He was out of a mare owned by Walker named Pauline, and was sired by the stallion Partisan.
Gladiator was then sold to his trainer jockey team, John and William Scott when he was a year old, and was then resold to Thomas Edgerton.
[1][2][3] In his only start, he finished second place in a field of nineteen horses in the 1836 Epson Derby.
Notable progeny include:[1][2] Gladiator was one of the most influential sires of the nineteenth century in France.
Notable progeny include:[1][2][3] * Gladiator is inbred 4S x 4S to the stallion Highflyer, meaning that he appears fourth generation twice on the sire side of his pedigree.