▁ ▁Background ▁Pap yrus ▁a ▁medium - s ized ▁brown ▁horse ▁" of ▁fine ▁quality " ▁with ▁a ▁white ▁star , ▁was ▁b red ▁by ▁Sir ▁John ▁Robinson ▁at ▁the ▁Works op ▁Man or ▁Stud ▁in ▁Not ting ham shire . ▁He ▁was ▁s ired ▁by ▁the ▁American - bre d ▁T rac ery , ▁a ▁son ▁of ▁Rock ▁Sand ▁who ▁was ▁sent ▁to ▁Britain ▁to ▁race ▁following ▁the ▁passing ▁of ▁the ▁Hart - Ag new ▁Law ▁and ▁whose ▁wins ▁included ▁the ▁ 1 9 1 2 ▁St ▁Leg er . ▁He ▁later ▁became ▁a ▁highly ▁successful ▁s ire , ▁with ▁his ▁best ▁run ners , ▁apart ▁from ▁Pap yrus , ▁including ▁The ▁Pan ther ▁( 2 0 0 0 ▁Gu ine as ) ▁and ▁Trans va al ▁( Gr and ▁Prix ▁de ▁Paris ). ▁T rac ery ▁was ▁export ed ▁to ▁Argentina ▁but ▁was ▁returned ▁to ▁England ▁following ▁Pap yrus ' s ▁Derby ▁victory . ▁Pap yrus ' s ▁dam , ▁Miss ▁Mat ty , ▁never ▁won ▁a ▁race , ▁but ▁produced ▁several ▁other ▁w inners ▁at ▁stud . ▁ ▁As ▁a ▁year ling , ▁Pap yrus ▁was ▁put ▁up ▁for ▁au ction ▁at ▁the ▁Don c aster ▁Sales , ▁where ▁he ▁was ▁sold ▁for ▁ 3 , 5 0 0 ▁gu ine as ▁to ▁the ▁tra iner ▁Bas il ▁Jar vis ▁on ▁beh alf ▁of ▁Benjamin ▁Irish , ▁a ▁wealth y ▁far mer . ▁Irish ▁was ▁considered ▁a ▁" l ucky " ▁owner ▁as ▁he ▁had ▁great ▁success ▁despite ▁ow ning