George Payne (racehorse owner)

George Payne (3 April 1803 Sulby[1] – 2 September 1878 Mayfair), was an English breeder of thoroughbred horses, an inveterate gambler, a patron of the Turf and a Master of the Hunt.

[3] In addition to Sulby Hall, Payne was left £300 000 in cash and securities and was appointed Sheriff of Northamptonshire for 1826.

His training of horses at Sulby Hall continued without interruption from the age of twenty until his death.

Payne shared the horses left him by Lord Glasgow with his lifelong friend and companion, Colonel Peel and jointly they bred the 1878 Derby winner Sefton.

Racing historian "Thormanby", the actor William Willmott Dixon, remembered him as "a true English gentleman, large-hearted, high-spirited, the pink of chivalry and the soul of honour – a man of a most lovable nature".