M W Ridley's Fleur-de-Lis (b f
1822 Bourbon), with Lord Kelburne's Actaeon (ch c 1822
Scud) placing 2nd, 5 started. Was unplaced for the Gold
Cup at Northampton in September, won by Fleur-de-Lis,
with Lord Milton's Mulatto (b c 1823
Catton) placing
2nd and Lord Fitzwilliam's
Humphrey Clinker (b c 1822
Comus) 3rd; 5
started. Finished 2nd for the Gold Cup at Richmond in
October, won by Lord Kennedy's Bedlamite (ch c 1823
Welbeck), beating the Duke of Leeds's
Whisker colt, Mr
Russell's Mustachio (br c 1821
Whisker) and 2
others. |
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| In 1827 he won
the 10 sovs each Craven Stakes at Catterick Bridge in
April. Finished 2nd for the 20 sovs each Constitution
Stakes at York in May, won by Fleur-de-Lis, beating
Humphrey Clinker and the Duke of Leeds's Sirius (b c
1823 Whisker). Won a
25 sovs each sweepstakes at York in August, beating Lord
Scarborough's St Leger winner Tarrare (b c 1823
Catton), Mr Petre's Nonplus (b c 1824
Catton) and Mr Ridsdale's Barelegs (ch c 1823
Tramp). |
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| Notable Offspring |
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| Amulet (br f 1831), 3rd dam of the stallion Bel Demonio (ch c
1861). |
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| Archeress (br f 1841), dam
of the stallion Shanbally (b c 1852). |
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| Clearwell (gr c 1830),
bred by the 3rd Earl of Orford, won the Two Thousand Guineas Stakes. |
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| Fanny (b f 1830), dam of
Park Hill Stakes winner, Peggy (bl f 1840), the latter the dam of the
Derby winner Musjid (br c 1856). Fanny was also 2nd dam of the sire
Hospodar (ch c 1851). |
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| Jeremy Diddler (br c
1839), half-brother to Pocahontas (b f
1837), the head of Family 3-n
and dam of Stockwell (ch c 1849), and to
Two Thousand Guineas winner Idas (b c 1842). He sired the stallion
Sundeelah (bl c 1861) and Jeremy Diddler Mare (bl f 1847), dam of the
stallion Victorious (b c 1862). Victorious sired Kapanga* (b f 1876),
dam of the American leading sire Kingston (br c 1884
Spendthrift). |
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| Jericho (br c 1842),
winner of the Criterion Stakes, sired the Two Thousand Guineas and
Goodwood Cup winner The Promised Land (b c 1856). |
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| Jessy (br f 1845), 3rd dam
of the good French racehorse Jongleur (b c 1874 Mars), winner of the
Prix du Jockey Club, Cambridgeshire Stakes, Criterion Stakes, Grand
Criterium, Prix Lupin and Prix Royal Oak, and 3rd dam of Jongleur's
half-sister, the Grand Criterium winner Jonquille (ch f 1873 Vermouth). |
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| Ma Mie (b f 1839), dam of
the useful stallion Pelion (br c 1850), sire of Pietas (b f 1861), the
latter the dam of the Oaks winner Placida (br f 1874). Ma Mie was
2nd dam of Chislehurst (b c 1880) who won the Rous Memorial Stakes and
sired MacDonald (b c 1899) winner of the Deutsches Derby, Grosser Hansa
Preis and Alagi dij. Ma Mie was also the 3rd dam of the useful sire
Kaiser (b c 1870), winner of the Champagne Stakes, Great Yorkshire
Stakes and Prince of Wales's Stakes, and 3rd dam of the Derby Italiano
winner Rosenberg (b c 1882). A modern descendant of Ma Mie is the
Deutsches Derby winner and leading German stallion Acatenango (ch c
1982). |
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| Mystery (b f 1842), 3rd
dam of both One and Two Thousand Guineas winner Pilgrimage (ch f 1875),
the latter the dam of Derby winner Jeddah (ch c 1895) and Oaks winner
Canterbury
Pilgrim (ch f 1893). |
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| Oblivion (b f 1831), dam
of Springy Jack (b c 1845), sire of Preis der Diana winner Isabella
(ch f 1856) and Henckel-Rennen winner Oberon (ch c 1862). Oblivion was
also 2nd dam of Derby winner Daniel O'Rourke (ch c 1849) and ancestress
of Dark Ronald (bbr c 1905) who won the Princess of Wales's Stakes and
the Royal Hunt Cup and became a top sire in Germany. |
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| Rigolette (br f 1842), dam
of The Mersey (br f 1859), she the dam of Trent (br c 1871), winner of
the Great Yorkshire Stakes and Grand Prix de Paris. The Mersey was also
the dam of Shannon (b f 1868 Lambton), winner of the Doncaster and
Goodwood Cups, and ancestress of Isard (gr c 1910), winner of the Grand
Prix de Deauville, Prix Boiard and Prix Lagrange, and of leading sire
Blenheim (br c 1927), winner of the Derby Stakes. |
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| Tomboy (b c 1829), a good
stallion and sire of St Leger winner Nutwith (b c 1840). Tomboy's good
daughter Moonbeam (ch f 1838) was the dam of Manganese (ch f 1853),
winner of the One Thousand Guineas Stakes and head of
Family
4-d. Moonbeam was also dam of the useful stallion Loup-Garou (b c
1846). |
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