Lecomte was an exceptional son of Boston who was the only horse to beat the great Lexington. He did so breaking the record for a four mile heat in 7:26.Lecomte was bred to several mares in the spring of 1856 after recovering from a bout of lameness and later that year was sold to Richard Ten Broeck, who also owned Lexington. Ten Broeck plunked down $10,000 for the stallion and shipped him to England for competition. It was not very long after his appearance in England that the horse succumbed to colic.