After Voluptuary retired from racing, he received critical acclaim for portraying the racehorse "The Duke" in the play The Prodigal Daughter, which included an on-stage reenactment of a Grand National-type water obstacle.

His sire, Cremorne, was a multiple stakes winner that completed over varied distances, winning the 1872 Epsom Derby, Grand Prix de Paris and the 1873 Ascot Gold Cup.

Voluptuary was her ninth and most notable foal, although her sons Hampton Court and Bend Or II were used as breeding stallions despite never racing.

[2] A full-sister to Miss Evelyn, Julie, produced the Royal Hunt Cup and City and Suburban Handicap winner Julius Caesar.

[6] Voluptuary won the St. George Stakes on 12 July at the Liverpool meeting, beating the colts Ishmael and Bosquet by a margin of three-quarters of a length.