Charles the Twelfth

Charles the Twelfth
Charles XII Winner 1839 St. Leger by John Frederick Herring
Sire	Voltaire
Grandsire	Blacklock
Dam	Wagtail
Damsire	Prime Minister
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1836
Country	United Kingdom
Colour	Brown
Breeder	Major Nicholas Yarburgh
Owner	Major Yarburgh Andrew Johnstone
Trainer	John Scott
Record	34: 19-6-2
Major wins
Liverpool Tradesmen's Cup (1839) Great St Leger Stakes (1839) Doncaster Cup (1839) Grosvenor Stakes (1840) Catterick Gold Cup (1841) Newcastle Craven Stakes (1841, 1843) Goodwood Cup (1841 1842) Cleveland Cup (1841) RCH Challenge Whip (1841, 1842) Queen's Plate at Stirling (1841) Queen's Plate at Edinburgh (1841) Dumfries Gold Cup (1841, 1842) Roxburgh Gold Cup (1841) Match against Hyllus (1842)

Charles the Twelfth (1836–1859) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire best known for winning the classic St Leger Stakes in 1839. He ran a dead-heat with Euclid in the classic before winning the prize in a deciding heat.^{[citation needed]}

In a racing career which lasted from July 1839 until September 1843 he won nineteen of his thirty-four races. Unraced as a two-year-old, Charles the Twelfth was unbeaten in three races as a three-year-old in 1839. He won the Liverpool Tradesmen's Cup before winning the St Leger and then beat a strong field of older horses in the Doncaster Cup. Charles the Twelfth remained in training for four more years, winning once in 1840, ten times in 1841, four times in 1842 and once in 1843. He won the Goodwood Cup in 1841 and 1842.

Charles the Twelfth was retired to stud after the 1843 season, but had little success as a sire of winners.^[1]