Brilliant Thoroughbred

Color: buck

(GB)

Bred by Charles Colyear, 2nd Earl of Portmore, was sold as a 2YO to William Crofts of West Harling, Norfolk. Mr Crofts was an early member of the Jockey Club and said to be a mentor on the turf to Sir Charles Bunbury, the owner of the first Derby winner Diomed (ch c 1777 Florizel) who lived in neighbouring Suffolk. Sir Charles raced several of Brilliant's offspring.
Brilliant ran from 1754 to 1757 under the colours of William Crofts, winning seven of his starts. A portrait taken of what appears to be his final race in 1757 shows him finishing fourth to Mr Curzon's Jason.
He went directly into the stud following his final race, covering at Epsom, Surrey, from 1757 to 1763, except for the 1761 season when he stood at Richmond, Yorkshire. From 1764 to 1772 he stood at Crofts's farm in West Harling, where he commanded a fee of 10 guineas, double his previous fee. His stock was said to be generally of good size and handsome. A success as a stallion, he got numerous good runners, including the noteworthy Bellario and Don Dun, but his legacy is perhaps more due to his daughters.
info from: http://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Bios/Brilliant.htm

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