LEDSTONE ch. C, THOROUGHBRED, 1818
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Ledstone was a chestnut colt foaled in 1818 by Cardinal York or Langton out of Tooee by Buzzard. Initially he raced for the Marquis of Queensberry, winning eight races from fifteen starts in 1821-22, although by 1823 he was owned by the Hon. William Maule for whom he won eleven of seventeen races. Of these his best wins were two Perth Gold Cups at £100 each and a Fife Gold Cup at Cupar in 1825. On 5 August 1824 he also won the £100 Forfarshire Gold Cup, presented by Maule himself in his capacity of M.P. for the county, and it is this race, ran at Montrose
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