Blacklock (horse)

Blacklock
Blacklock in Landscape by John Frederick Herring
SireWhitelock
GrandsireHambletonian
DamCoriander mare
DamsireCoriander
SexStallion
Foaled1814
CountryGreat Britain
ColourBay
BreederFrancis Moss
OwnerThomas Kirby
Richard Watt
TrainerTommy Sykes
Record23: 17–4–1
Major wins
Gascoigne Stakes (1817)
Dundas Stakes (1817, 1818)
Constitution Stakes (1818)
4yo Great Subscription Purse (1818)
4yo & 5yo Great Subscription Purse (1818)
Sweepstakes of 25 gs at York (1818)
Doncaster Stakes (1818)
Doncaster Club Stakes (1818)
York Gold Cup (1819)
5yo+ Great Subscription Purse (1819)
Awards
Champion sire of Great Britain (1829)

Blacklock (1814 – 24 February 1831) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse who won seventeen of his twenty-three races. As a two-year-old in 1816 he was undefeated in three starts. In his first race as a three-year-old he finished second in the St. Leger, a neck behind Ebor. He then won four races in two weeks, including the Gascoigne Stakes and Dundas Stakes. In 1818 he recorded several wins including two of the Great Subscription Purses at York. He won a third Great Subscription Purse in 1819, along with the York Gold Cup. After retiring from racing, Blacklock became a successful stallion and was champion sire of Great Britain in 1829, the year his son Voltaire won the Doncaster Cup. He was owned by Thomas Kirby as a two-year-old, before being purchased by Richard Watt, who owned him for the remainder of his racing career. Blacklock was trained by Tommy Sykes.