Saltram (1780–1802) was a BritishThoroughbred racehorse andsire. In a career that lasted from spring 1783 to May 1785 he ran eight times and won four races. In 1783 he won the fourth running ofThe Derby on his third racecourse appearance. He won one race in 1784 and was then sold toGeorge, Prince of Wales for whom he won a race at Newmarket in 1785 before being retired tostud. After having some success as a stallion in England he was exported to the United States where he died in 1802.

Saltram was a brown horse standing 15.3 hands high bred byGeneral John Parker who was elevated to thePeerage as Lord Boringdon in 1784. Parker was fromPlympton inDevon and named the colt after the nearbySaltram House. Saltram was described as a "beautiful" horse of "great strength" despite "having lost one eye".^[1] He was sired by Dennis O'Kelly'sEclipse, the dominant racehorse of his time who was undefeated in eighteen races before becoming one of the most important and influential stallions in Thoroughbred history.^[2] Saltram was the fifth of eleven foals^[3] born to Mr Parker's mare Virago went on to produce the 1787Epsom Oaks winner Annette and was the female-line ancestor of the Derby winnersDitto,Pan andGustavus.^[4]

Saltram made his first racecourse appearance atNewmarket in the spring of 1783. At the Craven meeting he ran in a tenfurlong Sweepstakes "Across the Flat" and won the 300guinea prize by beating Mr Douglas's unnamed colt by Justice.^[5] He then finished second in the Cumberland Stakes, also at Newmarket.^[6]

There were thirty-six entries but only six runners for the Derby atEpsom on 29 May and Saltram was made5/2 joint favourite with Dennis O'Kelly's colt Cornet. The 1783 edition of the race was the last to be run over one mile, before the distance was extended to one and a half miles in 1784. Ridden byCharles Hindley, Saltram won from O'Kelly's second choice runner Dungannon, followed by Parlington, Gonzales, Cornet and the futureSt Leger winner Phoenomenon. Saltram did not run again as a three-year-old: a scheduled match race in October over two miles againstLord Egremont's colt Rinaldo was cancelled, with Lord Egremont paying a 50 guinea forfeit.^[5]

Saltram returned as a four-year-old to finish third to Gonzales in theClaret Stakes at Newmarket in April.^[6] At the next Newmarket meeting Saltram ran a match race over the Rowley Mile course againstLord Foley's colt Oliver Cromwell. He started the 4/5 favourite and defeated his opponent at level weights to win the 100 guinea prize.^[5]

After a break of five months, Saltram returned to Newmarket in October for a 500 guineahandicap. He was made odds on favourite, but finished second to Balance, a colt owned byLord Grosvenor.^[7] After this race he was sold by Lord Boringdon to thePrince of Wales.^[8]

Saltram ran twice for his new owner at the First Spring meeting at Newmarket in 1785. In the Craven Stakes, run atweight-for-age over ten furlongs, he finished second of the twelve runners to Dungannon at odds of 8/1.^[9] He then ran in a 200 guinea Sweepstakes over the Abingdon Mile course, which he won by defeatingLord Clermont's colt Cantator to whom he was conceding eighteenpounds.^[5]

Saltram began his career as a stallion at the Prince of Wales's private stud. From 1790 onwards he was made available to the public at a variety of British studs. In 1791 he stood atAston Clinton, nearTring inHertfordshire at a fee of twenty guineas, making him one of the most expensive stallions in England.^[10] By 1795, he had been moved toCarshalton inSurrey, at a fee of 10 guineas, with a guinea for the groom.^[11] By 1798, his fee had fallen to five guineas and he was standing at Mr Haynes's Livery Stable,Great Portland Street,London.^[12] The best of his offspring were Oscar, who won the Craven Stakes and the Oatlands Stakes, and Whiskey, a successful sire whose progeny included the Derby winnerEleanor.^[13]

In 1799 he was bought by William Lightfoot and exported to stand as a stallion at Sandy Point,Charles City County, Virginia where he had some success as a sire of broodmares. Saltram died in Virginia in 1802.^[6]

* Saltram isinbred 3S x 3D to the stallionRegulus, meaning that he appears third generation on the sire side of his pedigree, and third generation on the dam side of his pedigree.

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• Epsom Derby winners
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