Pope (horse)
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Pope, also known as Waxy Pope and The Sligo Waxy, was a Thoroughbred racehorse that won the 1809 Epsom Derby and was a leading sire in Ireland. Pope was the first Epsom Derby winner produced by his si
Pope, painted in 1824 by Henry Bernard Chalon when he was standing in Ireland under the name "The Sligo Waxy."
Pope (foreground) and Wizard running in the 1809 Derby in a contemporary engraving based on a painting by John Nott Sartorius.
Waxy (horse)
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Waxy was a British Thoroughbred racehorse which won the 1793 Epsom Derby and was an influential sire in the late eighteenth and early part of the nineteenth century. Waxy was bred by Sir Ferdinando Po
Pope (horse)
…a Thoroughbred racehorse that won the 1809 Epsom Derby and was a leading sire in Ireland. Pope was the first Epsom Derby winner produced by his sire Waxy, who would go on to sire three more Derby winners and three winners of The Oaks. Pope was a half-brother to the prolific broodmare Penelope, the dam…
Waxy, winner of the 1793 Derby by Francis Sartorius.
Waxy's trainer, Robert Robson (center) with jockey Frank Buckle (left) and John Wastel in a painting by Benjamin Marshall, c. 1802
Waxy's most celebrated offspring were bred by the Duke of Grafton at the Euston Hall stud.