page_title: Bay Bolton
section_title: Racing career
hierarchical_section_title: Bay Bolton / Racing career
caption_attribution_description: English: John Wootton's Horse Race at Newmarket (The Duke of Bolton's 'Bay Bolton' defeating the Duke of Somerset's Grey 'Windham' (Old Wyndham) at Newmarket on either 12th November 1712 or 4th April 1713) 30 x 46 inches.
context_page_description: Bay Bolton or Brown Lusty was a British Thoroughbred racehorse who won Queen Anne's Gold Cup as a five-year-old in 1710. After retiring from racing he became a successful sire for the Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton, and his son Charles Powlett, 3rd Duke of Bolton, was Champion sire seven times.
context_section_description: At York in 1710, Bay Bolton (then a five-year-old) beat eight six-year-olds to win Queen Anne's Gold Cup. In 1710 he also won the Subscription Purse at Middleham-Moor. He then walked 200 miles to run in, and win, the Rich Prize at Quainton-Meadow in Buckinghamshire. Bay Bolton was then bought by the Duke of Bolton, who sent him to Newmarket, where he won a match race against the Duke of Somerset's Wyndham and a match against Sir Matthew Pierson's Merlin. He also won two match races against Mr Frampton's Dragon.
caption: Horse Race at Newmarket (The Duke of Bolton's Bay Bolton defeating the Duke of Somerset's Grey Windham (Old Wyndham) at Newmarket on either 12 November 1712 or 4 April 1713), by John Wootton, 30 x 46 inches.
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