Squirrel was a BritishThoroughbred racehorse. He won seven of his nine races, including the1400 Guineas Stakes andmatch races against Dapper and Jason. He was also a successful stallion, siringCraven Stakes winner Firetail. However he was more well known for producing broodmares, siring the dams of sevenClassic winners includingDerby winnerNoble, along with the dam ofchampion sireTrumpator. Squirrel was owned by Jenison Shafto.

Squirrel was abaycolt bred by William Cornforth and foaled in 1754.^[1] He was sired by Traveller, who won several races. As a sire he served few mares until Dainty Davy, and Squirrel himself, made it to the racecourse and turned out to be good horses.^[2] Squirrel'sdam was Grey Bloody Buttocks, a daughter ofBloody Buttocks.^[3] He was sold toJenison Shafto.^[4]

Squirrel's first race was atHuntingdon, where he finished runner-up to Mr. Swinburn's Belford. In October 1758 in the first running of the1400 Guineas Stakes over the four-mile, one-and-a-half furlong Beacon Course atNewmarket. He won the race, where the opposition included theEarl of Northumberland's Primrose and Mr. Panton's Posthumous. Later in the same meeting he beat Kiddleston, Standby, Crab, Shock, Bosphorus, Dormouse, Perseus and Rake to win 120 guineas. He returned to the track in May 1759, when he won a 300 guineasmatch race against Mr. Panton's Mystery over the Beacon Course. AtYork he finished second to Silvo and in October at Newmarket he beat Spider in a match race for 200 guineas over the Rowley Mile.^[1]

At Newmarket in April 1760 be beat theDuke of Cumberland's Dapper over the Beacon Course for 500 guineas. In July he won the Ladies' Plate, which was run in four-mile heats, beating Juniper and Posthumous. In the spring of 1761 he easily beatSir James Lowther's Jason in a match race of the Beacon Course worth 1000 guineas. Later in the spring he was due to face another of Lowther's horses, Barham, for another 1000 guineas match, but before the race he becamelame in hisfetlock and the race did not take place. He was then taken out of training and retired to stud.^[1]

Squirrel became a successful stallion and during his career at stud his progeny earned over £56,000 on the racecourse.^[1] He stood at Packenham Hall inSuffolk^[4] and his progeny included:

• Lady Bolingbroke (1766) – foaled theOaks winnerTetotum.^[4]
• Squirrel mare (1767) – foaled the Oaks winnerCeres and the dam ofDerby winnersDaedalus andRhadamanthus.^[4]
• Flora (1768) – produced theSt. Leger winnersSpadille andYoung Flora.^[4]
• Firetail (1769) – won a number of races, including theCraven Stakes in 1773.^[5]
• Brim (1771) – foaled the 1786 Derby winnerNoble.^[4]
• Brunette (1771) – was the dam ofchampion sireTrumpator.^[4]
• Cypher (1772) – was the dam of Oaks winnerTrifle.^[4]
• Dasher (1772) – running from 1776 to 1779, he won several race at Newmarket, Chelmsford, Odiham,Epsom,Ascot Heath and Andover.^[5]
• Squirrel mare – foaled the Oaks winnerSerina.^[4]

Squirrel died in 1780.^[3]

• 1754 racehorse births
• 1780 racehorse deaths
• Racehorses bred in the Kingdom of Great Britain
• Racehorses trained in the Kingdom of Great Britain
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