Cade (horse)

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British Thoroughbred sire

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::summary British Thoroughbred sire ::

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Field	Value
horsename	Cade
image_name	Cade (GB).jpg
sire	Godolphin Arabian
dam	Roxana
damsire	Bald Galloway
sex	Stallion
foaled	1734
country	Great Britain
colour	Bay
breeder	Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin
owner	Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin
Thomas Meredith of Easby
awards	Leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland
(1752, 1753, 1758, 1759, 1760)
updated	19 July 2011
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Cade (1734–1756) was an important foundation sire of Thoroughbred racehorses. He was the leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland in 1752, 1753, 1758, 1759 and 1760.

Breeding

Bred by Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin, he was by the Thoroughbred foundation sire, the Godolphin Arabian. Out of Roxana (1718) (by Bald Galloway), he was a full-brother to the first son of the Goldophin Arabian, Lath (1732 bay colt). Orphaned by Roxana when he was 10 days old, he was raised on cows' milk.

Racing career

In 1740, he defeated Sedbury (1734 chestnut colt by Partner), Elephant and Blacksilver to win the King's Plate. The following year, in April, he finished second to Sedbury in the King's Plate, defeating Countess and Elephant. He then ran second in a £50 race in July 1744 to Molorro (bl. c. 1736). Cade was then sold to Thomas Meredith of Easby in 1745, for whom he ran third in a 50 guineas purse to Bucephalus (ch.g. 1738) and Starling.

Stud record

Cade was more successful as a stallion than a racehorse, becoming Leading Sire in England in 1752, 1753, 1758, 1759 and 1760. His top offspring included:

Cade Mare: 1751 grey filly, dam of Mambrino (horse), also 19th dam of Alysheba
Changeling: 1747 bay colt, full-brother to Matchem, sired Le Sang
Kitty Fisher: 1756 grey filly, sent to the USA, in the pedigree of Boston
Matchem: three-time leading sire, one of three sire-lines to producing modern Thoroughbreds
Silvio: 1754 bay colt, winner of the 1764 Richmond Gold Cup
Warrens Sportsman: 1753 bay colt, damsire of Potoooooooo and the Derby winner Sir Thomas.
Wildair: 1753 bay colt, sent to the USA, eventually taken back to England
Young Cade: 1747 bay colt, unraced but an important sire

Cade died at Easby Abbey, in September 1756.

Sire line tree

Cade
- Bandy
- Changeling
  - Le Sang
    - Bourbon
    - Orpheus
    - Miracle
- Trunnion
- Young Cade
  - Dove
  - Julius Caesar
  - Tanner
  - Royal George
  - Drone
  - Cadmus
- Martin
- Matchem
  - Turf
    - Crop
      - Lop
    - Acacia
  - Dux
    - Yellow Jack
      - Jacks Maidenhead
  - Conductor
    - Imperator
      - Pipator
    - Trumpator
      - Paynator
      - Didelot
      - Sorcerer
      - Governor
    - Harpator
  - Pantaloon
    - Buffer
    - Harry Rowe
    - John Doe
  - North Star
    - North Star
  - Johnny
  - Pumpkin
    - Young Pumpkin
  - Alfred
    - Doctor
    - Guyler
    - Shipton
    - Tickle Toby
  - Protector
  - Dictator
  - Magnum Bonum
    - Rattler
      - Rattler
  - Magog
    - Forester
- Hero
  - Friar
  - Adonis
- Sportsman
- Wildair
  - Bashaw
  - Wildair (Church)
    - Diamond
  - Telemachus
  - Tommy
- Belford
- Northumberland
  - Ragamuffin
  - Teucer
  - Young Northumberland
- Silvio
- Brother to Silvio
- Sprightly
  - Pyrrhus
    - Edgar
    - Sysyfus
- Pangloss
- Boreas

References

[http://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricSires/FoundationSires/FoundSiresC.html Tb Heritage (Old) Cade] Retrieved on 19 May 2009
[http://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Bios/Cade.htm Cade] Retrieved on 19 May 2009
[http://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricSires/FoundationSires/FoundSiresC.html Foundation Sires: C]
"Biography: Cade".
[http://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricSires/FoundationSires/FoundSiresL.html#LeSang Foundation Sire: Le Sang]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20210422164622/http://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Studbook/EarlyXYZ.htm Studbook: Early XYZ]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20210422164653/http://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Studbook/EarlyD.htm Studbook: Early D]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20210420025900/http://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Sirelines/Matchem.htm Sire Line: Matchem]
[http://www.tbheritage.com/Portraits/Matchem.html Portraits: Matchem]
[https://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Bios/Matchem.htm Biography: Matchem]{{Dead link. (October 2025)
[http://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricSires/FoundationSires/FoundSiresXYZ.html Foundation Sires: XYZ]
[http://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricSires/FoundationSires/FoundSiresC.html#Conductor Foundation Sire: Conductor]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20210422180511/http://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Studbook/EarlyIJK.htm Studbook: Early IJK]
[http://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricSires/FoundationSires/FoundSiresP.html#Pipator Foundation Sire: Pipator]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20210422164619/http://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Studbook/EarlyP.htm Studbook: Early P]
[https://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Bios/Sorcerer.htm Biography: Sorcerer]
[http://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricSires/FoundationSires/FoundSiresI.html#Imperator Foundation Sire: Imperator]
[http://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricSires/FoundationSires/FoundSiresP.html#Pantaloon Foundation Sire: Pantaloon]
[http://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricSires/FoundationSires/FoundSiresP.html#Pumpkin Foundation Sire: Pumpkin]
[http://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricSires/FoundationSires/FoundSiresA.html#Alfred Foundation Sire: Alfred]
[https://www.clyx.com/books/wallace/the_horse_of_america_in_his_derivation_history_and/chapter_xvii_messenger_and_his_ancestors.htm CHAPTER XVII. MESSENGER AND HIS ANCESTORS]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20210422164655/http://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Studbook/EarlyM.htm Studbook: Early M]
"Studbook Early H".
[http://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricSires/FoundationSires/FoundSiresW.html#Wildair Foundation Sire: Wildair]
"Studbook Early W".
[https://sporthorse-data.com/pedigree/churchs-wildair?mode=d Church's Wildair]
[https://sporthorse-data.com/offspring?horse_id=10539310 Church's Wildair Offspring]
[http://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricSires/FoundationSires/FoundSiresN.html#Northumberland Foundation Sire: Northumberland]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20210422164733/http://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Studbook/EarlyNO.htm Studbook: Early NO]
"Studbook Early T".
[http://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricSires/FoundationSires/FoundSiresS.html Foundation Sires: S]
[http://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricSires/FoundationSires/FoundSiresP.html Foundation Sirea: P]

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