He was sired by Comus, a horse who finished third in the Epsom Derby before becoming a successful stallion based near Wetherby in Yorkshire.

Racing outside Yorkshire for the first time, Reveller defeated Doctor Syntax at level weights in the three mile Lancaster Gold Cup on 4 July,[3] but at Preston, a week later the form was reversed, Doctor Syntax defeating Reveller in the Preston Gold Cup.

[4] Reveller returned to Yorkshire to win a third Great Subscription Purse at York, but was beaten by Borodino in the Doncaster Stakes.

Doctor Syntax, who had won the race for the previous seven years finished second with the 1821 St Leger winner Jack Spigot, carrying a stone less than his veteran rivals,[6] in third.

On his final racecourse appearance on 9 July 1823, Reveller returned to Preston and claimed a walkover victory in the Gold Cup.

* Reveller is inbred 4D x 4D to the stallion Herod, meaning that he appears twice fourth generation on the dam side of his pedigree.