[1] His dam also produced Eagle (also later imported to the US) and the 1796 Derby winner Didelot.
He was named after an inn at Epsom that was frequented by racing officials during the week of the Derby.
He was retired to stud in 1798 and stood briefly in Newmarket for a fee of 12 guineas per mare before being exported.
[1] Spread Eagle was exported in August 1798 to the United States[3] by James Hoomes and was used as a breeding stallion in Virginia.
[5] His most notable offspring was Maid of the Oaks, a chestnut mare foaled in Virginia in 1801, that is the ancestress of the female line of Commando and subsequently is present in the pedigrees of some modern racehorses.