Title - Bay Malton with John Singleton up

Artist - George Stubbs

Bay Malton, bred by Mrs Ayrton by Sampson out of The Cade Mare and foaled in 1760, was one of the most famous of all 18th century Yorkshire-bred racehorses. He was named after his birthplace, Malton, a town (and pocket borough) which was virtually owned by the Rockingham family, and from which they took their junior title; and after he had first proved his merits by winning a Sweepstake at Malton for four-year-olds in May 1764, he was purchased by Lord Rockingham. Bay Malton thereafter remained in Rockingham's ownership until the end of his life. For nearly five years, he raced with unbroken success both at Newmarket and at York; in each of his races in these years, he was ridden (as he is in Stubbs's portrait) by Rockingham's favourite jockey, John Singleton.