See ROYAL PLATES
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See ROYAL PLATE WINNERS for the winners
in Great Britain and Ireland traced back in the male line
See BRITISH ROYAL PLATES for the winners in
Great Britain listed chronologically
Between the Flags, by S J Watson, page 5, quoting from
The Life and Errors of John Dunton, volume II, page 374, which refers
to John Dunton's visit to Ireland in 1688, says - 'His Majesty for encouragement
to breed large and serviceable horses in this kingdom has been pleased
to give a hundred pounds per annum out of his treasury here to buy a
plate, which they run for at the Curragh in September. The horses that
run are to carry twelve stone each'. It would seem that 1688 here is
an error for 1698 as according to The Life and Errors of John Dunton
he was only in Ireland for about eight months in 1698. The quote is
an extract from a letter dated London, 20 April 1699, and the full text
referring to the King's Plate reads :- According to Pond's Sporting Kalendar for 1752, pages
106 and 107, the Royal Plates at the Curragh of Kildare were run on
Wednesday September 7 and Friday September 9. These are not recognised
dates in either the Julian or the Gregorian calendars. The dates for
these days of the week were Wednesday September 9 and Friday September
11 by the Julian calendar, and Wednesday September 20 and Friday September
22 by the Gregorian calendar |
DATE | COURSE | WINNER | BREEDING |
1698 Sept 15 | Curragh* | BLESSINGTON HORSE | |
1710 July 26 | Curragh* | MASSAREENE HORSE | |
1718 Sept 12 [mares] | Curragh* | Rosse Mare | |
1734 Sept 11 | Curragh* | BUDDROW | |
1739 Sept 12 | Curragh* | PLAISTOW | CHILDERS oo Old Ebony |
1739 Sept 14 [mares] | Curragh* | Burgh's Old Grey Mare | |
1740 Sept | Curragh* | MERRY ANDREW | FOX oo Bonny Lass |
1741 Sept 9 | Curragh | MERRY ANDREW | FOX oo Bonny Lass |
1741 Sept 11 [mares] | Curragh | Dairymaid | ALMANZOR oo Hambleton Mare |
1742 Sept 8 | Curragh | Dairymaid | ALMANZOR oo Hambleton Mare |
1742 Sept 10 [mares] | Curragh | Dairymaid [wo] | ALMANZOR oo Hambleton Mare |
1743 Sept 14 | Curragh | WYVILL'S BAY GELDING [wo] | |
1743 Sept 16 [mares] | Curragh | Dairymaid | ALMANZOR oo Hambleton Mare |
1744 Sept 12 | Curragh | VOLUNTEER | YOUNG BELGRADE oo Bartlett's Childers mare [13] |
1744 Sept 14 [mares] | Curragh | Smallhopes | BARTLETT'S CHILDERS oo Easby Snake mare |
1745 Sept 11 | Curragh* | GROUND IVY | YOUNG LAMPREY oo Young Duchess |
1745 Sept 13 [mares] | Curragh* | Irish Lass | |
1746 Sept 10 | Curragh | GRENADIER | |
1746 Sept 12 [mares] | Curragh | Lady Caroline | CHILDERS oo Snake mare [15] |
1747 Sept 9 | Curragh | PRIMATE | YOUNG BELGRADE oo Young Greyhound mare |
1747 Sept 11 [mares] | Curragh | Lady Caroline | CHILDERS oo Snake mare [15] |
1748 Sept 14 | Curragh | PRIMATE | YOUNG BELGRADE oo Young Greyhound mare |
1748 Sept 16 [mares] | Curragh | Irish Lass | |
1749 Sept 13 | Curragh* | BUSTARD | CRAB oo Miss Slammerkin |
1749 Sept 15 [mares] | Curragh* | Sportley | SPINNER oo Somerset Diamond mare |
1750 Sept 12 | Curragh* | OTHELLO | CRAB oo Miss Slammerkin |
1750 Sept 14 [mares] | Curragh* | Sportley | SPINNER oo Somerset Diamond mare |
1751 July 9 [alt] | Maze | FEARNOUGHT | BOLTON FEARNOUGHT oo Whynot mare |
1751 Sept 11 | Curragh | PRIMATE | YOUNG BELGRADE oo Young Greyhound mare |
1751 Sept 13 [mares] | Curragh | Gore's Grey Mare | VICTORIOUS oo Partner mare |
1752 July 8 [alt] | Downpatrick | Miss Portley | BOLTON FEARNOUGHT |
1752 Sept 20 | Curragh | OTHELLO | CRAB oo Miss Slammerkin |
1752 Sept 22 [mares] | Curragh | Sweet-lips | LITTLE BALL oo Partner mare |
1753 Apr 6 | Curragh | SKEWBALL | GODOLPHIN ARABIAN oo Godolphin Whitefoot mare |
1753 July 25 [alt] | Maze | BOLTON | DUTTON'S WHITEFOOT oo Young Coquette |
1753 Sept 5 | Curragh | GUSTAVUS | CROFT'S FORESTER oo Chicken |
1753 Sept 7 [mares] | Curragh | Duchess | DEVONSHIRE BLACKLEGS oo Fox mare |
1754 July 24 [alt] | Downpatrick | CYRUS | GODOLPHIN |
1754 Sept 11 | Curragh | GUSTAVUS [wo] | CROFT'S FORESTER oo Chicken |
1754 Sept 13 [mares] | Curragh | Duchess | DEVONSHIRE BLACKLEGS oo Fox mare |
1755 July 13 [alt] | Maze* | SPORTSMAN | BOLTON STARLING |
1755 Sept 10 | Curragh | GUSTAVUS [wo] | CROFT'S FORESTER oo Chicken |
1755 Sept 12 [mares] | Curragh | Miss Baker | NERO oo Drought's Chesnut Mare |
1756 Apr 16 [mares] | Curragh | Silverheels | SEDBURY oo Cottingham mare |
1756 Apr 17 [5yrs] | Curragh | Munster Lass | DEVONSHIRE HIP |
1756 July 14 [alt] | Downpatrick | HIGHLANDER | PORTMORE HIGHLANDER oo Crawford's Turk mare |
1756 Sept 8 | Curragh | GUSTAVUS | CROFT'S FORESTER oo Chicken |
1756 Sept 10 [mares] | Curragh | Redrose | REGULUS |
1757 Apr 26 [mares] | Curragh* | Epsom | |
1757 Apr 28 [5yrs] | Curragh | BABRAHAM | MOGUL |
1757 Sept 14 | Curragh | BABRAHAM | MOGUL |
1757 Sept 16 [mares] | Curragh | Munster Lass | DEVONSHIRE HIP |
1758 Apr 25 [mares] | Curragh | Miss Danby | CADE |
1758 Apr 27 [5yrs] | Curragh | NABOB | BUSTARD |
1758 June 13 [4yrs] | Curragh | PRUSSIA | GROUND IVY |
1758 July 19 [alt] | Downpatrick | NABOB [wo] | BUSTARD |
1758 Sept 13 | Curragh | STEADY | PORTMORE STEADY oo Partner mare |
1758 Sept 15 [mares] | Curragh | Munster Lass | DEVONSHIRE HIP |
1759 Apr 24 [mares] | Curragh | Bajazetta | BAJAZET oo Traveller mare |
1759 Apr 26 [5yrs] | Curragh | Statira | BUSTARD oo Plaistow mare |
1759 June 12 [4yrs] | Curragh | PRINCE EDWARD | BUSTARD oo Bolton Starling mare |
1759 July 18 [alt] | Maze* | ALBORACK | BUSTARD |
1759 Sept 12 | Curragh | STEADY | PORTMORE STEADY oo Partner mare |
1759 Sept 14 [mares] | Curragh | Lottery | BLANK oo Young Look at me Lads |
1760 Apr 22 [mares] | Curragh | Belvedere Bay Mare | BAJAZET |
1760 Apr 24 [5yrs] | Curragh* | CONQUEROR | BAJAZET oo Clio |
1760 June 10 [4yrs] | Curragh* | PROMISE | GORE'S ALFRED |
1760 July [alt] | Downpatrick* | CONQUEROR | BAJAZET oo Clio |
1760 Sept 10 | Curragh | HERO | CADE oo Spinner mare |
1760 Sept 12 [mares] | Curragh | Lottery | BLANK oo Young Look at me Lads |
1761 Apr 21 [mares] | Curragh | Western Lass | OLD ENGLAND oo Croft's Forester mare [22] |
1761 Apr 23 [5yrs] | Curragh | STRONGBOW | OLD ENGLAND oo Croft's Forester mare [22] |
1761 June 9 [4yrs] | Curragh | CHAFFINCH | BELGRADE THE THIRD |
1761 June 12 [5yrs] | Curragh | CANDIDATE | OLD ENGLAND oo Dutton's Whitefoot mare |
1761 June 13 [aged] | Curragh | PRINCE FERDINAND | BAJAZET oo Crab mare |
1761 July 22 [alt] | Maze | STRONGBOW | OLD ENGLAND oo Croft's Forester mare [22] |
1761 Sept 9 | Curragh | HERO | CADE oo Spinner mare |
1761 Sept 11 [mares] | Curragh | Lottery | BLANK oo Young Look at me Lads |
1762 Apr 20 [mares] | Curragh | Whitenose | SKIM |
1762 Apr 22 [5yrs] | Curragh | CANDIDATE | OLD ENGLAND oo Dutton's Whitefoot mare |
1762 June 8 [4yrs] | Curragh | GIMCRACK | DUTTON'S WHITEFOOT |
1762 June 11 [5yrs] | Curragh | LIBELLER | GROUND IVY |
1762 June 12 [aged] | Curragh | PRINCE FERDINAND | BAJAZET oo Crab mare |
1762 July 21 [alt] | Downpatrick | ANTELOPE | OLD ENGLAND oo Wyvill's Antelope mare |
1762 Sept 8 | Curragh | HERO [wo] | CADE oo Spinner mare |
1762 Sept 9 [mares] | Curragh | Lottery | BLANK oo Young Look at me Lads |
1763 Apr 26 [mares] | Curragh | Dove | BUSTARD oo Croft's Forester mare [22] |
1763 Apr 28 [5yrs] | Curragh | SPEEDWELL | BELGRADE THE THIRD |
1763 June 14 [4yrs] | Curragh | FELLOW CRAFT | BUSTARD oo Merry Andrew mare |
1763 June 17 [5yrs] | Curragh | COLOSSUS | BUSTARD |
1763 June 18 [aged] | Curragh | PRINCE FERDINAND | BAJAZET oo Crab mare |
1763 July 20 [alt] | Maze | SEJANUS | |
1763 Sept 14 | Curragh | HERO | CADE oo Spinner mare |
1763 Sept 16 [mares] | Curragh | Lottery | BLANK oo Young Look at me Lads |
1763 Sept 17 [lieu] | Curragh | FELLOW CRAFT | BUSTARD oo Merry Andrew mare |
1764 Apr 24 [mares] | Curragh | Miss Bannister | SNAP |
1764 Apr 26 [5yrs] | Curragh | Constant Betty | |
1764 June 12 [4yrs] | Curragh | Queen Bess | BUSTARD oo Croft's Forester mare [22] |
1764 June 15 [5yrs] | Curragh | CHAMPION | COALITION COLT |
1764 June 16 [aged] | Curragh | CANDIDATE | OLD ENGLAND oo Dutton's Whitefoot mare |
1764 July 28 [alt] | Downpatrick | EDMOND | CURZON'S ALFRED |
1764 Sept 12 | Curragh | HERO | CADE oo Spinner mare |
1764 Sept 14 [mares] | Curragh | Modesty | BAJAZET |
1764 Sept 15 [lieu] | Curragh | CHAMPION | COALITION COLT |
1765 Apr 23 [mares] | Curragh | Queen Bess | BUSTARD oo Croft's Forester mare [22] |
1765 Apr 25 [5yrs] | Curragh | CHAMPION | COALITION COLT |
1765 July 22 [alt] | Maze | CHAMPION | COALITION COLT |
1765 Sept 11 | Curragh | HORATIUS | BLANK oo Childers mare |
1765 Sept 13 [mares] | Curragh | Flashing Molly | PORTMORE OROONOKO oo Smiling Molly |