page_title: Moses (horse)
section_title: 1822: three-year-old season
hierarchical_section_title: Moses (horse) / Racing career / 1822: three-year-old season
caption_attribution_description: English: Finish of the 1822 Epsom Derby. Moses wins. Painting by James Pollard (1792-1867). Artist dead for 167 years.
context_page_description: Moses was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a career that lasted from April 1822 to May 1823 he ran five times and won four races. In 1822, when three years old, he won all three of his races and became the second of six colts owned by members of the British Royal Family to win The Derby. His subsequent career was restricted by injuries and he was retired after sustaining his only defeat. He had limited success as a sire of winners and was exported to Germany in 1830.
context_section_description: Moses was unraced as a two-year-old but had acquired enough of a reputation to be regarded as one of the leading contenders for the Derby before the season began. He made his racecourse debut on 23 April 1822 at Newmarket. He was made the 6/4 favourite for a six furlong Sweepstakes and claimed the 200-guinea prize, beating two opponents. Although he won easily, the quality of the beaten horses was questionable.
  On 23 May at Epsom Moses started 6/1 third favourite in a twelve-runner field for the Derby, with Hampden being made the 3/1 favourite. The early running was made by an outsider named Wanton who led until the turn into the straight but then veered off the course and into the crowd. The closing stages were disputed by Moses, Hamden, Figaro and an unnamed "brother to Antonio". After a "most desperate struggle", Moses, ridden by Thomas Goodisson, won by half a neck from Figaro, with Hampden a length away in third. Wearing the colours of the Duke of York in the race, Moses gave the Duke his second victory, and the third for the royal family, at the Derby. The race was described in a contemporary source as "the best Derby ever run."
  Moses reappeared at Ascot on 5 June for the one mile Albany Stakes. Despite carrying a five pounds weight penalty for winning the Derby he started odds on favourite and won "very cleverly" from Stamford. Following this race, Moses began to have training problems, developing "sand-cracks" in his hooves which prevented him from running again in 1822. Moses was scheduled to appear in a match race at Newmarket in October against a four-year-old colt called Black-and-all-black (who was black). He failed to appear for the match, allowing the owners of his opponent to claim the stake money.
caption: The "desperate" finish of the 1822 Derby
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