[1] He dam, Maid of All Work was an influential broodmare, being the Foundation mare of Thoroughbred family 17-a and the direct female ancestor of many successful modern racehorses including Lyphard, Decidedly and Danzig Connection.

At the Newmarket July meeting she won a match race against the four-year-old colt Lyncaeus and in August she appeared at Chelmsford in Essex where she walked over for the Gold Cup.

[4] At the Newmarket Craven meeting in April 1806 Meteora's owner received 200 guineas without having to race his filly when Lord Barrymore withdrew his four-year-old Gratitude from a match over the Abington Mile.

Three days later Meteora ran a match against the St Leger winner Staveley over ten furlongs and defeated the colt to win a prize of 200 guineas.

In May Meteora again "received forfeit" when Lord Osborne withdrew his horse Superstition from a match against the Oaks winner over the four mile Beacon Course.

Two weeks later at Newmarket's First Spring meeting she finished last of the three runners behind her stable companion Violante and Staveley in the Free Handicap Sweepstakes.

[8] At the Newmarket July meeting two weeks later Meteora returned to a sprint distance and successfully conceded ten pounds to Pipylina in a match over five furlongs.

On 30 September started at odds of 5/1 in the Audley End Stakes over ten furlongs and won from the 1806 Oaks winner Bronze to whom she was conceding eighteen pounds.

At the same meeting she ran a dead heat when conceding sixteen pounds to Brighton, a horse who went on to win the Ascot Gold Cup in June.

[11] At Newmarket she defeated the Duke of Grafton's horse Musician in a subscription race over the Beacon Course on 3 October and Lord Lowther's Brainworm in a similar event two weeks later.

She defeated three opponents to win the Stamford Gold Cup for the third time and reappeared later the same afternoon to carry top weight to victory in a Sweepstakes.