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Racing Calendars |
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These lists are the earliest efforts at systematic record-keeping of
English bred horses. Authors of stud books and other books often rely
on the calendars for information. |
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CHENY, John: An
historical list of all horse-matches run and of all plates and prizes
run for in England and Wales, 1727 to 1750. |
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HEBER, Reginald: An
historical list of Horse-matches run and of plates and prizes run for
in Great Britain and Ireland, 1751 to 1768. |
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MUIR, J. B.: Old
Newmarket Calendar of matches, results and programs from 1619 to 1719,
1892. |
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ORTON, John: Turf
Annals of York and Doncaster, York, 1844. |
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PICK, William: Authentic
Historical Racing Calendar, or Vade Mecum, 1786-1827. |
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PICK, William: The
Turf Register and Sportsman's & Breeder's Stud Book,
containing the pedigrees & performances of all the horses, mares,
and geldings that have appeared upon the British and Irish turfs as
racers; likewise of such as have been kept in the stud as stallions
and for breeding, from the earliest period to the present time; with
an account of the most favourite Arabians, Turks, and Barbs brought
into England, and from whom has descended the most valuable blood in
the united Kingdoms. The whole calculated for the information and use
of sportsmen and breeders; and the lovers of that noble animal the
horse. Volume 1, 1803 and Volume 2, 1805. Volume 3 was compiled by
Johnson in 1822. |
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POND, John: The
Sporting Kalendar, containing a distinct account of what plates have
been run for [in England], 1751 to 1757. |
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PRIOR, C. M.: History
of the Racing Calendar and Stud Book, 1926. |
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TUTING, William
& FAWCONER, Thomas: The Sporting Calender, 1769-1776. |
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Walker: 1770 - 1771. |
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WEATHERBY and Sons:
Racing Calendar, Races Past and Races to Come, 1773 to present. |
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Stud Books |
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BRUCE, S. D.: The American Stud Book, New York, Vol. 1, 1868;
Vols. 1 [A-L] & 2 [M-Z], 1873; Vol. 3, 1882; Vol. 4, 1884; Vol. 5,
1889; Vol. 6, 1894. Vols. 1-6 by Bruce, Vol. 7 to present by the
American Jockey Club. |
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COTTOM, Peter,
Editor: Mason's Farrier, Richmond, Virginia, 4th Edition, 1828;
5th Edition, 1830; 6th Edition, 1833. |
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EDGAR, Patrick
Nisbett: The American Race-Turf Register, Sportsman's Herald and
General Stud Book, New York, 1833. |
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HARRISON, Fairfax: The
Background of the American Stud Book, Virginia, 1933. |
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WALLACE, J. H.: Wallace's
American Stud Book, 1867. Only one volume was issued. |
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WEATHERBYS: The
General Stud Book, 1791 to present. An Introduction to a General
Stud-Book was published in 1791. Volume 1 of The General Stud Book,
1793; Supplement, 1800; General Stud Book, 1803. Volume 1, 1st Edition
in 1808; Supplement in 1814. Volume 1, 2nd Edition in 1820; 3rd
Edition in 1827; 4th Edition in 1858; 5th Edition in 1891. Volume 2 of
The General Stud Book, 1st Edition in 1822; 2nd Edition in 1832; 3rd
Edition in 1869; 4th Edition in 1892. Volume 3, 1st Edition in 1827;
2nd Edition in 1832; 3rd Edition in 1855; 4th Edition in 1883; 5th
Edition in 1932. Volume 4, 1st Edition in 1836; 2nd Edition in 1840;
3rd Edition in 1876; 4th Edition in 1899. Volume 5, 1st Edition in
1845; 2nd Edition in 1866; Third Edition in 1899; Fourth Edition in
1947. Volume 6, 1st Edition in 1849; 2nd Edition in 1857; 3rd Edition
in 1931; Fourth Edition in 1939. |
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WILLETT, Peter: The
General Stud Book 1791-1991, 2 volumes, 1991. The publication
comprises A History of the General Stud-Book, and a reprint of An
Introduction to a General Stud-Book, 1791. |
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Private Stud
Books |
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PRIOR, C. M.: Early Records of the Thoroughbred Horse, 1924.
Reproduces the private stud books of Cuthbert Routh, the 2nd Duke of
Ancaster, and the Duke of Newcastle. |
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PRIOR, C. M.: The
Royal Studs of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, 1935.
Reproduces the private stud book of the 2nd Earl of Godolphin. |
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Family Numbers
and Tables |
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Family Tables of Racehorses
Toward the end of the 19th century Bruce Lowe and
others made attempts to classify the foundation, or taproot, mares
according to the success, on the racecourse or at stud, of their
direct, or tail-female, descendents. At that time Bruce Lowe
identified approximately fifty mares, whose tail-female lines were
alive, to which he assigned family numbers, much like a numerical
surname. The mare with most Classics winners was given the family
number 1, the mare with the second most Classics winners was given the
family number 2, and so on. These family numbers are still in use
today, and in many parts of the world are considered much more
significant than in North America. At the very least they draw
attention to the fact that there is more to a horse than simply the
sire line. For a more detailed history of Bruce Lowe and his
contemporaries, and an explanation of his figure system visit The
Bruce Lowe Home Page. Later, Captain
Kaziemierz Bobinski and Lt.-Colonel Stefan Count Zamoyski collaborated
to produce Family Tables of Racehorses. Having issued some
6 or 7 updates, Bobinski took all the updates, added a year or two to
them and reissued the Family Tables as Vol II in 1963. After
Bobinski's death, Toru Shirai of the Japanese Bloodstock Agency
purchased the copyright and in 1988 he issued Vol III of the Family
Tables, bringing the Tables up to 1987. |
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ALLISON, William: The
British Thoroughbred Horse, 1901. 2nd Edition in 1907. |
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BOBINSKI &
KAZIMIERZ: Family Tables of Racehorses, London, 1953. Volumes 1
and 2. |
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LOWE, C. Bruce: Breeding
Racehorses by the Figure System, 1895. 2nd Revised Edition in
1913. Facsimile reprint by Libra Books, Australia, 1977. |
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SHIRAI, Toru: Family
Tables of Racehorses, 1988. Volume 3. |
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WALL, John. F.: Thoroughbred
Bloodlines: An Elementary Study, Maryland, 1935. Volumes 1 and 2. |
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Other Books |
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ANDERSON, James Douglas: Making the American Thoroughbred,
particulary in Tennessee, Norwood, Massachusetts, 1916.
Republished as Making the American Thoroughbred, Especially in
Tennessee, 1800-1845, including Reminiscences of the Turf by Balie
Peyton, Tennessee, 1946. |
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BATTELL, Joseph: The
American Stallion Register, 5 volumes, Middlebury, Vermont,
1909-1936. |
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BEVAN, R. M.: The
Roodee, 450 Years of Racing in Chester, Cheshire, 1989. |
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BAYLISS, M. F.: The
Matriarchy of the American Turf, 1875-1930. Privately printed by
Robert L. Gerry, 1931. |
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BLACK, Robert: Horse-Racing
in France, A History, London, 1886. |
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BLANCHARD,
Elizabeth Amis Cameron & Wellman, Manly Wade: The Life and
Times of Sir Archie, The Story of America's Greatest Thoroughbred,
1805-1833, North Carolina, 1958. |
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BRUCE, S. D.: The
Horse-Breeder's Guide and Handbook, 1883. |
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CAUZ, Louis E.: The
Plate: A Royal Tradition, Toronto, 1984. |
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CHURCH, Michael: The
Classic Pedigree, 1776-1989, London, 1990. |
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CHURCH, Michael: Dams
of Classic Winners, 1777-1993, London, 1994. |
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COOK, Theodore
Andrea: A History of the English Turf, 3 Vols., London, 1902. |
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COPPERTHWAITE, R.
H.: The Turf and the Racehorse, London, 1865. |
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CRAIG, Dennis: Horse-Racing,
The Breeding of Throughbreds and a Short History of the English Turf,
London, 1949. 2nd Edition, 1953; 3rd enlarged and revised Edition,
1963. |
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CULVER, Francis
Barnum: Blooded Horses of Colonial Days, Classic Horse Matches in
America Before the Revolution, Baltimore, 1922. |
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FITZGERALD, Arthur:
Royal Thoroughbreds, A History of the Royal Studs, London,
1990. |
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HARALAMBOS, K. M.: The
Byerley Turk, Three Centuries of the Tail Male Racing Lines,
London, 1990. |
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HAREWOOD, The Rt.
Hon. The Earl of & Ricketts, Lt.-Col. P. E.: Flat Racing,
London, c1937. Vol. 28 of the Lonsdale Library. |
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HARRISON, Fairfax: The
Equine F. F. Vs., Richmond, Virginia, 1928. |
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HARRISON, Fairfax: The
Belair Stud, 1747-1761, Richmond, Virginia, 1929. |
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HARRISON, Fairfax: The
Roanoke Stud, 1795-1833, Richmond, Virginia, 1930. |
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HARRISON, Fairfax: The
John's Island Stud, 1750-1788, Richmond, Virginia, 1931. |
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HARRISON, Fairfax: Early
American Turf Stock, Richmond, Virginia, 2 Vols., 1935. |
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HERBERT, Henry
William: Frank Forester's Horse of America, 2 Vols., New York,
1857. Republished as Frank Forester's Horse and Horsemanship of the
United States and the British Provinces of North America, 2 Vols.,
2nd Edition, revised, corrected, enlarged, continued to 1871, by
Sanders D. Bruce and Benjamin G. Bruce, 2 Vols., New York, 1871. |
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HERVEY, John: Racing
in America, 1665-1865, 2 Vols., New York, 1944. |
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HERVEY, John: Racing
in America, 1922-1936, New York, 1937. |
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HOGAN, Clio D.: Index
to Stakes Winners, 1865-1967, 2 Vols., c1967. |
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HOLLINGSWORTH,
Kent: The Great Ones, Lexington, Kentucky, 1970. |
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IRVING, John B.: The
South Carolina Jockey Club, History of the Turf in South Carolina,
Charleston, 1857. |
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KATHEDER, Thomas: The Baylors of Newmarket: The Decline and Fall of a
Virginia Planter Family, 2009. |
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LANE, Charles: British
Racing Prints, 1700-1940, London, 1990. |
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LAWRENCE, John: History
and Derivation of the Horse in all his Varieties, London, 1809. |
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LOGAN, Guy B. H.: The
Classic Races of the Turf, London, 1931. |
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LONGRIGG, Roger: The
History of Horse Racing, New York, 1972. |
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MACKAY-SMITH,
Alexander: The Race Horses of America, 1832-1872, Portraits and
Other Paintings by Edward Troye, New York, 1981. |
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MACKAY-SMITH,
Alexander: The Colonial Quarter Race Horse, 1983. |
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MACKAY-SMITH,
Alexander: The Thoroughbred in the Lower Shenandoah Valley,
1785-1852, Virginia, 1948. |
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MILNER, Mordaunt: The
Godolphin Arabian, The Story of the Matchem Line, London, 1990. |
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O'CONNOR, John L.: Notes
on the Thoroughbred from Kentucky Newspapers, 1788-1833. Privately
printed for Louis Lee Haggin, Lexington, Kentucky, no date (1926). |
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RICE, James: History
of the British Turf, 2 Vols., London, 1879. |
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ROBERTSON, William
H. P.: The History of Thoroughbred Racing in America, New York,
1964. |
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RUSSELL, George B.:
Hoofprints in Time, New Jersey, 1966. |
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SIMPSON, Grace: Stakes
and Major Handicap Winners and Their Dams, Vancouver, B. C.,
Canada, 1951. |
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TAUNTON, Theo.: Famous
Horses, with Portraits, Pedigrees, Principal Performances,
Descriptions of Races, and Various Interesting Items Extending over a
Period of Nearly Two Centuries, London, 1895. |
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TAUNTON, Thomas
Henry: Portraits of Celebrated Racehorses of the Past and Present
Centuries, In Strictly Chronological Order, Commencing in 1702 and
Ending in 1870, 4 Vols., London, 1877-1888. |
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TREVATHAN, Charles
E.: The American Thoroughbred, New York, 1905. |
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VOSBURGH, Walter
S.: Racing in America, 1866-1921, New York, 1921. |
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WALL, Colonel John
F.: Famous Running Horses, Their Forebears and Descendants,
Washington, 1949. |
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WALLACE, John H.: The
Horse of America, New York, 1897. |
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WENTWORTH, Lady:
Thoroughbred Racing Stock and Its Ancestors, London, 1938. 2nd
Edition 1960, Limited American Edition, 1962. |
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WHYTE, James
Christie: History of the British Turf, from the Earliest Period to
the Present Day, 2 Vols., London, 1840. |
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