Dungannon (horse)

Dungannon
CountryEngland
OwnerGeorge Hume Steuart
Major wins
Annapolis Subscription Plate (1743)
Awards
Annapolis Subscription Plate

Dungannon, (aka "Duncannon"), was a thoroughbred racehorse owned by the tobacco planter and horse breeder George Hume Steuart (1700–1784), who imported the horse from England[1] to race against his rival, Charles Carroll of Annapolis (1703–1783). Dungannon won the Annapolis Subscription Plate, in May 1743, the first recorded formal horse race in colonial Maryland, and the second oldest in North America.[2]

  1. ^ Nelker, 118
  2. ^ Official History of the Maryland Jockey Club Retrieved February 18, 2010