Pindarrie was a bay colt bred by George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton, and foaled in 1817.

[4] Pindarrie's first race was the First Class of the Riddlesworth Stakes, run over one mile at Newmarket on 3 April 1820.

[5] Pindarrie then started as the odds-on favourite for the 2000 Guineas Stakes and was ridden by Frank Buckle.

He faced four rivals and won the race easily from the Earl of Jersey's colt by Soothsayer.

As the field passed Tattenham Corner, the 25/1 outsider Arbutus bolted when in a good position.

Sailor went on to win the race, which had been run at a fast pace, by two lengths from Abjer, with the colt by Middlethorpe third, the Selim filly fourth and Pindarrie fifth.

[1] By January 1823, Pindarrie was standing at stud at Pultah Ghaut near Barrackpore, West Bengal, India for a price of 200 rupees per mare.