the start, went to the front early in the straight and held on in a close finish to win by a head from the five-year-old Advance. On his next start Sefton ran in the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket on 7 May. He led for most of the race and stayed on after being overtaken in the final furlong to prove the best of the English colts, finishing third to the filly Pilgrimage and the French-trained Insulaire. At Epsom Sefton, looking much fitter than he had done at Newmarket, started at odds of 100/12 (just over 8/1) in a field of twenty-two for the Derby on 6 June. Insulaire, who had won the Prix du Jockey Club a few days earlier, was made favourite ahead of Bonnie Scotland. The weather was miserable, and the customary large crowd was not so impressive as in previous years. Ridden by Henry Constable (1854–1881), Sefton was sent to the front after a furlong and never headed. In the straight he held of the challenges of Childeric and the fast-finishing Insulaire to win by one and a half lengths. In addition to the prize money of £5,850, Stirling-Crawfurd was reported to have taken £21,000 in winning bets. Sefton was then sent to Royal Ascot where he ran in the Prince of Wales's Stakes. Carrying top weight of 131 pounds, he made a "gallant effort" but could only manage a dead-heat for third place behind Glengarry, to whom he was conceding sixteen pounds. Sefton had not been entered in the Doncaster St Leger, but returned at Newmarket in October when he defeated Insulaire again in the Newmarket St Leger. Sefton's final race was in the Cesarewitch Handicap over two and a quarter miles, for which he was assigned the second highest weight of 112 pounds, five pounds more than Insulaire. He was never a danger and finished eighth of the twenty runners behind Jester. Sefton returned from the race injured, and was unable to race again. Stud career Sefton made little impact as a stallion and suffered increasingly from rheumatism. By 1891 he was in a "bad way" with "fever in the feet" (most likely laminitis) and was euthanized on 12 August 1891. Pedigree References 1875 racehorse births 1891 racehorse deaths Racehorses bred in the United Kingdom Racehorses trained in the United Kingdom Thoroughbred family 25 Epsom Derby winners