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British-bred Redpath, the winner of the 1885 Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris, also ran that year in the Grand National (won by Roquefort), where he came in fourth, ahead of the 1883 winner Zoedone, and the 1887 winner Gamecock. He was one of a number of successful descendants of Uncas, a leading sire of jumpers in the second half of the nineteenth century, as well as of winners on the flat. Although bred in England, Uncas, who was a good two year old, but ruined at three, stood at stud in Ireland, where he got four winners of the Irish Derby, in addition to his jumping progeny; a half-brother, Lurgan, was another good steeplechase sire, and a half-sister, Hilarity also jumped. Sons of Uncas included Ingomar, sire of The Citadel (Irish Grand National); Wild Cherry, a good jumper sire to whom the Irish Grand National winner Brown Bess is sometimes attributed; Warspite, sire of Irish Grand National winner Thurles and through him grandsire of Grand National winner Eremon. Redpath's dam came from the British half-bred family B-11. Image courtesy Clarke Gallery. |
