'Comet' was got by 'Favourite' out of 'Young Phoenix', and bred by Mr. Charles Colling at ketton. he was sold at the \ketton sale in October 1810 for 1,000 guineas and bought by Messrs. Wetheral, Charge, Wright and Trotter of Darlington. A contemporary description of 'comet' at the sale describes him as '... the great attraction of the sale, and his close breeding (by Favorite 9252), dam by Favorite (252), out of Favorite's (252) dam), did not detract from his value or appearance. Charles Colling declared him to be the best bull he ever bred or saw. He was a beautiful light roan, dark (red) neck, with a fine masculine head, broad and deep breast, shoulders well laid back, crops and loins good, hind quarters long, straight and well packed, thighs thick, twist full and well let down, with nice staright locks and hind legs. He had fair-sized horns, ears large and hairy, and a grandeur of style and carriage that was indescribable. It was admitted that no bull so good had ever before been seen, and eminent breeders have since said that they never again saw his equal'. He was calved in 1804 and died in 1815.