| Quiz | |
|---|---|
&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Henry_Bernard_Chalon_-_Quiz,_After_His_Last_Race_at_Newmarket_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg) Quiz, After His Last Race at Newmarket, by Henry Bernard Chalon | |
| Sire | Buzzard |
| Grandsire | Woodpecker |
| Dam | Miss West |
| Damsire | Matchem |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1798 |
| Country | Kingdom of Great Britain |
| Colour | Chestnut |
| Breeder | Henry Goodricke |
| Owner | Gilbert Crompton Francis Dawson Francis Neale Lord Rous |
| Trainer | George Searle |
| Record | 36: 21-7-2 |
| Major wins | |
| St Leger Stakes (1801) Jockey Club Plate (1802) Brocket-Hall Gold Cup (1802, 1803, 1804) King's Plate at York (1802) Great Subscription Purse (1802) Match against Highland Fling (1803) Oatlands Stakes (1803, 1806) Surrey Yeoman's Plate (1805) Reading Gold Cup (1805) Abingdon Members' Purse (1805) | |
Quiz (1798–1826) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire best known for winning the classic St Leger Stakes in 1801. Quiz was a durable, top-class performer, winning at least once a year in racing career which lasted seven seasons from August 1801 until April 1807. Apart from the St Leger he won many other important races including three Brocket Hall Gold Cups (beating the Derby winner Eleanor on the third occasion), two Oatlands Stakes at Newmarket Racecourse, a Great Subscription Purse at York, a King's Plate and the Jockey Club Plate (defeating the St Leger winner Cockfighter). In all he won twenty-one times in thirty-six races for four different owners before being retired to stud, one of which was Mr Hallett Esq, where he proved to be a successful sire of winners.