| This horse foaled in May, 1775, to Thomas Jefferson, Author of the Declaration of Independence and founder of the University of Virginia. He was named after the first century Gaelic warlord, Caractacus, who was tried by Oratory before Claudius 1. Caractus is probably Thomas Jefferson's most well-known riding horse. Foaled on May 7, 1775, he was the offspring of Jefferson's mare Allycroker and Young Fearnought (owned by William Dandridge), a descendant of the Godolphin Arabian. His sire Young Fearnought who was got by Old Fearfnought on Calista.
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