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Potoooooooo or variations of Pot-8-Os (1773 - November 1800) was an 18th-century British
thoroughbred racehorse who won over 25 races and placed higher than some of the most prominent
racehorses of his time. He went on to be an important sire, whose leading runners included Epsom
Derby winners Waxy, Champion, and Tyrant. He is best known for the unusual spelling of his name,
pronounced Potatoes.
Potoooooooo (also spelled Pot-8-Os, Pot8Os, Pot8O's, or Pot 8 Os in various sources) was a chestnut
colt bred by Willoughby Bertie, 4th Earl of Abingdon, in 1773. He was sired by the undefeated
Eclipse. He was the first foal out of Sportsmistress, who was sired by Warren's Sportsman and traced
to Thwaites' Dun Mare from family number 38 on her dam's side.
The origin of his name has several different versions. According to the most common, Bertie intended
to call the young colt "Potato" and instructed the stable boy to write the name on a feed bin. The
stable boy spelled the name as "Potoooooooo" (Pot followed by 8 "o"s; that is, a failed attempt at
spelling phonetically), which so amused Bertie that he adopted the spelling. Subsequent writers
have used a variety of spellings that reflect the intended revised pronunciation, "Potatoes". In
The Jockey Club's online database equineline.com, the name is spelled as Pot8O's. The General
Stud Book uses Potoooooooo.
Potoooooooo raced from 1776 to 1783, accumulating from 28 to 34 wins from an estimated 40
starts, mostly in 4-mile races on Newmarket's Beacon course. In 1776, he won a 100 guinea
sweepstakes at Newmarket's first spring meeting. In 1777 at age four, he finished second in two
Newmarket races for 4-year-old colts, third at Nottingham, and fifth in the Great Subscription Purse
at York.
In 1778 at age five, Potoooooooo was entered in the 1200 Guineas Stakes at Newmarket's first spring
meeting. During the race, Bertie sold the horse to Richard Grosvenor, 1st Earl Grosvenor for 1,500
guineas. Potoooooooo won the race and subsequently raced under Grosvenor's yellow and black
silks. His subsequent wins that year included the 140 guineas subscription purse at the second
spring meeting, a subscription at Ipswich, a £50 purse at Swaffham and another subscription race at
Newmarket's second October meeting.
In 1779 at age six, he won a number of races at Newmarket, including the Gold Cup, a walkover for
the Clermont Cup and the October Cup. In 1780, he again won several races at Newmarket,
including the 140 guineas subscription purse where he beat King Fergus, the Jockey Club Plate and
another walkover in the Clermont Cup. He also raced twice against Sir Charles Davers' Woodpecker,
Herod's best son from these years, winning once.
In 1781, he won the Jockey Club Plate and the Whip, both by walkover, plus a 400 guineas sweep. In
October, he received 85 guineas "by common consent" as a reward for not starting in the 140 guineas
subscription purse. In 1782, he had a third walkover in the Clermont, won the Jockey Club Plate for
a third time, and was victorious in the Craven Stakes, beating thirteen mostly younger horses. In
1783 at age ten, he won the Whip at Newmarket, but lost a 300 guineas match race to Assassin, who
had won the previous year's Derby, and a 200 guineas sweepstakes.
In 1784, Potoooooooo was retired to stud at Oxcroft Farm near Balsham, Cambridgeshire, where he mostly covered mares
owned by Grosvenor. For other mares, his stud fee was initially 5 guineas, gradually increasing to 21 guineas. In
1796, he was relocated to Upper Hare Park near Newmarket. During his career, Potoooooooo sired 172 winners of
£61,971. His leading offspring and their descendants include:
Potoooooooo died in November 1800 at the age of 27 and was buried at Hare Park. Some 200 years later, his skeleton
was uncovered when a tree blew over. The skeleton is on display at the Kings Yard Galleries of the National
Horseracing Museum in Newmarket.
He is mentioned in the poem Seeing the famous Whip:
Not so the glory of The Whip shall last,
- Seeing the famous Whip, The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, 8th September 2016
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