Snap (horse)

Snap
	Painting of Snap
Sire	Snip
Grandsire	Flying Childers
Dam	Sister to Slipby
Damsire	Fox
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1750
Country	Great Britain
Colour	Brown
Breeder	Cuthbert Routh
Owner	Jenison Shafto; Earl of Sandwich
Record	4: 4-0-0
Earnings	£3,250
Major wins
	Match against Marske (1756, twice); Match against Sweepstakes (1757)
Awards
	Leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland; (1767, 1768, 1769, 1771)

Snap (1750 – July 1777) was a Thoroughbred racehorse who won all four of his races. After retiring from racing he became a successful stallion. He was Champion sire four times and his progeny included the undefeated Goldfinder.

Background

Snap was a brown colt foaled in 1750.[1] Bred by Cuthbert Routh and Lord Portmore, as a yearling he was valued at £70.[2] Snap's sire was Snip, a son of the undefeated Flying Childers. His dam was a sister to Slipby and a daughter to Fox. He was sold to Jenison Shafto when Cuthbert Routh died in 1752.[3]

Racing career

Snap's first race came in the spring of 1756 at Newmarket, where he beat Marske to win 1000 guineas. Both horses were carrying ten stone in weight. In the following meeting at Newmarket he again beat Marske for 1000 guineas off level weights, after starting as the 1/10 favourite he won easily. Snap beat Farmer and Music to win the £100 Free Plate, which was run in four mile heats.[1] The Free Plate was run at York, his only race away from Newmarket.[4] His fourth and final race came at Newmarket in April 1757, where he beat Sweepstakes to win 1000 guineas.[1]

Snap's son Goldfinder

Stud career

After his final race Snap was sent to Kenton, Northumberland to replace his sire Snip at stud.[1] He became a leading sire and was Champion sire in 1767, 1768, 1769 and 1771.[2] His progeny included Latham's Snap and the undefeated Goldfinder. His was also the broodmare sire of Epsom Derby winners Assassin and Sir Peter Teazle.[2] Sir Peter Teazle also went on to become a 10-time Champion sire.[5] Snap died in July 1777 at West Wratting in Cambridgeshire, where he had been standing at stud since 1767. In total he sired winners of over 260 races worth over £90,000.[1]

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Pedigree

Pedigree of Snap, brown stallion, 1750[2]
Sire Snip br. 1736	Flying Childers b. 1714	Darley Arabian b. c.1700	(unknown)
		Darley Arabian b. c.1700	(unknown)
		Betty Leedes	Old Careless
		Betty Leedes	Sister to Leedes
	Sister to Soreheels	Basto blk. 1703	Byerley Turk
		Basto blk. 1703	Bay Peg*
		Sister to Mixbury	Curwen's Bay Barb
		Sister to Mixbury	Curwen Spot mare
Dam Sister to Slipby	Fox b. 1714	Clumsey gr. c.1700	Hautboy
		Clumsey gr. c.1700	Miss Darcy's Pet mare
		Bay Peg*	Leedes Arabian
		Bay Peg*	Young Bald Peg
	Gipsey 1725	Bay Bolton br. 1705	Grey Hautboy
		Bay Bolton br. 1705	Makeless mare
		Newcastle Turk mare	Newcastle Turk
		Newcastle Turk mare	Taffolet Barb mare

Note: b. = Bay, blk. = Black, br. = Brown, gr. = Grey

* Snap was inbred 3x4 to Bay Peg. This means that the mare appears once in the third generation and once in the fourth generation of his pedigree.

References

Pick, William; Johnson, R. (1803). The Turf Register. A. Bartholoman, High-Ousegate.
"Snap". Bloodlines.net. Retrieved 2012-10-23.
"Thoroughbred Foundation Sires". Tbheritage.com. Retrieved 2012-10-23.
Taunton, Theo (1901). Famous horses. Sampson Low, Marston.
"Sir Peter Teazle". Bloodlines.net. Retrieved 2012-10-23.

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[turf-1] Pick, William; Johnson, R. (1803). The Turf Register. A. Bartholoman, High-Ousegate.

[bloodlines1-2] "Snap". Bloodlines.net. Retrieved 2012-10-23.

[3] "Thoroughbred Foundation Sires". Tbheritage.com. Retrieved 2012-10-23.

[famous-4] Taunton, Theo (1901). Famous horses. Sampson Low, Marston.

[5] "Sir Peter Teazle". Bloodlines.net. Retrieved 2012-10-23.