With most of the other fillies dropping back, Vespa and the Duke of Grafton's filly Octave contested the closing stages 'with much severity' before the outsidiled by a neck, with Revelry in third and Tarantella unplaced.

Ridden by Jem Chapple, Vespa was always well-placed before moving up to contest the lead a furlong from the finish. The race attracted a field of nineteen runners, with Tarantella being made 2/1 favourite, whilst Vespa was ignored in the market and started at odds of 50/1. On 24 May Vespa was moved up in distance to contest the Oaks Stakes at Epsom. She was well-fancied for the race, starting 5/2 second favourite and finished third of the ten runners behind Tarantella and Falernia. She made her first appearance of the year on 25 April when he contested the 1000 Guineas over the Rowley Mile course at Newmarket. Sir Mark Wood named his filly Vespa ( Latin for Wasp) before the start of the 1833 season. She was not among the favourites and finished unplaced behind Lord Orford's colt Clearwell who went on to win the following season's 2000 Guineas. by Muley, out of Miss Wasp' in the Clearwell Stakes at Newmarket on 17 October. The filly who would become known as Vespa began her racing career as 'Sir M. Until 1913 there was no requirement for British racehorses to have names, and many horses were known by the name of their owner or their pedigree. Miss Wasp was twenty-three years old when Vespa was foaled and died four years later. Vespa's dam, Miss Wasp, had previously produced the 1817 2000 Guineas winner Manfred. In addition to Vespa, he sired the Classic winners Margrave ( St Leger) and Little Wonder ( Epsom Derby). His early stud career was disappointing and he had been covering half-bred mares for some time before being relocated to Underley Hall in Westmorland where he had considerable success. Her sire Muley was a son of the Derby-winning mare Eleanor, and won two races as a five-year-old at Newmarket in 1815. Vespa was a brown mare with a white star and one white foot, bred by her owner Sir Mark Wood. At the end of her British racing career she was sold and exported to Hungary. She produced her best form as a four-year-old when she won four times, including three important races at Newmarket Racecourse. The filly's win at Epsom, a 50/1 upset, was the only success in her first two seasons of racing. Vespa (foaled 1830) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare who won the classic Oaks Stakes at Epsom Downs Racecourse in 1833.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Vespa with her owner Sir Mark Wood by John Frederick Herring, Sr.

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