 In his first year as a trainer he sent out Pyrrhus The First to win the Derby and won both the 1000 Guineas and Oaks with the filly Mendicant.Both horses were owned by John Gully for whom he later trained The Hermit and Andover to win the 2000 Guineas and Derby respectively in 1854.In the 1860s the main patron of the Danebury yard was the Duke of Beaufort.