Also known as Pelham's or Marshall's Old Spot, he was probably bred at Selaby by one of the Marshall brothers, John or Richard, and later joined the stud of either Henry Curwen of Workington, Cumberland, or his associate Charles Pelham of Brocklesby Park, Lincolnshire
Sire of 1) the dam of Sister One to Mixbury, dam of a) [Croft's] Partner, 4 times Champion Sire and sire of Tartar, sire of 8 times Champion Sire [King] Herod; b) King's Plates winners Sedbury, Sly, Barforth, Little Partner, Cato, Spectre, Spinster, Badger and Little John; and c) Sister to Soreheels - dam of [Devonshire] Blacklegs (Champion Sire 1746); of Crab (Champion Sire 1748, 1749 and 1750); and of Snip, sire of 4 times Champion Sire Snap; of 2) an unnamed mare which is the fourth earliest mare in the lineage of Family 44; and of 3) another unnamed daughter which is the second earliest mare in the lineage of Family 18