Whalebone (horse)
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Whalebone was a British Thoroughbred racehorse that won the 1810 Epsom Derby and was a successful sire of racehorses and broodmares in the 1820s. Whalebone and his full-brother Whisker were produced b
Whalebone in a painting by John Frederick Herring, Sr., c. 1820
Whalebone was owned by the Earl of Egremont after his racing career and stood his entire breeding career at Petworth House. The horse statue on the table to the right of Egremont depicts Whalebone.
Birdcatcher (horse)
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Birdcatcher, or Irish Birdcatcher, was a Thoroughbred racehorse and a leading sire.
Whalebone (horse)
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Birdcatcher with jockey (1858), painted by Samuel Spode