He then won a £220 sweep at Wolverhampton, and a 60 sovereign race at Wrexham, defeating three other horses.

Sweetmeat was undefeated in his 16 starts, including a number of walk-overs, as a three-year-old, which included victories in the Ascot Gold Vase and the 2¼ mile Doncaster Gold Cup defeating Alice Hawthorne who had twice previously won the race.

In 1847 James Cookson purchased Sweetmeat for 300 guineas as a sire for his Neasham Hall Stud near Darlington.

Sweetmeat stood at this stud until 1861 when, aged 19 and blind, he was sold for 800 guineas and exported to Russia.

= Grey * Sweetmeat is inbred 3D x 3D to the stallion Blacklock, meaning that he appears third generation twice on the dam side of his pedigree.