Taproot Mare Family 5-b
Dam of Skim (1818 Craven Stakes, King's Plate Newmarket, 1819 King's Plate Lewes); and of Young Gohanna, the sire of Gift (3rd dam of Queen Mary, one of the greatest mares in the General Stud Book and the taproot mare of Family 10-a)
In addition to her descendants through her daughter Castanea, the taproot mare of Family 5-d, the best horses which descend from Grey Skim include Moses (1822 Derby), Tontine (1840 Prix du Jockey Club), St. James (1882 Prix du Jockey Club), Miss Hazlewood (1922 Irish Oaks), Mouktar (1985 Prix du Jockey Club), Tiraaz (1998 Prix Royal-Oak) and a number of other classic winners, particularly in Germany, Poland and Australasia.