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 | | His next, and last, race was the Doncaster Cup, which he won, beating Blacklock's son Laurel (age five), the great mare Fleur-de-Lis, and three others. |
 | | He was then taken to Doncaster, where he ran second to the great Alice Hawthorn, then age five, in the Doncaster Cup, his last race. |
 | | His daughter MEROPE (1841, from a mare by Juniper, Family 3 - i) was half sister to Malek, Moss Rose and Velocipede (all by Blacklock); she ran second to Sorella in the 1,000 Guineas, and second to Princess in the Oaks, among a number of her placings. |
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