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School of John Wootton (1686-1765) Regulus (b.1739), a Thoroughbred Stallion; and Matchem (b.1748),.

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School of John Wootton (1686-1765) Regulus (b.1739), a Thoroughbred Stallion; and Matchem (b.1748),.
School of John Wootton (1686-1765) Regulus (b.1739), a Thoroughbred Stallion; and Matchem (b.1748), a Thoroughbred Stallion, oil on canvas, each 25 x 29cm, a pair (2) Provenance: The Leger Galleries Ltd., 13 Old Bond Street, London, W1, March 1965, whence bought by the present owner Exhibited: The Leger Galleries Ltd., 13 Old Bond Street, London, W1, Old and Modern Masters, March 1965. Regulus was bred by Lord Chedworth and born in 1739. Regulus was never beaten, and was considered to be the most superior horse of his time. He was also one of the greatest sires of the 18th Century, and died at the age of 26 at Low Garterly, Yorkshire. Matchem was one of the really great stallions of the 18th Century. He was a bay horse, born in 1748, bred by John Holme of Carlisle, and sold to William Fenwick of Bywell, Northumberland. He was a grandson of the Godolphin Arabian, and was far more successful as a stallion than as a racehorse. All his progeny were extremely successful racehorses. He lived to the great age of 33, and covered a mare, and got her in foal, a few days before his death £2,500-3,000
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