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Abdallah
c 1840c. Said to be an Arabian he stood in Australia.
His most significant offspring was his daughter Clanfoergal (f
1850c) the taproot mare of
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Acaster Turk
[Akaster
Turk, Carlisle Turk] (gr c1695). Sire Line
Acaster
Turk. |
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Ackbar
c 1841. Said to be an Arabian imported into New South
Wales from India he sired Twinkle (b f 1851) the taproot mare of
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Alcock's Arabian
[Curwen's Grey Barb, Curwen's Grey Morocco Barb,
Curwen's Grey Turk, Pelham's Grey Barb, Pelham's White Barb] gr c 1701c. Sire Line
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Ali Bey
[Pembroke's Arabian, Percy's Arabian] bbr c 1767c.
Ali Bey was said to have been given to Count Alexey Grigoryevich
Orlov (1737-1808), commander-in-chief of the fleet sent by Her
Imperial Majesty of Russia against the Turks, by the governor of
Arabia Felix. Said by the governor to be the most precious thing in
his power to give, Ali Bey joined the Orlov stud near Moscow. In
1778 the Count presented the horse to Lord Herbert, son of Henry
Herbert (1734-1794), 10th Earl of Pembroke, whilst the former was on
his "Grand Tour" with travelling companion Reverend (later
Archdeacon) William Coxe. Orlov advised in a letter that this "brown
bay horse was presented to me by Aley Bay; he is a true Arabian, and
actually of the Cochlean Race". He was described as a deep blood bay
standing 14 hands 2 inches exactly, without shoes, having great
bone, being perfectly sound, and of the highest racing blood. Whilst
owned by Lord Pembroke Ali Bey covered at Mr Daniel's at Newmarket
and at Wilton, Wiltshire, for a fee of 2gs rising to 3gs. He then
passed into the hands of Algernon Percy (1750-1830), 1st Earl of
Beverley, who, as second son of the 1st Duke of Northumberland, was
called Lord Percy from 1766 to 1786. He left about seven unnamed
offspring, most of whom did not run or breed on. However, two of his
daughters enjoyed some success in the stud. (1) One of his daughters
was the second dam of the stallion Eryx (b c 1816) who sired Brandy
Ann (ch f 1826), ancestress of such horses as Gimcrack Stakes winner
King Olaf (b c 1875 Kingcraft) and Gran Premio Jose Pedro Ramirez
winner Maron (gr c 1922 St Wolf). Eryx also got the dam of the Prix
du Jockey Club and Prix de Diane winner Lanterne (b f 1841 Hercule).
(2) Another daughter was the second dam of the York Royal Plate
winner Sweetwilliam (b c 1803 St George). Sweetwilliam was the
damsire of Maeonides (b c 1830 Catton), sent to Australia, who in
turn was the damsire of the New Zealand bred Dainty Ariel (b c 1857
Riddlesworth). Dainty Ariel sired the second dam of Richochet* (br f
1883 Musket) who was sent to America and there founded a small
family of runners which included Harry Payne Whitney's Ladies
Handicap winner Yankee Girl (b f 1904 Sir Dixon), she the second dam
of his Preakness Stakes winner Bostonian (bl c 1924 Broomstick), and
the fourth dam of the Ascot Gold Vase winner Faux Pas (bl c 1948
Mieuxce). Faux Pas, acquired by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police,
sired a black mare named Burmese who was presented to Queen
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Ameer Arabian
c 1785c. Owned by Mr Storey, his daughter
Ameer Arabian Mare (f 1795c) met with an accident when suckling
Lysander (ch c 1805 Stride) and died in consequence [GSB 2 2nd
ed1832]. Lysander started for the Gold Cup at Newcastle-upon-Tyne in
1808 won by Mr G Hutton's Cardinal York (br c 1804
Sir Peter Teazle). The
Storey family owned and raced a number of horses in the latter part
of the 18th century and the first two decades of the 19th century.
There are perhaps three generations of the Storey family represented
in the early days of the stud book. Peter Storey purchased Creeper
(b c 1744 Young Belgrade)
at the conclusion of his turf career from Sir Marmaduke Wyvill. Mr
Storey bred racehorses from 1795c to 1808 including the second,
third and fourth dams of the Derby winners St. Giles (ch c 1829
Tramp) and
Bloomsbury (b c 1836 Mulatto).
Mr Storey also owned the stallion Cramlington (b c 1803 Pipator) and
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Ancaster Arabian (GB)
[Routh's Crab] gr c 1726 (Wynn's
Arabian - Young Peg, by Old Pert). Sire Line
Wynn's
Arabian. Family 14. One
of the Ancaster Arabians was the subject of a painting. On a canvas
3 ft by 2 ft Seymour shows how the Duke of Bridgewater's bay horse,
Hazard, beat the Duke of Ancaster's grey Arab, each horse carrying 9
stone [British Sporting Artists, 74]. This horse can be identified
from Baily's Racing Register. He was bred by Cuthbert Routh and was
probably the Crab sent to Virginia around 1737 where he covered at
Secretary John Carter's Shirley stud in Charles City County. He
appears in the pedigrees of Grey John (gr c 1775c), Young Paul Jones
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Ancaster Arabian
c 1745c. Owned by Peregrine Bertie
(1714-1778), 3rd Duke of Ancaster, a member of the Jockey Club and
Master of the Horse to George III, the Arabian was one of several
horses with this name. It is possible that he later became Panton's
Arabian (gr c 1750c). He sired Ancaster Arabian Mare (b f 1752)
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Ancaster Arabian
gr c 1760c. Also one of the Ancaster Arabians in
the stud of the 3rd Duke he sired Sir Charles Bunbury's Muslin (gr f
1769), the latter a half sister to the legendary
Highflyer (b c 1774
King Herod), however she left no
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Arabian
c 1790c. He is recorded in the General Stud Book
as an anonymous Arabian, sire of the Margrave of Anspach's colt (ch
c 1799) from Augusta (ch f 1784
Eclipse). The latter was bred by HRH the Prince of Wales and
sold to Mr O'Kelly for 2800 guineas "with engagements" in 1786 [GSB
1:229]. Christian Frederick Charles Alexander, Margrave of
Brandenburg, Anspach and Bareith, Duke of Prussia and Count of Sayn
married the widow of William Craven, 6th Earl of Craven, shortly
after the latter's demise and settled at Brandenburg House,
Hammersmith and Benham, Berkshire where he remained until his death
in 1806. The Margrave owned or bred several other racehorses
including Young Sir Peter (b c 1799
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Arcot Arabian
gr c 1790c. Obtained by the Nabob of Arcot from
Mecca "at an immense expense" he was then presented to HM King
George III (1738-1820). Said to be unrivalled for beauty, strength
and activity with a small head and a "lively, animated countenance"
he stood 15 hands. He later covered in Hertfordshire at Delrow Farm,
Aldenham for a fee of 35 guineas. He sired Mr Kingman's Ameer (b c
1796), G Villiers Nutmeg (gr c 1796) and several unnamed mares none
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Ashridge Arabian
c 1735c. Scroop Egerton (1681-1745), 1st Duke of
Bridgewater, held the position of Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire
and offices within the household of Prince George of Denmark,
Consort to Queen Anne. His principal seat was in Hertfordshire at
Ashridge. The Duke maintained a modest racing stable comprised of
less than 10 horses from around 1710 until his death thirty-five
years later. Some of his better known horses include
Ashridge Ball
(c 1711c Leedes),
Bridgewater
Star (c 1725 Ashridge Ball), and
Hazard ( b c 1726
Leedes). The Ashridge Arabian sired only one known offspring, the
Duke's Ashridge Arabian Mare (f 1743), the dam of Mr Adcock's Lizard
(gr c 1750 Ancaster
Starling) and his sisters, one of whom was owned by Sir John
Moore and the other by Mr Barton. Lizard ran for the Duke of
Ancaster in 1754 finishing 4th for the Royal Plate at Ipswich won by
W Crofts's Brilliant (bu c 1750
Crab), and 2nd for a fifty at Lincoln
won by Mr Warren's Basto. Running for Mr Adcock finished 2nd for a
fifty at Barnet in 1755 won by Mr Leeson's Squirt, finished 3rd for
a fifty at Bueford won by Mr Cornwall's Redstreak (b c 1750
Regulus), won a fifty at Enfield
beating Mr Beaver's Hercules (b c Look-About-Ye) and 6 others,
finished 4th for a fifty at Newark won by Mr Robinson's good mare
Musick (gr f 1750 Croft's Forester), lost a match for 40 gs at
Newmarket in 1756 to Mr Chamberlain's Ruby (b c 1750 Janus),
finished 7th for a fifty at Barnet won by Mr Boothby's Grantham (ch
c 1749 Young Starling) and finished 6th of 6 for a fifty at
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Bagdad
br c 1815c. Brought from Aleppo to Tripoli and then sent
to England by Hassana d'Gris, ambassador of the Bashaw of Tripoli to
England, Bagdad was said to be a horse of the purest Arabian blood,
to stand 1/4 inch shy of 15 hands, and to have a generally nice
shape although he was perhaps a bit light in the quarters. Mr d'Gris
stated that he was one of twelve Arabians that had travelled from
Aleppo to Marseilles in 1819, of which six became the property of
the French government and six remained with d'Gris. He further
stated that he had refused £1000 for him in France and that of his
six horses Bagdad was his favourite and by far the most valuable. He
was purchased by the London merchant George Barclay and sent to New
York in the spring of 1823. He covered at Woodbridge, New Jersey in
the hands of Dr Freeman. From there he was sold to the Bagdad
Company of Nashville, Tennessee for $8000 and covered from 1824 to
1834 in the care of Thomas Martin on Gallatin Road near Nashville.
In 1834 he moved to Thomas Alderson's in Nashville which is the last
record of him. He got several runners in Tennessee and according to
Mr Williams, a member of the Bagdad Company, that despite the
general preference for the get of Sir
Archy (b c 1805 Diomed) or
Jackson's Pacolet (gr c 1808 Citizen)
that was prevalent at the time even those sportsmen conceded that
the get of Bagdad, in particular Confederate, displayed high form
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Barrington's Arabian 1760c
See Gibson's Grey Arabian. |
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Basset Arabian
[Paget Arabian] c 1700c. Sire Line Basset Arabian. |
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Bay Roan
[Gresley's Bay Arabian] b c 1685c. Owned by Sir Thomas
Gresley (1628c-1699), 2nd Bt of Drakelow, Derbyshire whose mother
was Bridget, the daughter of Sir Thomas Burdett, he got Robert
Burdett's Old Child Mare (f 1690c) one of the foundation mares of
Family 32. |
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Beaufort Arabian
gr c 1725c. He was owned by Henry Somerset
(1707-1745), 3rd Duke of Beaufort, sometime owner of several
important horses including
Old Standard (b c 1736
Young Belgrade) and Babraham
(b c 1738 Godolphin Arabian).
Beaufort Arabian got the dam of the brothers Hamilton's Figure (gr c
1747 Old Standard) and Jason
(gr c 1749 Old Standard). Beaufort Arabian Mare (gr f 1740c) is one
of the foundation mares of Family 102. |
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Beckwith Arabian
b c 1720c. Owned in Yorkshire by Thomas Beckwith
at High Burton, near Bedale he was imported by Benjamin Bodington,
an "eminent Turkey merchant". Said to be a beautiful "natural ginse
Arabian" he stood 14 and a half hands and was "proportionably
strong". He covered for a fee of two guineas. He got the dam of the
Ancaster Pilot (ch c 1744
Roundhead) who
won a fifty at Lichfield in 1748. |
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Belgrade Turk
bbr c 1712c. Sire
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Belgrade Turk. |
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Bell's Arabian
gr c 1760c. Owned by the anonymous Mr Bell he was
the sire of nearly twenty offspring in the stud book from around
1765 to 1775. Although he was patronised by mares of some quality
none of his offspring bred on. His most successful runners include
the Duke of Northumberland's Ticklepitcher (gr c 1770) winner of a
200 gs match from the Duke of Bolton's Crab at Newmarket Second
October in 1774, the Duke of Bolton's Cobscar (b c 1769) winner of a
100 gs match from Lord Essex's Malden at York in 1772 and a £50
plate at Winchester in 1773, Lord Clermont's Bellissimo (b c 1770)
winner of a fifty at Wisbech in 1775 and Mr Bethell's Harlequin (gr
c 1771) winner of a fifty at Boroughbridge in 1776. |
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Belsize Arabian
gr c 1756. Said to have been bred by the Governor
of Wazan in Morocco his sire was an Arabian and his dam was
described as "one of the most beloved mares in the Emperor's Stud".
Purchased by Jonathan Welch he was sent to England in 1759 where he
stood for seven years. In England he sired both Stirling* gr c 1762)
and Sylva* (gr f 1765). He was purchased by Admiral Sir Charles
Saunders in 1775. Thought to be the first authentic Oriental
stallion to come to America he arrived in Pennsylvania in 1766.
Described by the Pennsylvania Chronicle in 1768 as having been much
admired by the best judges for his beautiful form and carriage, he
was said to be a silver-grey with a black mane standing nearly
sixteen hands. His beauty coupled with his size and strength made
him an admirable sire of riding and carriage stock. Before leaving
England he got the racehorse Granby* (b c 1762) who appears in the
pedigree of Thora (b f 1880 by Longfellow). William Evans of Surrey
County, Virginia imported Stirling* and Silver* (Sylva) who when
mated produced the matriarch Sally Painter (gr f 1769c) the
tail-female ancestress of Count Fleet (br c 1940 Reigh Count).
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Bethell's Arabian
gr c 1720c. Owned by Hugh Bethell (d 1752),
high sheriff of Yorkshire, whose family seats were at Rise Hall in
Holderness and Watton Abbey Bethell's Arabian got many good runners
however his most notable offspring was probably Salome (bl f 1733)
who ran 2nd for the Royal Plate at Hambleton in 1738 and won 90 gs
at Lincoln in 1739. One of the foundation mares of
Family 26 she was the second
dam of the legendary King Herod (b c
1758 Tartar). She was also the
third dam of the Oaks winner Tetotum (b f 1777
Matchem) and Alderman* (b c 1787
Pot8os). Alderman* was sent to
Virginia where he became the broodmare sire of Sister to Tuckahoe
(ch f 1814 by Ball's Florizel), the dam of
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Bistern Arabian
b c 1765c. He covered at Bisterne, near Ringwood,
Hampshire from 1774 to 1777 for a fee of five guineas, possibly
following in the hoofprints of Marske
(br c 1750 Squirt).
He sired one stud book entry, Colonel Lechmere's Bistern Arabian
Mare (b f 1774) from HRH the Duke of Cumberland's Miss Windsor (b f
1754 Godolphin Arabian)
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Blackett's Arabian
c 1715c. Owned by Sir William Blackett
(1690c-1728), 2nd Bt of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, who owned several
runners in the early part of the eighteenth century including the
match winner Blacklegs (c 1705c Thoulouse Barb) and the plate
winners Bagpiper (ch c 1706c Thoulouse Barb) and Bold Thirkeld (b g
1719c). Blackett Arabian's most notable offspring was perhaps the
dam of the Hambleton Royal Plate winner Aquilina (ch f 1732
Bartlet's Childers) owned
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Black Sultan
bl c 1800. Said to be a Barb he was sent to Thomas
Jefferson, the President of the United States, by the Bey of Tunis
in 1806. His ambassador Melli Melli accompanied Black Sultan and two
Barb mares, and all were said to have been selected with great care
and expense from the highest bred horses of Tunis. Black Sultan
stood 16 hands and was described as "leggy as a mountain Arab" with
superb conformation. After Melli Melli departed both were sold for
the benefit of the U S Treasury. Black Sultan stood his first season
with John Tayloe II, going to Elias Earle in South Carolina in 1807,
and to John Gallant in 1808. One Barb mare was sent to Louisiana and
produced Beau Laquaise (c 1807), and no further infomation is known
about either. The other Barb mare went to Jefferson's son-in-law
John Eppes who was also a member of Congress. She was sent to
Virginia where she foaled Sultana (f 1807c). This Barb mare was then
bred to Citizen (b c 1785 Pacolet)
and produced a foal (f 1810c) that would become know as The Citizen
Mare, the taproot of
American Family
A30. Sultana produced Lady Burton (b f 1813 by
Sir Archy) who was said by Bruce
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Blair's Arabian
c 1760c. His single stud book offspring is the
Blair Arabian Colt (br c 1769) owned by Mr Baily. |
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Bloody Buttocks
[Thornton Arabian, Newton's Grey Arabian] gr c
1720c. The General Stud Book notes that "nothing further
can be traced from the papers of the late Mr Crofts, than that he
was a Grey Arabian, with a red mark on his hip, from whence he
derived his name" [GSB 1:393]. The Turf Register says he
was bred by Mr Crofts and was a favourite stallion in his stud at
Barforth although "neither his Sire or Dam has as yet been given to
the Public; notwithstanding, he was sire of several Brood-Mares from
whom have descended some very speedy and excellent Racers" [Pick
1:227]. He was advertised for sale as part of the stud of William
Ovington of Cowling, near Bedale, in 1727, and was said to have been
purchased by John Crofts and Mr Hartley. A later Turf Register
noted that he covered at Barforth for 5gs a mare and bore the
nickname "the Speedy Stallion" [Johnson 3:161]. Thornton's Arabian
Bloody Buttocks was mentioned as a sire in the list of horses
belonging to the stud of
Sir Michael Newton
in 1731 and
Highflyer has shown that he is the same horse as Sir Michael's
Newton's Grey Arabian. He sired nearly fifty offspring recorded in
the stud book notably Bay Bloody Buttocks (b f 1729) one of the
foundation mares of Family 4,
Dairymaid (f 1737) the ancestress of the taproot mares of
Family 23-a and
Family 23-b, Bloody Buttocks
Mare (f 1735c) the taproot mare of
Family 66 and Grey Brocklesby
(gr f 1728) third dam of Gimcrack
(gr c 1760 Cripple) and ancestress of the Kentucky Derby winner
Ponder (b c 1946 Pensive) and the St Leger winner Cambremer (ch c
1953 Chamossaire). Bloody Buttocks is said to have died at Barforth
about the year 1737, and to have been buried in the paddock near
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Bloody
Shouldered Arabian
[Oxford's, Somerset's] gr c 1713. Sire
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Bolingbroke's Arabian
c 1760c. It is possible that he is the same
horse as either the Coombe Arabian (Bolingbroke's Grey Arabian) or
the Bolingbroke Bay Arabian. He is the sire of three unnamed colts
in the stud book. Frederick St John (1732-1789), 2nd Viscount
Bolingbroke of Lydiard Park near Swindon, Wiltshire bred and raced a
great many horses for several decades in the second half of the
eighteenth century. Among others he owned the legendary
Highflyer (b c 1774
King Herod) at one time, the good
racemare Molly Long Legs (b
f 1753 Babraham) the ancestress
of much of Family 6-a, the
racehorse Protector (br c 1770
Matchem) and Maria (b f 1777 King
Herod) the dam of Waxy (b c 1790
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Bolingbroke's Bay Arabian
b c 1765c. His one offspring recorded
in the stud book is Lord Milsington's Pink (ch c 1773). Pink ran at
Newmarket in 1778 winning a 100 gs match from Mr Pigot's Bagatelle
(b f 1774 Chrysolite) and a 40 gs match from Sir Charles Bunbury's
Whirlwind (b c 1773 Bellario). |
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Bond's Arabian 1760c
See Martin's Black Arabian. |
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Boringdon Arabian
[Parker's Arabian] c 1775c. Owned by HRH the
Prince of Wales he was purchased at the Prince's sale in 1786 by Mr
Edwards for 12 guineas. His only offspring recorded in the stud book
was Mr Parker's Boringdon Arabian Mare (gr f 1781) from Virago (gr f
1765 Snap), the latter was also
the dam of Saltram (br c 1780
Eclipse). Virago was bred by John
Parker (1735-1788), 1st Baron Boringdon, whose seat was at Saltram
House in Devon, and sold to the Prince of Wales which perhaps
illustrates Mr Parker's interest in acquiring her daughter. She had
however no further offspring entered in the stud book, although she
was recorded as bringing 33 guineas "covered by Anvil" in a list of
broodmares sold by HRH the Prince of Wales in 1792. Under the name
of Parker's Arabian he got the Prince of Wales's Plenipo (b c 1783)
and his unnamed sister (b f 1780). Neither of these appear to have
any further record. |
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Bridgewater's Arabian
[Widdrington Grey Arabian] gr c 1705c (Lister's
Turk - Dam of Coneyskins). Sire Line
Lister Turk.
William (1678-1743), 4th Baron Widdrington of Blankney, whose seat
was at Widdrington Castle in Northumberland, married Jane Tempest in
1700 and thereafter lived mainly at Stella Hall. A staunch Catholic,
whose part in the Jacobite uprising of 1715 cost him his titles and
estates, perhaps parted with his Arabian at this time. The horse
passed into the hands of Mr Bridgewater for whom he sired Mr
Jackson's Grizzle (gr c 1726) the 3rd place finisher for the King's
Plate at Ipswich in 1731 won by Mr Dodsworth's good runner Midge (gr
c 1724 Jigg). He also got Thomas Bridgewater's Young Brisk (c 1720c)
who was sometimes called Bridgewater's Horse. Young Brisk was
described as a strong well-fashioned horse standing 15 hands and
half an inch. He covered at Tuddo near Durham for a fee of half a
guinea. Young Brisk sired Mr Jackson's Favourite (gr f 1725) the
famous mare who won six King's Plates and Mr Jackson's Little John
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Bridgewater's Arabian
b c 1735c. Owned by Scroop Egerton
(1681-1744), 1st Duke of Bridgewater, he was described as a strong
"full-siz'd" horse who was perfectly sound and free from blemish. In
1746 he covered in Staffordshire for proprietor John Walford of
Wolverhampton for a fee of 1 guinea. His only known offspring was a
chesnut colt of 1745 foaled in the Godolphin stud and sold to
Charles Adams in 1747. |
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Bright's Arabian
c 1735c. Owned in Yorkshire by Thomas Bright (d
1737) of Badsworth near Pontrefact he sired four offspring who were
recorded in the stud book. The most successful of these was Mr
Bright's Partner (br c 1746) winner of a fifty at Wakefield and
several other prizes in the north of England. Mary Bright, daughter
of Thomas, married Charles Watson-Wentworth (1730-1782), 2nd
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Bright's Brown Turk
br c 1735c. Possibly the same horse as
Bright's Arabian, he got the dam of Bewdley Billy (b c 1755
Regulus). Bred by Edward Rookes
Leedes, Bewdley Billy was described as a well marked bay who "goes
well on his legs". He was previously called Merry Andrew and ran for
Mr Tattersall at Stamford and Aylesbury in 1759 without success. He
was advertised to cover in Worcestershire in 1760 at a fee of half a
guinea. |
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Brooke's Arabian
c 1715c. His owner was possibly Francis Greville
(1719-1773), who was known as Lord Brooke from 1727 to 1746, after
which he became the 1st Earl of Warwick. He sired only one offspring
in the stud book, Brooke Arabian Mare (f 1730c) who was the grandam
of Hamilton's Figure
(gr c 1747 Old Standard)
and Jason (gr c 1749 Old
Standard). It is possible that this Arabian was known by another
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Brownlow Turk
c 1700c. Sire Line
Brownlow
Turk. He was probably owned by Sir John Brownlow (1690-1754),
5th Bt of Humby, and in 1718 Baron Charleville and Viscount
Tyrconnel in Ireland. Peregrine Bertie (1686-1742), 2nd Duke of
Ancaster, married Jane Brownlow and named one of his sons Brownlow
Bertie. The Turk, sire of Grey Grantham (gr c 1714) and his brother
(gr c 1710c), is often cited as the source of modern day grey colour
in the thoroughbred racehorse, however the grey may have originated
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Brown's Arabian
c 1745c. Owned by Mr Brown of Dublin he arrived
in Gibraltar from Tangier in April of 1750 and thence travelled to
London in May and Ireland in July. He was first advertised in 1752
to cover in Yorkshire at Mr Green's near Bedale and in 1753 to cover
in Dublin. He was described in his advertisements as strong,
beautiful and nimble and standing fifteen hands. His elaborate
pedigree was also published which indicated that he was bred in the
Royal stud of the Emperor of Morocco and was of the "Royal Arabian
Sharrif-Breed". He sired an unnamed daughter, described as a grey
spotted filly [Royal Studs:181] from Wagtail (b f 1732 Godolphin's
Whitefoot) both owned in Ireland by the Earl of Antrim. Mr Brown was
probably John Browne (d 1776), created Baron Monteagle in 1760,
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Bunbury's Arabian
c 1760c. Owned by Sir Thomas Charles Bunbury
(1740-1821), 6th Bt of Bunbury and Stanney, resident of Barton,
Suffolk, the Arabian is otherwise unidentified. Sir Charles is
probably best known as the owner of
Diomed (ch c 1777 Florizel)
the first Derby winner. Bunbury's Arabian sired three fillies
recorded in the stud book from 1766 to 1772 however none of these
left recorded offspring. |
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Burdett's Arabian
[Harpham Arabian] c 1690c. Owned by Robert Burdett he may have been
the same horse as Harpur's Barb and the Harpham Arabian. The Burdett
family lived near Calke Abbey in Derbyshire, the seat of the
Harpurs. Burdett's Arabian sired Young Child Mare, bred by Robert
Burdett (1670-1716), who married Elizabeth Tracy, daughter of
William, 4th Viscount Tracy. The latter owned the famous mare
Whimsey, who was also bred by Burdett out of the Young Child Mare. |
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Burlington's Persian
c 1745c. He was owned by Richard Boyle
(1694-1753), 3rd Earl of Burlington and 4th Earl of Cork, who was
also one of the owners of the Thoulouse Barb (b c 1695c). Burlington
held office as Lord Treasurer of Ireland, Lord Lieutenant of the
East and West Ridings of Yorkshire, and Privy Councillor whilst
maintaining an passion for architecture. The Persian was the sire of
the Duke of Devonshire's unnamed filly (gr f 1752) from Young Miss
Belvoir (gr f 1730 Childers),
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Burlington Turk 1695c
See Thoulouse Barb. |
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Burlton's Arabian
gr c 1760c. Philip Burlton (d 1790), an army
surgeon, bred and raced horses for nearly forty years in the latter
half of the eighteenth century and claimed the Oaks Stakes in 1784
with his homebred Stella (b f 1781 Plunder). Described as an
"exceeding bony fine Horse" that "gets good Stock" Burlton's Arabian
covered in Essex at Wickham Mills, near Witham for a fee of £10. His
only offspring recorded in the stud book was Mr Burlton's Squib (gr
c 1768) from Sister to Mirza (b f 1751
Godolphin Arabian). Squib
ran at Newmarket in 1771 defeating Lord Orford's Atheist (gr c 1768
Bell's Arabian) in a match for 100 guineas. There is a possibility
that Burlton's Arabian was the same horse as the Witham Grey
Arabian. |
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Byerley Turk
bl c 1680c.
Sire Line Byerley Turk. |
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Carlisle Barb
[Strickland Turk]
bl c 1712c. Sire Line
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Carlisle Turk [Acaster
Turk]
gr c 1695c. Sire Line
Acaster
Turk. |
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Cassilis Arabian
c 1761. The Cassilis Arabian probably belonged
to Sir Thomas Kennedy (1730c-1775) who succeeded as 9th Earl of
Cassilis in 1762. His seat at Culzean Castle on the Ayshire coast of
Scotland was known for its panoramic vistas of the Firth of Clyde
and overlooked the isles of Arran, Bute and Ailsa Craig as well as
the mull of Kintyre. The Cassilis Arabian was brought for the earl
from Smyrna by Dr Turnbull and was valued around six hundred pounds
sterling on his arrival. Advertisements describe him as a "beautiful
cream-coloured" horse who stood 14 hands 3 inches and was
"remarkably active and strong, perfectly sound" and quiet enough to
carry a lady. He was offered at auction in April of 1772 at the
stables of Peter Ramsay of Cowgate Port, Edinburgh. He got several
colts who ran at York in the early 1770s although his most notable
offspring was Mr Sitlington's Acropolis (b c 1769) who was later
known as Mr Bacon's Foxhunter. One of his unnamed daughters won a
500 guineas match at York in 1772 beating Lord Bolingbroke's
Philippo (gr c 1768 Coombe Arabian). He also got Mr Blake's Tabby
Runt (b f 1770) from Miss South, the latter the dam of
Trentham (b c 1766 Gower's
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Chandos's Turk
c 1715c. Sire Line
Chandos'
Turk. James Brydges (1673-1744), 1st Duke of Chandos and
Marquess of Carnarvon, was a member of parliament from 1698 to 1714
and held the office of paymaster general of forces abroad. He built
the imposing Canons Park, near Edgeware, Middlesex, and enjoyed
Handel as his resident composer. Having lost his fortune, the
original Canons was demolished around 1744 and parts of it were sold
to reduce his debt. Another residence was erected later, presumably
that which was home to the relative of Dennis O'Kelly, who was
custodian of Eclipse (ch c 1764
Marske) in his final years. The
Duke's father, James, 8th Lord Chandos of Sudeley, was ambassador at
Constantinople and may have arranged the purchase of the Turk, or he
may have been acquired through the Duke's son, the Honourable and
Reverend Henry Brydges, a friend of Thomas Darley. In a letter
written from Aleppo in 1705 Thomas informs his brother John that he
has requested Henry Brydges to accompany the
Darley Arabian to England on
the ship Ipswich. In the stud the Chandos' Turk left the Royal Plate
winner Mr Shepherd's Dashwood (b c 1727). In 1732 Dashwood won the
Royal Plate at Ipswich, beating Mr Panton's Leadenheels (b c 1725
Childers), Lord Halifax's
Robin (b c 1727 King's Grey Arabian), Sir M Newton's Brisk and three
others in three heats. In the second heat, having run off course
about 600 yards, he was hard put to save his distance, which he
nevertheless managed to do, and won the third heat "easy". He also
placed third in the Ladies' Plate at York, won by Captain
Appleyard's Quiet Cuddy (ch
c 1727 Fox), followed by Sir M
Newton's Brisk, beating Mr Read's Sampson, Mr Hutton's Grey Childers
(br c 1727 Bartlet's Childers)
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Chesterfield Arabian
[Chesterfield White Barb] gr c 1703c. He was
probably owned by Philip Stanhope (1633-1713), 2nd Earl of
Chesterfield. His only known offspring is the dam of Lord Portmore's
Royal Plate winner Highlander (gr c 1742 Portmore's Victorious) who
was said to stand 14 hands 1 inch and to be "one of the best horses
of his size that ever won a royal plate". Highlander was later a
stallion at Hampton Court. Lord Chesterfield also owned the Stanhope
mare of Family 32 who was the
dam of Lord Godolphin's Sophy (b c 1729 Matthew's Persian). It is
conceivable that the Chesterfield Arabian is the same horse as the
Chesterfield White Barb who covered six mares in the Newcastle Stud
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Chillaby 1695c. |
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Clement's Arabian 1764
See Dowla. |
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Clifton Arabian
c 1715c. He was possibly the same horse as
Johnson's Arabian. He may have been Mr Metcalfe's "fine grey Barb of
uncommon strength, size and beauty" who covered at Clifton, near
York, for a fee of 2 guineas. His single stud book offspring, the
Clifton Arabian Mare (f 1730c), a foundation mare of
Family 57, was the ancestress
of Mr Edwards Irish stallions Buffer (b c 1798 Prizefighter), Escape
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Coke's Arabian 1724 |
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Cole's Barb
c 1685c. The Barb was probably owned by Sir Ralph
Cole (d 1704) of Brancepeth Castle who represented Durham in several
post-Restoration parliaments and was cousin to Sir Ralph Milbanke.
Cole's Barb got Old Smithson (bbr c 1695c) whose daughter was the
second dam of Hobgoblin (br c
1724 Aleppo). Old
Smithson belonged to John Milbanke (d 1713) of Thorp Perrow,
Yorkshire, whose wife Dorothy was a sister of Sir Ralph Milbank
(1689-1748), 4th Bt of Halnaby, owner of the famous Milbanke's Black
Mare (bl f 1710c Makeless) the dam of Hartley's Blind Horse (ch c
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Compton Barb 1760c
See Sedley Arabian. |
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Conyers Arabian
1700c |
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Cooke's Arabian 1790c
See Sheikh Twiney. |
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Coombe Arabian
[Combe Arabian, Pigot Arabian, Bolingbroke Grey
Arabian] gr c 1760c. According to the General Stud Book "The COOMBE
ARABIAN (sometimes called the Pigot Arabian, and sometimes the
Bolingbroke Grey Arabian), was the sire of Methodist, the dam of
Crop, etc." [GSB 1:393]. George Pigot (1719-1777) was created
Baronet in 1764 after his return to England and Baron Pigot of
Patshull in Dublin in 1766. After an career with the East India
Company he represented Wallingford and later Bridgenorth in
parliament and is said to have paid £100,00 for the Patshull estate
in Staffordshire. Under the name of the Pigot Arabian the horse
covered in Huntingdonshire, at Chesterton Hall near Stilton, in 1770
and 1771 for a fee of 10 guineas. A later Pigot Grey Arabian (gr c
1795c) covered at Patshull in the early 1800s. There is no
explanation for the name Coombe (or Combe). The word coombe, meaning
a small valley or a hollow, is commonly used in the south of England
but has no known connection with this Arabian. Nevertheless under
the name of the Coombe Arabian he covered in Northamptonshire at
Pooksley-Green from 1772 to 1776 whilst his fee declined from 10
guineas to 5 guineas. Frederick St John (1732-1789), 2nd Viscount
Bolingbroke of Lydiard Park near Swindon, Wiltshire was a notable
turf supporter in the second half of the seventeenth century and
more than one Arabian carries his name. It is possible that the
Bolingbroke Grey Arabian is the same horse as the otherwise
unidentified Bolingbroke Arabian. Having been fairly well patronised
the Coombe Arabian had over 25 offspring perhaps the most famous of
whom was Methodist (gr c 1768) the winner of numerous matches and
the King's Plate at Newmarket for Lord Orford in 1771. None of his
sons bred on. One of his daughters (gr f 1768) had more success, she
being the ancestress of the Preis der Diana winner La Stella (b f
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Cornwallis Arabian
c 1800c. He was possibly owned by Charles
Cornwallis (1738-1805), 1st Marquess of Cornwallis and probably
covered at Hampton Court during the reign of King George III
(1738-1820). He sired an unnamed colt (ch c 1813) belonging to Mr
Boultbee and the Mount Falcon Arabian (gr c 1810c) belonging to
John-Frederic Knox of Mount Falcon, high sheriff of Mayo and Sligo.
The Mount Falcon Arabian was from an Arabian mare who was presented
to Charles Dillon-Lee (1745-1813), 12th Viscount Dillon, of
Quarendon, Buckinghamshire, by King George. Lord Dillon later gave
him to Mr Knox. The Mount Falcon Arabian died in Ireland in 1832. |
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Cornwall's Arabian
c 1735c. Owned by Velters Cornwall, turf
supporter and owner of the good runner
Jason (gr c 1749
Old Standard) and the
stallion Blind Spot (gr c 1735c Chaplin's Spot), he sired only one
stud book entry, Mr Brooks's Rainbow (ch c 1752) who won fifties at
Chipping-Norton in 1756 and at Tetbury and Northampton in 1757. |
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Count Orloff
b c 1769c. Presented to Sir Horatio Mann
(1744-1814), 2nd bt Mann, by Count Alexey Grigoryevich Orlov, who
maintained an extensive stud in Russia, Count Orloff was described
as bay Arabian of the highest racing blood, of great bone, free from
blemish and perfectly sound. One of three horses (the other two
being Ali Bey and the Orlov Arabian) who were sent to England by
Count Orlov, he covered at Cottesmore in Rutlandshire for a fee of
10gs. In the stud he got Mr Whitfield's unnamed mare (1780) who has
no further record. |
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Coxe's Arabian
[Cox's Arabian] ch c 1810c. Imported into America
by special permission of the Bey of Tunis in 1816 by the American
Consul Charles D Coxe, he was said to stand 15 and one quarter hands
and be of the highest caste. He stood the 1820 season in Cincinnati,
Ohio. He sired several winners, including Bey of Tunis and Mahomet
although his most enduring contribution was his unnamed daughter who
became a foundation mare of American Family a89 which still had
descendants in the 1990s. |
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Crawford's Turk 1740c
See Stamford's Turk. |
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Cripple Barb
1705c |
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Croft's Bay Barb 1705c
See Cripple Barb. |
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Crofts Egyptian
c 1710c. His background is not known although it
is possible that he was the same horse as the "fine Barb" stallion
called Grand Cairo who was included in a sale as part of the stud of
the late Thomas Hall in 1726. In 1732 Mr Crofts "Ægyptian Horse" was
advertised to cover at Witton Castle, near Bishop-Auckland in
Durham, for a fee of 1 guinea. He was described a strong,
well-shaped stallion and sired 10 known offspring between 1725 and
1730. None of his sons were named or bred on. One of his unnamed
daughters was the ancestress of the St Leger winner The Duchess
[ex-Duchess of Leven] (b f 1813 Cardinal York) and the Chester Cup
winner King Cole (b c 1833 Memnon). She was also the 3rd dam of Mr
Holme's stallion Barrock Billy (ch c 1753
Cade). Although he was never on the turf, Barrock Billy,
described as standing 15 hands, master of any weight, and going as
well "upon his legs as any horse in England," entered the stud at
Barrockside, near Carlisle, for a fee of 1 guinea. Another unnamed
daughter of the Egyptian was the 2nd dam of William Preston's Hero
(gr c 1753 Cade), winner of the Royal Plate at York in 1759 and then
sent to Ireland. |
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Cullen Arabian
br c 1740 |
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Cumberland's Arabian 1745c
See Muley Ishmael. |
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Curwen's Arabian
c 1675c. He was the property of the famous Henry
Curwen (1661-1725) of Workington, Cumberland, who owned and bred a
great many horses including the notable
Curwen's Bay Barb (b c
1681c). There is speculation that Curwen's Arabian may be the same
horse as Pelham's Bay Arabian who was also called
Spanker (b c 1675c
Darcy's Yellow Turk). He sired
the Vintner Mare (bl f 1685c), taproot mare of
Family 9. |
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Curwen's Bay Barb 1681c |
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Curwen's Chesnut Arabian 1695c
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Curwen's Grey Morocco Barb
gr c 1690c. He may possibly be the
same horse as Curwen's Grey Turk. Owned by Henry Curwen, he sired
the 5th dam of Mr Pembroke's Aimwell (gr c 1750
Babraham) [Pond 1754:149]. The
Racing Calendar also indicates that Curwen's Grey Morocco
Barb sired the 5th dam of Aimwell [Heber:1755]. However, according
to the Turf Register, the 5th dam of Aimwell was sired by
Lord Fairfax's Grey Morocco Barb [Pick 1:156]. The 5th dam of
Aimwell may possibly be Sir William Strickland's Grey Morocco Barb
Mare, who is recorded in the General Stud Book as a
daughter of Leedes Arabian Mare "sister to Leedes, sometimes called
Cream Cheeks" [GSB 1:12], although it should be noted that the
pedigree of Aimwell lacks the cross to the Old Morocco Mare. Another
Curwen Barb Mare exerted considerable influence in America as the
dam of the worthy stallion Monkey
(b c 1725 Lonsdale Arabian) and her other son,
Hazard (b c 1726
Leedes), sired
Liberty (b c 1749)
whose daughter was the 2nd dam of the good stallion Mousetrap (b c
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Curwen's Grey Turk
gr c 1690c. He was also owned by Henry Curwen
and was the sire of three known offspring, including Flanderkin (c
1707) and his sister (f 1695c) the latter the third dam of Cuthbert
Routh's York Gold Cup winner
Hanniball (c 1713
Terror). An unnamed
daughter foaled perhaps his most famous descendant, Mr Bathurst's
North Country Diamond (ch c 1726 Jew Trump). Diamond won numerous
plates and prizes in a turf career that spanned six years and
covered both the north and south of England and was later a somewhat
successful stallion getting an unnamed mare (f 1730c) who was a
foundation mare of Family 32. |
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Curzon's Grey Barb
gr c 1735c. He was owned by Sir Nathaniel
Curzon (1676-1758) 4th bt of Kedleston, Derbyshire, who bred and
raced many horses in his day, notably
Jason (gr c 1749
Old Standard) and
Silverleg (ch c 1743
Young Cartouch). His wife Mary was the daughter of Sir Ralph
Assheton of Lancashire, the owner of Fox
(b c 1714 Clumsey) and
Fox Cub (b c 1714
Clumsey). The Barb sired three colts recorded in the General
Stud Book although none of them had any success on the turf or
in the stud. |
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Cyprus Arabian
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Daghee (GB)
ch c 1829 (Muley - Mare, by Sheikh Arabian). His
pedigree, as presented in the American Stud Book [AmSB
1:18] is highly unlikely. He was perhaps an Arabian himself. He was
imported into Canada by Commander Barrie of the Royal Navy and
afterwards taken to America. He stood in New Jersey in 1835. He
sired Peter Pindar (ch c 1836), a good stallion in Canada. |
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Damascus Arabian
bl c 1754. Sire Line Damascus Arabian. Imported
from Syria in 1760 he was bred by a Sheikh of Acria who presented
him as a foal to the Bashaw of Damascus who in turn gave him to a
Turkey merchant at Aleppo. As a two year old he was purchased by an
"English gentleman". He was "known to be of the purest Arabian
breed, in that country, without any mixture of the Turcoman or
Barb". He was said to stand over 14 hands and half an inch which at
the time was considered large and possess bone and substance as
well. In Yorkshire he covered only thoroughbred mares for William
Coates at Smeaton, in Surrey for Samuel Tate at Mickleham, for John
Tuting at Newmarket and eventually at Wickham in Essex. His fee
varied from 2 guineas to 10 guineas. He sired over twenty offspring
the most notable of whom was an unnamed mare (f 1778) the ancestress
of Longbow (b c 1849 Ithuriel),
Tranby (br c 1826
Blacklock) and Wagtail
(b f 1818 Prime Minister) the latter the taproot mare of
Family 21-a. He also got
several good runners, including the winners Signal (b c 1763), Flush
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Darcy's Chesnut
Arabian
[Darcy's Old Chesnut Turk, Darcy's Yellow Turk] ch c
1670c. Sire Line
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Darcy's Chesnut Arabian
ch c 1695c. We speculate that Darcy's
Chesnut Arabian, owned by James Darcy the Younger (1650-1731), was
acquired from Henry Curwen (1661-1725) and was the same horse as
Curwen's Chesnut Arabian. It is also possible that this horse is the
same horse as Pulleine's Chesnut Arabian. He has three known
offspring, Little George's Dam (f 1700c), Mr Curwen's stallion Jew
Trump (b c 1709) and Lord Darcy's Young Violet Layton (f 1715c). Of
these three Little George's Dam was the most significant since all
of Family 12-b,
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Darcy's White Turk
[Place's White Turk or Sedbury Turk] gr c 1670c. Sire Line
Darcy's
White Turk. |
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Darcy's Yellow Turk
c 1670c.
Sire Line
Darcy's
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Darley Arabian
b c 1700.
Sire Line Darley Arabian. |
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Devonshire Arabian
c 1680c. He was owned in Derbyshire by William
Cavendish (1640-1707), 1st Duke of Devonshire, at Chatsworth, also
the owner of such renowned horses as
Childers (b c 1714
Darley Arabian) and
Basto (bl c 1703
Byerley Turk). The Arabian's
single known contribution to the stud book was an unnamed mare (f
1690c) who was the ancestress of
Figure (br c 1757
Hamilton's Figure) who had such a great success as a stallion in
America. |
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Devonshire Chesnut Arabian
ch c 1740c. He covered at the stud of
William Cavendish (1698-1755), 3rd Duke of Devonshire, breeder of
such horses as Second (br c
1732 Childers) and
Snip (br c 1736
Childers). He sired nearly twenty known offspring none of whom made
any lasting impression on the stud book, although Sister to
Brimstone (gr f 1756) produced Mr Vernon's good runner Sulphur (gr c
1762 Spectator) who was
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Devonshire Grey Arabian
gr c 1745c. He was also owned by the 3rd
Duke of Devonshire and is credited with six offspring in the stud
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Devonshire Turk
ch c 1715c. He may have been the same horse as
Sutton's Turk. According to the General Stud Book this stallion was
given by William Cavendish (1673-1729), 2nd Duke of Devonshire, to
Daniel Finch (1689-1769), 8th Earl of Winchelsea and 3rd Earl of
Nottingham [GSB 1:83]. Of three stud book offspring, Fair Wanderer
(f 1725c) was the 2nd dam of the Doncaster Cup winner Meaburn (b c
1761 Mirza), and one of the Turk's unnamed daughters was a
foundation mare of Family 18
and ancestress of horses such as the Derby winners
Waxy (b c 1790
Pot8os) and April the Fifth (br c
1929 Craig an Eran). The Turk is also credited with two foals in the
Devonshire stud in the 1729 inventory taken on the death of the Duke
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Dey Of Algiers
gr c 1794. He was described in the American
Stud Book as an elegantly formed Arabian horse standing over
14.2 hands and possessing both beauty and strength. His nearly white
coat was sprinkled with brown spots over his neck and shoulders.
Imported into Germany in 1798 and purchased the next year by
Lieutenant-General Frederick who then sold him to Colonel Swan of
Massachusetts. Swan shipped him to General Jackson in Boston, who in
turn sent him to General Mason in Washington, DC in 1802. He sired
Algerine (gr c 1804). |
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Dodsworth (GB)
c
1670c. Sire Line
Dodsworth.
Family 32. Research of James
Hardiman suggests that he could be the same horse as Darcy's Yellow
Turk. |
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Dowla
[Clement's Arabian, Oxlade Arabian] b c 1764. Said to have
been bred in the mountains of Moses by the Imaum of Senna, he was
described as "extremely beautiful, remarkable strong and bony" and
"allowed by all who have seen him, to be the finest Arabian in this
Kingdom". Given to the Governor of Mocha as a two year old, he was
chosen to wear the King of Senna's medal, denoting the finest bred
horse in Arabia Felix, as a three year old. He travelled to England
aboard the Royal Charlotte East Indiaman under the helm of Captain
John Clements in 1768 and was advertised to cover in Berkshire for
Mr Oxlade of Bisham Park in 1769 for a fee of 10 guineas. He appears
to have acquired the name of Dowla the following year. He left three
offspring in the stud book, including Mr Stephenson's Dart (ch c
1770) who won a fifty at Odiham whilst beating eleven others,
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Eaton Barb
c 1760c. He is possibly the same horse as
Lord Grosvenor's Arabian. Richard
Grosvenor (1731-1802), 1st Earl Grosvenor, of Eaton Hall in Cheshire
and Oxcroft Farm near West Wratting in Cambridgeshire, began racing
in 1753 and established an extensive and successful stud. Among his
horses were such as Bandy (b c 1747
Cade),
Gimcrack (gr c 1760 Cripple),
Pacolet (gr c 1763
Blank),
Mambrino (gr c 1768
Engineer),
Sweetwilliam (ch c 1768
Syphon),
Sweetbriar (ch c 1769 Syphon),
Protector (br c 1770
Matchem) and
Pot8os (ch c 1773
Eclipse). He also bred three Derby
winners and five Oaks winners. The Barb sired only one stud book
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Egremont Barb
[possibly Forbes Arabian] c 1795c. George O'Brien
Wyndham (1751-1837), 3rd Earl of Egremont, of Petworth in Sussex
bred five Derby winners and five Oaks winner during his sojourn on
the turf and was associated with such horses as
Precipitate (ch c 1787
Mercury),
Gohanna (b c 1790 Mercury) and
Peri (b f 1822) the dam of the great
Sir Hercules (bl c 1826
Whalebone). The Egremont Barb
sired the Duke of Richmond's Tetuan (br c 1803) from Lord Egremont's
Oaks winner Nightshade (b f 1785 Pot8os).
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Eley's Turk
[Ely Turk] gr c 1700c (Lister
Turk). Sire Line
Lister Turk.
Although he is recorded in the General Stud Book as "Ely
Turk (sire of Old Pert)" [GSB 1:389], Mr Prior points out that Old
"Pert is wrongly described... as by the Ely Turk, but in Heber's
Racing Calendar... he is correctly stated to be by Champion"
[Heber 1761:143]. Mr Eley's Turk is among the list of stallions in
the Ancaster Stud of the 2nd Duke from 1719 to 1737 as reproduced by
Mr Prior [Early Records: 79]. The Turk sired Greathead (b c 1711)
winner of the King's Gold Cup at York in 1717 and in turn sire of
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Fairfax's Morocco Barb
gr c
1665c. Sire Line
Fairfax's Morocco Barb. |
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Fawkener's Grey Turk
gr c 1735c. Sir Everard Fawkener
(1694-1758), also spelled Faulkner, was the British ambassador to
Constantinople from 1737 to 1744, and later secretary to HRH the
Duke of Cumberland. In 1753 he was advertised by John Knevett to
cover at the White Lyon in Eye, Suffolk, for a fee of 1 guinea. He
was said to be as fine a horse any in England and to go remarkably
well upon his legs. He was thought a very certain foal getter. The
Turk had only two known offspring. The first, Greasy (gr f 1747c),
ran as an aged mare at Doncaster in 1755 for Lord Robert Sutton
Manners, placing fourth in a 70 guineas sweepstakes. The second, an
unnamed mare (gr f 1740c), produced Mr Pembroke's
Aimwell (gr c 1750
Babraham) who won a fifty at
Chipping-Norton in 1754. |
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Fenwick Barb
c 1675c.
Sire Line
Fenwick Barb. |
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Ferrers's Arabian
b c 1765c. Washington Shirley (1722-1778), 5th
Earl Ferrers, and probably Robert Shirley (1723-1787), 6th Earl
Ferrers, maintained a small breeding operation at their family seat
at Staunton Herald in Leicestershire. The stallion won the Arabian
Plate at Newmarket and later covered for a fee of 10 guineas. He
sired 12 known offspring from 1773 to 1779 and most of them appear
to have remained in the family. Mrs Stuart's Betty (ch f 1773) ran
3rd for the King's Plate for mares at Chelmsford, Lord Clermont's
unnamed colt (b c 1773) won a 25 guineas match at Newmarket and Lord
Ferrers's Flavia (b f 1774) won a 100 guineas sweepstakes at
Newmarket. None of them bred on. |
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Fletcher's
Arabian
[Vane's Arabian] ch c 1730c. Sire Line Fletcher's
Arabian. One of Mr Mosco's imports. |
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Forbes Arabian
c 1795c. He sired one unnamed colt (ch c 1817),
owned by Mr Porter, from Lord Egremont's Sister to Chester (br f
1800 Sir Peter Teazle). He
could possibly be the same horse as the Egremont Barb. |
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Gascoigne's Foreign Horse
[Gascoigne's Arabian] c 1710c. He
appears to have belonged to several generations of the Gascoigne
family, namely Sir Thomas (1659-1718), 4th bt, Sir John (1662-1723),
5th bt and Sir Edward (1697-1750), 6th bt. Gascoigne's Foreign Horse
earned his place in history as the sire of Daffodil's Dam.
Daffodil's Dam (f 1715c), the tapoot mare of
Family 20, was owned and bred
by Sir Thomas and although she belonged briefly to his brother Sir
John, her stud career would have been managed by Sir Edward. She
produced Lord Portmore's Daffodil (ch c 1725 Bald Galloway), said to
be a high class stayer, and Mr Durham's Favourite (gr f 1728 Royal
Ball), who won the Royal Plate at Hambleton in 1733 beating
twenty other entries. Family 20 descends from the latter mare,
Favourite. The Gascoigne stud, located at Parlington, between
Aberford and Leedes, in Yorkshire, gained prominence under the
custodianship of a descendant, Sir Thomas, (1743-1810) 8th bt. He
bred the fine mare, Violet (ch f 1787
Shark), who produced at least thirteen foals, of whom six were
good winners. They included the St Leger winner Symmetry (gr c 1795
Delpini), and the Oaks
winner Theophania (b f 1800 Delpini), also Thomasina (ch f 1804
Timothy) who won the Doncaster Stakes and was the third dam of the
St Leger winner, Jerry (bl c 1821
Smolensko), Tooee (ch f 1799 Buzzard)
who won a King's Plate and placed third in the Oaks, and Slapbang
(ch c 1796 Delpini) who came in third in the St Leger. Another
daughter, Golden Locks (ch f 1793 Delpini), produced the St Leger
winner and Champion Sire Soothsayer
(ch c 1808 Sorcerer). Sir Thomas
also bred and raced the St Leger winner Hollandaise (gr f 1775
Matchem), whose half-sister
Gunilda (gr f 1777 Star) was sent to Virginia, and raced the St
Leger winner Tommy (ch c 1776 Wildair) who was half-brother to his
broodmare, Violet. Richard Oliver Gascoigne, son-in-law of the last
Sir Thomas, is recorded as the breeder of Soothsayer, who was later
sold to Lord Foley and eventually sent to Russia. Richard Gascoigne
also bred Louisa (br f 1813 Orville),
a daughter of Thomasina, who produced the St Leger winner, Jerry,
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Gibson's Grey Arabian
[Barrington's Arabian] gr c 1760c. Owned
William Wildman Barrington (1717-1793), 2nd Viscount Barrington, MP
for Berwick-on-Tweed and in 1745 seated in the Irish House of Lords.
In 1754 he was returned to parliament for Plymouth and thereafter
held numerous posts including those of treasurer of the navy and
secretary of war. His seat was at Becket House in Berkshire. The
horse was said to have been purchased in Yemen from the Immaum of
Sinna for £400 sterling from where he was transported down the Red
Sea to Bombay and thence to England on the indiaman Earl of Elgin.
He stood nearly 15 hands and was described as "extremely beautiful,
remarkably strong and in perfect health". He covered at the Riding
House in Mayfair until his purchase by Mr Gibson when he moved to
Middlesex at Brands, near Hampstead. He sired ten stud book
offspring only one of whom bred on for another generation. The most
successful were Sir H Harpur's Dairymaid (b f 1772) who won two
fifties at Derby and a fifty at Leicester in 1776, and a fifty at
Derby in 1777, and Christopher Blake's Giboutski (b c 1767) who won
a 200gs match as a two year old at Newmarket Second Spring in 1769
from the six year old mare Stilts. Christopher Blake, a member of
the Jockey Club and owner of the celebrated Firetail (b c 1769
Squirrel), was an early proponent of two year old racing. |
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Godolphin Arabian
[Coke's Arabian] b c 1724. Sire Line
Godolphin Arabian. |
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Godolphin Brown Barb
[Western Barb] br c 1743. Lord Godolphin
acquired him from Mr Belchier on January 13, 1750, and the horse
arrived at Gog Magog three days later. He was purchased by Mr Larkin
on November 11, 1756. Said to have had a small star [Royal
Studs:163], he was advertised in the racing calendars to cover in
Yorkshire at Ellerton, near Richmond, for a fee of 2 guineas. Of
seventeen known offspring only one mare bred on for another
generation. His most successful sons were Sir John Moore's Hazard
(gr c 1752) who won a fifty at Burford in 1757 and Mr Lincoln's
Markwell (b c 1754) who finished 2nd for a fifty at Chipping Norton
in 1758. |
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Godolphin Grey Barb
[Godolphin Grey Turk] gr c 1740c. It is not
known how long he remained in the Godolphin stud since he does not
appear in their private records. He was said by the General Stud
Book to be the same horse as the Devonshire Grey Arabian [GSB
1:76], however Mr Prior notes that he was not [Royal Studs: 164].
His son, Sir John Moore's Venture (b g 1744), won a match for 40gs
defeating Lord Eglinton's Chance at Newmarket and the £20 city plate
at Salisbury in 1753. His only known daughter produced Coomb (b c
1749 Janus) who won fifties at Stamford, Huntingdon and Ascot-Heath
in 1753 and finished 2nd to Mr Grisewood's
Teazer
(gr c 1749 Old
Teazer) for a fifty at Ascot-Heath in 1754; Louisa (b f 1750
Babraham) who finished 2nd for
the King's Plate at Newmarket in 1756; Newcastle Jack (ch c 17151
Babraham) who won fifties at Lambourn, Ascot-Heath and Blandford in
1756; and Pug (bl c 1753
Bolton Starling) who finished 2nd for a sweepstakes at
Ascot-Heath in 1757. |
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Goring's Foreign Horse
c 1680c. Owned by Sir William Goring
(1659-1724), 3rd bt, of Burton, Sussex, his only offspring in the
stud book is the Duke of Somerset's Jenny-Come-Tye-Me, an ancestress
of Ashridge Ball
(c 1711c Leedes).
However in the Petworth papers note is made that Sir William
Goreing's Barb was used as a stallion in 1701. Petworth, in Sussex,
was home to Charles Seymour (1662-1748), the 6th Duke of Somerset. |
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Gower's Dun Barb
bu c 1750c. He may have been the same horse as
the Hampton Court Dun Barb. Owned by Granville Leveson-Gower
(1721-1803), 1st Marquess of Stafford, 2nd Earl Gower of Trentham
Hall, Staffordshire, he sired twelve offspring, a number of whom
appear to have inherited his colour. None of them bred on or seem to
have made any mark on the turf although Mr Vernon's Honeycomb (b f
1760) was among the field for a fifty at Newmarket in 1763. |
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Gray's Inn Arabian 1770c
See Sultan Mahomet. |
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Gregory's Arabian
b c 1761c. Imported and owned by Mr Gregory, he
was bred by the "King of Sinnan in the mountains of Moses, in the
province of Yannam in Arabian Felix". He was said to stand 14 hands
3 inches. In 1773 he covered in Essex at Rolls, near Chigwell for a
fee of 10 guineas. He may have covered for a season at Rycote and in
1778 he stood in Essex at Walthamstow. He appears to have sired
seven stud book offspring although perhaps some of these should be
credited to the Gregory Grey Arabian. One of his daughters produced
Lord Abingdon's stallion Je-Ne-Sais-Quoi (br c 1776
Marske) who covered at Coton Hall,
near Bridgnorth for a fee of 1 guinea. Coton Hall was home to the
ancestors of the famous American general Robert E Lee. |
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Gregory's Grey Arabian
[Rycote Arabian] gr c 1763c. This Arabian
does not appear in the General Stud Book. Also bred by the
"King of Sinnan in the mountains of Moses, in the province of Yannam
in Arabian Felix" he stood 15 and a half hands. Owned by Mr Gregory
and later by Willoughby Bertie (1740-1799), 4th Earl of Abingdon, he
covered at Chigwell and later at Lord Abingdon's stud at Rycote in
Oxfordshire along with Marske (br c
1750 Squirt) for a
fee of 5 guineas. He is credited with two known offspring, Lord
Abingdon's Victor (gr c 1771) and his brother. |
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Gresley's Bay Arabian 1685c
See Bay Roan. |
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Grosvenor Arabian
ch c 1760c.
Sire Line Grosvenor Arabian. |
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Guise
c 1680c. Guise was owned by John Manners (1638-1711), 9th
Earl of Rutland, whose main residence was at Haddon Hall in
Derbyshire before he was created Duke of Rutland in 1703, at which
time he moved to the family's principle seat Belvoir Castle, the
latter having been damaged during the civil war. He could possibly
be the same horse as Rutland's Blacklegs. He sired only one known
offspring, an unnamed mare who was the second dam of Mr Egerton's
White Stockings (ch c 1710 Wood's Counsellor). White Stockings
finished fourth for a plate at York in 1715 won by Sir William
Strickland's Chaunter
(b c 1710 Acaster Turk),
but defeated Mr Honeywood's True Blue (gr c 1710 Honeywood's
Arabian) although the latter was said to be much out of condition. |
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Hadley's Arab
1775c. Nothing is known about this horse other than
that he sired a foundation mare of
American Family
a84 which still had descendants in the 1990s. Jet Blast (gr c
1985 Master Jason) won the North Dakota Derby in 1988 and Dancer's
Bid (gr c 1975 Snow 'Em) won the North Dakota Futurity in 1977. |
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Hales Barb
gr c 1685c. Very little is known about this horse
other than that he appears to have belonged to the same Sir Edward
who owned the Hales Turk. The Barb is mentioned in an article about
Lord Wharton's Winchendon stud in Buckinghamshire by F M Prior. He
is recorded as a stallion in a list of broodmares for 1706,
"Goodman's mare very fleet Got by Sr Edward Hales his fine white
Barbe came out of Fenick" [British Racehorse, August, 1956:201]. |
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Hales Turk
b c 1685c. The Turk was owned by Sir Edward Hales
(1645-1695), 3rd bt of Woodchurch and Tunstall, Kent, a member of
the House of Commons prior to the revolution of 1688. A follower of
James II he was subsequently a member of his privy council, a lord
of the admiralty and deputy governor of the Tower of London. During
the revolution he was interred in the Tower but on his release
joined James II in France where he was created Earl of Tenterden,
Viscount Tunstall and Baron Hales of Emley in the Jacobite peerage.
The Turk's single stud book offspring was the Oldfield Mare who
heads Family 14. The Oldfield
Mare appears to have been in the stud of Robert Bertie (1660-1723),
1st Duke of Ancaster, as all her known offspring were foaled at
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Hall's Arabian
ch c 1715c. Sire Line
Hall's
Arabian. Described as a fine barb stallion he covered in
Yorkshire at the stud of Thomas Hall of Hornby, near Smeaton, for a
fee of two guineas. He may be the same horse as Grand Cairo or
Crofts Egyptian. His most notable offspring was Mr Heneage's
Whitenose (b c 1722) who in turn sired Silvertail (b f 1737) the dam
of the stallions Careless
(ch c 1751 Regulus),
Sportsman (b c 1753
Cade) and Fearnought (b c 1755
Regulus) and from whom most of
Family 32 descends. One of his unnamed daughters produced the
York Royal Plate winner Scrutineer (b c 1732
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Hampton Court Arabians
Hampton Court Black Arabian 1740c, Hampton Court Brown Barb 1690c,
Hampton Court Chesnut Arabian 1710c, Hampton Court Dun Barb 1740c,
Hampton Court Grey Arabian 1720c, Hampton Court Grey Barb 1695c,
Hampton Court Litton Arabian 1710c |
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Harborough's Arabian
1815c. The Arabian was owned by Robert
Sherard (1797-1859), 6th Earl Harborough, of Stapleford Park, near
Melton Mowbray, in Leicestershire. He may have sired C M Phillipps's
Camilla (f 1828), as the General Stud Book notes that she
was by Sir Gilbert or Harborough's Arabian [GSB 5:46]. She is the
ancestress of the American stallion Flying Dutchman (ch c 1892
Wagner) and two Alberta Derby winners: Franks Mistake (br c 1945
Osiris) and Flying Joe (br c 1951 Goldstream). |
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Harley's
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Harpham Arabian
c
1690c. Sire Line
Harpham
Arabian. |
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Harpur's Barb
c 1690c. Sire Line Harpur's Barb. |
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Harrison's Arabian
gr c 1720c. The Arabian was probably owned by
Edward Harrison (1674-1732), governor of Madras from 1711 to 1717,
MP for Hertford after his return to England, and postmaster general
from 1725 to 1732. His daughter Audrey married Charles Townshend
(1700-1764), 3rd Viscount Townshend, lord of the bedchamber to King
George I, in 1723. His "pearl-coloured" Arabian covered at Hampton
Court and sired an unnamed mare, one of the foundation mares of
Family 101 (Slugey),
which produced two branches in America. The first, through Queen Mab
(gr f 1745c
Mosco's Grey Arabian), included Hopper's Pacolet (gr c 1750c
Spark) and Hayne's King Herod (b c 1768 Fearnought). The second,
through Moore's Britannia* (b f 1750 Hampton Court Dun Barb),
included Ashe's Roebuck (br c 1780c Sweeper). Another daughter
produced the good runner Maggot (gr c 1750 Dismal), winner of
fifties at Bury, Brentwood, Marlborough, Coventry and Ipswich during
a turf career that spanned six years. Despite being "hip-shot from a
foal" Maggot was described as standing 14 hands 3 inches and having
great strength, "just symmetry" as well as health and soundness. He
retired to the stud in Suffolk at Bury St Edmonds where he covered
for a fee of 1 guinea. Maggot left no offspring in the stud book. A
third daughter was the grandam of both Young Brilliant (ch c 1766
Brilliant) and John Knevett's
Gander (ch c 1768 Panton's Arabian). Young Brilliant was described
as a beautiful, handsomely marked chesnut standing full 15 hands. He
appears to have performed poorly in his only race, finishing fourth
of four for a fifty at Thetford in 1770, after which he was sent to
the stud. He covered for Isaac Jacob at the New Swan in Southwold
for a fee of 1 guinea. Gander had more success on the turf with
victories in fifties at Brentwood and Maidenhead in 1771 and at
Ludlow in 1772. Said to be perfectly sound, stand 15 and one-half
hands with very large bone, and to be as fine a horse as any by
those who had seen him, he covered at Eye, Suffolk, for a fee of 1
guinea. Neither Young Brilliant nor Gander left any descendants on
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Hautboy (GB)
c 1685c
(Darcy's White Turk
- Royal Mare). Sire Line
Darcy's
White Turk. |
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Heathfield's Grey Arabian
gr c 1795c. Francis Augustus Eliott
(1750-1813), 2nd Baron Heathfield, of Bayley (later Heathfield) Park
in Sussex engaged in a military career during which he advanced to
the rank of general in 1808. He maintained a small stud for about
ten years at the beginning of the 19th century with mares mainly
from a Hampton Court background. The Arabian had five known
offspring, the most successful of whom was probably Euphrates (b c
1800). None of the Heathfield stock bred on. |
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Hector
[Old] c 1800c. The identity of Old Hector has not been
established with any certainty and in fact he may have been one
horse, or several, with the same name. Around 1806 he was imported
into New South Wales from India by R Campbell of Sydney. Although he
was said to have been advertised as a Persian he was also said to
have been a fine Arabian, an India-bred, and an English
thoroughbred, the latter based on his size and character. Standing
nearly sixteen hands, he was described as a very fine bay of
commanding appearance who transmitted remarkable gameness and
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Helmsley Turk
c
1665c. Sire Line
Helmsley
Turk. |
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Hillsborough's Turk
c 1715c. Trevor Hill (1693-1742), 1st
Viscount Hillsborough, represented Ayesbury (1715-1722) and
Malmesbury (1722) in the House of Commons and also County Down
(1717) in the Irish House of Commons. He maintained a small racing
establishment from about 1710 to 1720 with his most successful
runner probably being Ruffler (later Sir William Morgan's) who
defeated the Duke of Wharton's Desdemona (f 1714 Greyhound) at
Newmarket in 1719. Desdemona was said to be one of the best plate
mares of her time in the north. Lord Hillsborough's Turk sired only
one known offspring, Sir William Morgan's unnamed colt (ch c 1722)
from a Leedes Mare at Hampton Court. The colt had no descendants. |
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Holderness Turk
1705c. Sire Line
Holderness Turk. The Holderness Turk was sent to England by Sir
Robert Sutton (1671-1746), ambassador in Constantinople from 1702 to
1717 during the reigns of Queen Anne and King George I. Sir Robert
was the great nephew of Robert Sutton (1594-1668), 1st Baron
Lexington. Lord Lexington's daughter Bridget was the mother of
Robert Darcy (1681-1722), 3rd Earl of Holderness, of Hornby Castle,
Yorkshire. The Turk was given to Lord Holderness, from whom he
presumably gained his name. Elizabeth, sister of Lord Holderness,
married Sir Ralph Milbanke (1689-1748), 4th bt, of Halnaby,
Yorkshire. Probably the most famous of his offspring was Hartley's
Blind Horse (ch c 1712c, produced by Milbanke's Black Mare), a well
patronised stallion and sire of Hutton's Spot (gr c 1728), Crofts's
Forester (ch c 1736) and Sachrissa (ch f 1729) the dam of
Babraham (b c 1738
Godolphin Arabian).
Another son, Old Royal (c 1715c), got the celebrated
Bald Charlotte (ch f 1721),
ancestress of the hugely successful branch of
Family 40 in America that
included Boston (ch c 1833
Timoleon). An unnamed son sired
the good winner Ticklepitcher (ch c 1722). One of his daughters was
the 2nd dam of the winners
Captain (br
c 1752 Young Cartouch)
and General
(b c 1758 Young Cartouch) as well as their half sister Cassandra (b
f 1754 Whitenose), the latter
the 2nd dam of Harris's Eclipse (b c 1771 Fearnought) and Baylor's
Shakespeare (br c 1772 Fearnought), both prominent stallions in
America. |
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Honywood's Arabian
[Honeywood`s Arabian] gr c 1695c. Sire Line
Honywood's Arabian. The General Stud Book notes that he
was more frequently called the Honywood Arabian but was also called
Sir J Williams's Turk [GSB 1:391] whilst the Turf Register
says he the property of Sir John Williams ... who sold him to Mr
Turner of Suffolk, who disposed of him to Mr Honywood [Pick 1:91].
Sir John Williams (1670c-1743) of Stoke by Nayland, Suffolk,
knighted in 1713, was a director of the South Sea Company from 1711
to 1713, alderman of London in 1723, sheriff in 1729-30, and Lord
Mayor in 1735-36. A wealthy London merchant with influence on the
"Turkey trade," he married Mary, daughter of Richard Onslow
(1654-1717), 1st Baron Onslow, the latter a speaker of the House of
Commons, and sometime owner of Warton's Commoner (gr c 1710c Crofts
Commoner). Sir Charles Turner (1666-1738), 1st bt of Warham,
Norfolk, knighted in 1696 and created baronet in 1727, was MP for
King's Lynn from 1695 to 1728 and married Mary, sister of Sir Robert
Walpole, the first prime minister. Sir Charles may have been the
owner of Turner's Star (b c 1736 Curzon's Brisk). Sir Philip
Honywood (1677-1752) of Marks Hall, Essex, an army officer who
attained the rank of major-general with a regiment called Honywood's
Dragoons (now the 11th Hussars), was, for his services in Spain,
appointed governor of Portsmouth in 1740. Sir Philip kept a small
racing stable from the turn of the 18th century to around 1730. A
descendant, Sir J Honywood, also had a small stud at the end of the
century. Honeywood's Arabian sired True Blue (gr c 1710), winner of
the York Royal Plate in 1716, and Young True Blue (gr c 1718),
winner of the same in 1724. He also sired two unnamed grey sisters
to True Blue, one of whom was a foundation mare of
Family 3. |
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Howe's Persian
c 1700c. The Persian was owned by Scrope Howe
(1648-1712), 1st Viscount Howe, MP for Nottinghamshire for many
years, Comptroller of the Excise, and Groom of the Bedchamber to
King William III. His first wife, Lady Anne Manners, was the
daughter of John Manners, 8th Earl of Rutland, and his second wife
was the Hon Julia Alington, daughter of William Alington, 3rd Baron
Alington. The Persian is perhaps best known as the sire of the
taproot mare of Family 39,
who was probably the Duke of Rutland's Old Bonny Black although in
the General Stud Book she is recorded as an unnamed mare by
Lord Howe's Persian stallion [GSB 1:9]. Old Bonny Black was a famous
runner herself, winning several Gold Cups and matches, and her
daughter, the Duke of Rutland's Bonny Black (bl f 1715 Black
Hearty), gained celebrity by winning Royal Plates at Hambleton and
Newmarket. The Persian sired another five known offspring, only one
of whom, Antelope (b c 1726), had any success on the turf. Lord
Halifax's Antelope won a 200gs match from the Duke of Bridgewater's
Hazard (b c 1726
Leedes) at Newmarket
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Hutton Arabians, Barbs and
Turks
Hutton's Bay Arabian 1720c, Hutton's Arabian 1750c,
Hutton's Bay Barb 1710c, Hutton's Bay Turk 1710c, Hutton's Grey Barb
1695c, Hutton's Grey Barb 1750c, Hutton's Royal Colt 1685c, Hutton's
White Turk 1708 |
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Imaum
gr c 1845c. Imaum was one of four Arabians presented to
Queen Victoria (1819-1901) by the Imaum of Muscat. The Queen gave
him to the clerk of the royal stables who subsequently sold him at a
Tattersalls sale. He was purchased by the painter John Frederick
Herring Senior (1795-1865) who used him as a model for many of his
works. |
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Jenkins's Arabian
c 1705c. Owned by Sir Joseph Jenkins, he sired
an unnamed mare, the 4th dam of Mr Fettyplace's Creme de Barbade (b
c 1764 Snap) and Mr O'Kelly's
Calphurnia (b f 1773 Marske). A
repectable runner Creme de Barbade won a fifty at Maidenhead in
1768, the Town Plate at Oxford, a fifty at Worcester, finished 2nd
for the King's Plate at Burford and, as one of the few horses
willing to face the mighty Eclipse
(ch c 1764 Marske), Creme de
Barbade finished 2° to him for the Noblemen and Gentlemen's Plate at
Ascot Heath in 1769. In 1771 he won the City Silver Bowl at
Salisbury. Calphurnia won a 100gs each sweepstakes at Burford in
1776. Neither horse left descendants in the stud book. |
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Jilfy Arabian 1760c
See Martin's Black Arabian. |
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Johnson's Arabian
[Johnson's Turk] c 1715c. He was possibly the
same horse as the Clifton Arabian. He sired an unnamed mare, the 2nd
dam of Mr Henry Pierse's Commoner (b c 1752
Rib) and the 3rd dam of Mr
Joliffe's Foxhunter (ch c 1768 Chesnut Ranger). Commoner won a fifty
at Wakefield in 1755 and finished 2nd for the King's Plates at
Nottingham and York in 1757. Foxhunter, the second horse of that
name to run for Mr Joliffe, finished 2nd for the Royal Plate at York
in 1774. The Arabian also got Mr Benson's Johnson (b c 1726c) who
won a purse at York and the Ladies Plate at Lincoln in 1731. None of
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Khalan Arabian
ch c 1761. Said to have come from the deserts of
Arabia, he was described as a chestnut with no white markings,
standing fourteen hands one inch high, with large bone and a
beautiful shape. Evidently highly regarded he covered in
Lincolnshire at Grimsthorpe, along with
Blank (b c 1740 Godolphin
Arabian) and Matchless (b c 1754 Godolphin Arabian), for a fee
of 10 guineas, which was the same fee commanded by Blank and 5
guineas more than that by Matchless. He was said to be a six year
old in 1767 [Heber 1767:213]. His first recorded offspring was Mr
Shafto's bay colt of 1763 from Chesnut Ramsden (ch f 1749
Cade) which seems unlikely due both
to the year of his birth and his colour [GSB 1:49]. We speculate
that Mr Shafto's colt was instead sired by Shafto's Barb. Of his
eight other offspring for the Duke of Kingston, the Duke of
Northumberland, the Duke of Ancaster (four) and Lord Ferrers (two),
none bred on and only two were named. The General Stud Book
notes that the Duke of Ancaster's Numidian (b c 1770) was a grey
[GSB 1:122] however neither of his parents were grey. He won a 200gs
each sweepstakes at Newmarket First Spring in 1774, beating four
others, including two King Herod
colts. His next, and final, appearance on the turf was in the
colours of Mr Foley when he finished 2nd for a fifty at Thetford in
1775. In this race he was described as a bay. Lord Ferrers's
Trounc'em (br c 1771) finished 2nd for the Gentlemen's Stakes at
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Hampton Court Arabians
King George's Persian 1765c,King William's Black Barb 1695c, King
William's White Barb 1695c, King's Grey Arabian 1720c |
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Lambert Turk
c 1690c. He was possibly the property of John
Lambert of Calton (husband of Barbara Lister, and son of the
parliamentary general John Lambert). The younger John Lambert was
high sheriff of Yorkshire in 1699. He died in 1701 at which time
Calton Hall passed to his daughter Frances, wife of Sir John
Middleton of Belsay Castle. Lambert Turk sired only one unnamed mare
(1700c), the 2nd dam of Dunkirk (gr c 1726
Fox Cub). Dunkirk was
bred by Thomas Lister of Gisburne Park and purchased by Charles
Colyear (1700-1785), 2nd Earl of Portmore, for the sum of 350
guineas. Noted as one of the best plate horses in the country in his
day, he won numerous races over the span of about six years,
including a 200gs match from a "Yorkshire Horse called Diamond"
[York Courant:1738]. Said to to be a master of 12 stone and stand 14
hands 3 inches, Dunkirk was later advertised to cover in Yorkshire
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Layton Grey Barb (GB)
gr c 1690c. (Rockwood). Sire Line
Darcy's
White Turk. In the pedigree of Williams's Squirrel recorded in
the General Stud Book this stallion is called Son of
Pulleine's Arabian [GSB 1:1]. Highflyer presents evidence that this
son was also sometimes known as the Layton Grey Barb. He is possibly
the same horse as the Rockwood Colt who appears in the pedigrees of
Hutton's Wormwood and Cottingham. In the stud he got three mares.
(1) The dam of Young Violet Layton (f 1715c Darcy's Chesnut Arabian)
who had descendants appear in the stud book for two more
generations. (2) An unnamed mare, foundation mare of
Family 70, and also the
grandam of Richard Williams's Squirrel (b c 1719 Snake) winner of
the Royal Plate at York in 1725. (3) The dam of Mr Metcalfe's plate
winner Harlequin (b c 1719 Mixbury Galloway) who was later a
stallion. |
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Leedes Arabian
bbl c
1685c. Sire Line
Leedes
Arabian. |
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Leedes's Arabian 1755
See Northumberland Brown Arabian. |
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Leicester Turk 1682c
See Lister Turk. |
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Lexington's Grey Arabian
[Lexington's Turk] gr c 1715c. We
speculate that he was the same horse as Stahremberg's Turk. The
Lexington Arabian was probably owned by Sir Robert Sutton
(1662-1723), 2nd Baron Lexington of Averham (called Aram),
Nottinghamshire, Gentleman of the Horse to Princess Anne and
ambassador to Vienna and Madrid, who maintained a seat at Averham
Park, Nottinghamshire. The horse may have been one of several sent
to England over the span of a few years by his great-nephew Sir
Robert Sutton (1671-1746), a politician and diplomat who served as
ambassador to Constantinople from 1702 to 1717. He is known to have
sent a mare to the Duke of Newcastle in 1709 and to have also given
the Holderness Turk to Robert Darcy (1681-1721), 3rd Earl of
Holderness. Lexington's Arabian had only one recorded offspring, an
unnamed mare, said to have been bred by Charles Powlett (1685-1754),
3rd Duke of Bolton, who produced both the
Bolton Fearnought (br c
1725 Bay Bolton) and his
brother. He may also have been the Duke of Bolton's "Turk", sire of
the famous Bolton Moorhen (gr f 1724). Moorhen won plates at
Hambleton and Bedale in 1728, defeating Mr Gallant's Young Smiling
Tom (gr c 1724 Smiling Tom) in the latter. She also finished 2nd to
Mr Egerton's Nanny (gr f 1724 Pigot Turk) for the King's Plate at
Hambleton, and 4th for a plate at Middleham in 1729. After the death
of Lord Lexington the Arabian may have been acquired by Graf Konrad
Sigismund von Stahremberg (1689-1727), the Austro-Hungarian
ambassador to England in 1720. The count was noticed attending races
at Newcastle in 1724 along with the Duke of Devonshire, Earl of
Godolphin, Lord Finch and the Duke of Rutland. Stahremberg's Turk
sired one unnamed daughter, the second dam of Lady Northumberland's
1758 Hambleton Royal Plate winner Irene (br f 1753
Cade), who was from a Patriot Mare
"bought of the Duke of Bolton" [Pick 1:466]. Irene left no offspring
in the stud book. Following the death of von Stahremberg the horse,
"lately the Duke of Bolton's," was advertised in 1728 and 1729 by
John Storzaker to cover at Hutton-Conyers, near Ripon, Yorkshire,
for a fee of 1 guinea. He was described as a fine, strong horse,
standing nearly 15 hands, and free from blemish. Whilst in Mr
Storzaker's stud he got Mr Peter's minor winner Swad (ch c 1730
Bolton's Turk). Swad was later advertised to cover at Ripon for a
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Lindsey's Arabian
[Ranger] gr c 1762. Said to have been presented
to a British frigate captain by a son of the Emperor of Morocco, he
first travelled to the West Indies, where he broke three of his legs
jumping off a pile of lumber. Despite this he was said to be of
perfect form and symmetry which he passed on to his offspring. He
arrived in Connecticut in 1766. He covered in Virginia from 1779, in
Maryland from 1781 and in Virginia from 1783. One of his many owners
was Captain W Lindsey of Port Royal, Caroline County, Virginia, from
whom he appears to have derived his name. Greatly esteemed as a
stallion, he is credited with many fine racehorses and broodmares.
Among his offspring were Diana 3rd (ch f 1780), Grey Alfred (gr c
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Lister Turk
[Stradling Turk,
Leicester Turk] gr c 1682c. Sire Line
Lister Turk. |
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Little Barb 1685c
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Little Mountain Barb
c 1705c. John Churchill (1650-1722), 1st
Duke of Marlborough, was given the old Woodstock Palace site, near
Oxford, by Queen Anne, on which she had Blenheim Palace built for
him in gratitude for his victories over the French at Blenheim in
Bavaria. The Barb's only offspring was Miss Tredegar (1710), who
produced two fillies and one colt to a variety of stallions, however
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Lowther Arabians, Barbs and Turks
Lonsdale's Arabian 1720c, Lonsdale's Bay Arabian 1720c, Lonsdale's
Black Arabian 1725c, Lonsdale's Grey Arabian 1715c |
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Lovaine's Arabian
c 1780c. It is possible that he was the same
horse as the Northumberland Chesnut Arabian or the Northumberland
Grey Arabian. He was the sire of Mr Franco's unnamed colt (b c
1785), from Lord Bolingbroke's Jilt (br f 1771 Snap), who neither
ran nor bred on. |
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Lovel's Arabian
c 1720c. Not in the General Stud Book,
this horse was owned by Thomas Coke (1697-1759), later Lord Lovel
and Earl of Leicester, of Holkham Hall in Norfolk. He sired several
horses in the stud of Sir Michael Newton, including Commoner (gr f
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Lowther Arabians, Barbs and Turks
Lowther's Arabian 1720c, Lowther's Bay Barb 1690c, Lowther's White
Legged Barb 1685c |
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Mansfield's Arabian
c 1795c. Owned by David William Murray
(1777-1840), 3rd Earl of Mansfield, he was the sire of one unnamed
colt (ch c 1804) from the Duke of Bedford's Sister to Ringleader (b
f 1788 Highflyer). Lord
Mansfield was Lord Lieutenant of Clackmannanshire, Scotland, from
1803 to 1840. He also owned a half brother to this colt (ch c 1802
Buzzard), however he doesn't
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March's Barb
c 1745c. Owned by William Douglas (1724-1810), Lord
March and afterwards the 4th Duke of Queensberry, the barb is the
sire of record of two offspring in the General Stud Book.
His lordship's entire stud was advertised for sale in 1755,
including one of the offspring (bl f 1753). Neither of these
offspring appear to have raced. Lord March was well known for his
exploits on the turf with numerous horses, perhaps especially with
Bajazet (b c 1740
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Marshall Turk 1680c |
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Mariner
c 1820c. An Arabian sent to Australia he was the sire of
Flirt (f 1826), one of the foundation mares of Colonial Family c40. |
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Martin's Black Arabian
[Jilfy Arabian, Bond's Arabian] bl c
1760c. Imported by Mr Martin in 1765, he travelled to England along
with Mr Bell's Arabian. He was described as a strong, healthy horse
who got promising offspring, who were generally of good bone,
lengthy and well-proportioned. He covered at Mr Bond's, Mitcham,
Surrey, in 1768 for a fee of 5 guineas which rose to 10 guineas by
1774. In 1775 he moved to Mr Percival's at Croyden, Surrey, where he
covered for a fee of 5 guineas. Of three known offspring, Lord
Orford's Scymitar (br c 1766) was the most successful on the turf,
winning a £50 match at Newmarket from Sir C Bunbury's Sarpedon (b c
1765 Young Cade). None of them bred on. |
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Massey's Black Barb
bl c 1685c.
Highflyer
says he is the same horse as
Makeless (c 1685c
Oglethorpe Arabian),
a highly regarded stallion in the stud of John Crofts. Under the
name of Massey's Black Barb he sired the Massey Mare for John
Manners (1638-1711), 1st Duke of Rutland. From her the Duke bred
Brown Betty (br f 1713 Basto) who
won a Gold Cup and the King's Plate at Newmarket in 1719. She was
the dam of Mr Cole's Foxhunter (b c 1727 Lonsdale's Brisk), a good
winner who ran from 1734 to 1737 and was later a stallion. The
Massey Mare was also the taproot of
Family 5 through her other
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Matthews's Persian
c 1725c. Sire Line
Matthews's Persian. The Persian was probably owned by Commodore
Thomas Matthews (1676-1751), a career naval officer from Llandaff,
Wales, although the horse must have been a favourite of Lord
Godolphin since the latter either bred or purchased three of four of
his known offspring, all of whom were foaled from 1729 to 1736c. His
best runner was Mr Tuting's Rosinante (b c 1729), winner of races at
Stratford, Warwick, Lincoln, Marlborough and Oxford, and the Town
Plate at Newmarket, the latter in a walk over. He also appears in
the pedigree of Mr Price's Malmsbury (ch g 1802 Cardock), whose
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Meadows's Barb
c 1760c. The barb was possibly owned by Charles
Meadows Pierrepont (1737-1816), 1st Earl Manvers of Thoresby Hall in
Nottinghamshire, son of Philip Meadows and Frances Pierrepont, the
sister of Evelyn Pierrepont (1711-1773), 2nd Duke of
Kingston-upon-Hull. On the death of the Dowager Duchess of Kingston
in 1788 Charles Meadows took the surname of Pierrepont. He later
represented Nottingham in parliament and was raised to the peerage.
The barb had one known offspring, an unnamed mare (f 1767)
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Milsington's Grey Arabian
gr c 1720c. Probably owned by David
Colyear, the elder brother of Charles Colyear (1700-1785), 2nd Earl
of Portmore, and perhaps later by Lord Portmore himself. David
Colyear bore the courtesy title of Lord Milsington until his death
in 1729, predeceasing his father. Thus, when the first earl died in
1730, his heir was his younger son, Charles. The 2nd Earl of
Portmore was a great supporter of the turf and owned such horses as
Whitenose (b c 1742
Godolphin Arabian) and
Othello (bl c 1743
Crab). He married Juliana, widow of
Peregrine Osborne (1691-1731), 3rd Duke of Leeds. Lord Milsington's
Arabian sired only one known foal, an unnamed mare (f 1727) from Mr
Brewster Darley's Aldby Jenny, who does not appear to have had any
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Milward's Arabian
gr c 1765c. Owned by Mr Milward he produced
four known offspring from 1773 to 1775, the only one named being
Poverty (gr f 1775), owned by Mr Whitfield. None of them appear to
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Model
gr c 1800c. Imported about 1805 by Mr Brown of Abbotsbury,
he was said to be a light grey Arabian of high caste and symmetry
who made a fundamental contribution to bloodstock development in New
South Wales. Among others, he sired Vesta (1825c), the ancestress of
the Melbourne Cup winner Acrasia (b f 1897 Gozo), and Yellow Jenny
(1820c), the ancestress of Caulfield Cup winner Grace Darling (ch f
1879 The Diver), and Melbourne Cup winner Baghdad Note (gr c 1965
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Monkey (GB)
b c 1725 (Lonsdale
Bay Arabian - Mare, by Curwen's Bay Barb - Mare, by Byerley Turk -
Arabian Mare). Sire Line
Lonsdale Bay Arabian. |
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Morgan's Arabian 1720c
See Morgan's Grey Barb. |
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Morgan's Black Barb
bl c 1720c. This Barb was owned by Sir
William Morgan (1700-1731), of Tredegar House, near Newport in south
east Wales. Sir William, MP for Brecon and Monmouthshire and later
Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire, maintained a
small stud, possibly an extension of an earlier Morgan's stud, from
about 1720 until his early death. He campaigned such horses as
Cartouch (c 1717c Bald
Galloway) and stood both Cartouch and
Lamprie (gr c 1716 Grey Hautboy). Sir William married Rachel,
daughter of William Cavendish, the 2nd Duke of Devonshire. The Black
Barb sired Sir Thomas Reade's unnamed black filly who was said to
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Morgan's Grey Barb
[Morgan's Arabian] gr c 1720c. Also owned by
Sir William Morgan and perhaps the same horse as Morgan's Black
Barb, he was referred to as an Arabian in Lady Thigh's pedigree
presented in the Racing Calendar [Heber 1755:153]. He sired
Mr Burdett's (later Mr Figg's) unnamed mare of
Family 32, the dam of Mr
Brooke's Lady Thigh (b f 1747 Grisewood's Partner) who won fifties
at Rugby, Wells and Stockton in 1753, fifties at Northampton,
Chipping Norton and Hounslow in 1754, fifties at Knutsford and
Leicester in 1755, the City Plate at Salisbury and a fifty at
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Morton's Arabian
b c 1740c. He was said to have been imported by
Sir Everard Fawkener (1694–1758), the British ambassador to
Constantinople from 1737 to 1744, and the Arabian may have passed
through the Hutton stud in Yorkshire on his way north. Owned by
James Douglas (1702-1768), 14th Earl of Morton, after whom Captain
Cook named Moreton Bay in Queensland, Australia, the Arabian sired
two known daughters and one son: (1) Mr Hutton's unnamed mare
(1746c), the ancestress of much of
Family 8 (2) the Duke of Hamilton's unnamed mare (ch f 1748),
the dam of Oscar (ch c 1760 Young Snip), who was sent to Virginia
around 1767 and became a popular stallion there, getting, among
others, Alston's Kitty Fisher, ancestress of Suburban Handicap
winner Ramapo (ch c 1890 Pontiac) and a number of good winners in
Canada, including the Queen's Plate winner Inferno (b c 1902 Havoc)
(3) Lord Morton's unnamed colt (b c 1747) who was advertised for an
auction at the Duke's seat at Dalmahoy, near Edinburgh, in 1762. He
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Mosco's Grey
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Mostyn Bay Barb 1710c
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Muley Ishmael
[Cumberland's Arabian] gr c 1745c. There were a
number of horses in the Duke's stud whose names were some variation
of Muley. It is possible that they were all the same horse or that
they were in some way related. Owned by HRH William Augustus
(1721-1765), Duke of Cumberland, his most notable offspring was
Crawford (gr c 1756). Crawford ran without success at Ascot Heath in
1760. Sent to Virginia later that year he covered there until 1765
and later in both North and South Carolina. |
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Newcastle Barb 1735c, Newcastle Turk 1697c
See
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Newcombe's Arabian
b c 1753. He has been credited with about ten
offspring, the later ones for Francis Egerton (1736-1803), 3rd Duke
of Bridgewater. Called a Mountain Arabian, he was said to have been
purchased as a three year old directly from the "Sheik of St John
Diracki" (St John d'Acre, Israel) by Captain Burfoot. He was sold to
Mr Newcombe after his arrival in England. Described as being of fine
size, superior bone and substance, and thought to more closely
resemble the Godolphin Arabian than any other imported Eastern
horse. He was advertised by John Giles to cover at Bowes Farm, near
Southgate, Middlesex, for a fee of 5 guineas. He got close to a
dozen offspring, many of whom were winners. (1) Sir John Moore's
Dupe (b f 1757) won several matches at Newmarket, produced Sir
Frederick Evelyn's Miranda (b f 1768 Posthumous) who won at
Newmarket and Ascot Heath and in turn produced, among others, Egham
(b c 1780 Goldfinder), who won at Egham, Reading and Epsom. (2) Mr
Dilly's Newcomb (b c 1758) won at Tetbury. (3) Sir C Sedley's Presto
(b c 1763) won fifties at Newmarket, Beccles and Ipswich, as well as
the Ladies Plate at York and the Royal Plate at Lichfield. (4) Mr
Salt's Nestor (b c 1768) won the Ladies Plate and the Town Plate at
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Newton's Arabian
c 1725c. Sir Michael Newton (1695c-1743), 4th bt
of Barr's Court, Gloucestershire, maintained a small racing and
breeding stud in the first half of the eighteenth century. He bred
and raced the exceptional runner Elephant (gr c 1734) who was
sufficiently successful to garner champion stallion honours for his
sire, Newton's Grey Arabian (also known as Bloody Buttocks) in 1739.
For more information on the Newton family and racing stable please
see Owners & Breeders. This
Newton's Arabian, who may have been the same horse as Newton's Bay
Arabian or Newton's Grey Arabian, was the sire of three known
offspring, one of whom, Ruby (ro c 1734) ran for Lady Coningsby (Sir
Michael's wife) garnering second place finishes for the Ladies Plate
at York, the Royal Plate at Nottingham and the Ladies Plate at
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Newton's Bay Arabian
b c 1720c. Also owned by Sir Michael Newton,
he may have been the same horse as Lovel's Arabian, owned by Thomas
Coke (1697-1759), Lord Lovel and Earl of Leicester. Newton's Bay
Arabian was used extensively in the Newton stud, getting over
fifteen foals from 1729 to1734. Although relatively few of them bred
on several of them did well on the turf. (1) Miss Parrot (gr f 1729)
won a 100gs match at Newmarket from the Duke of Bridgewater's Patch,
(2) Cricket (b c 1730) won a 100gs each sweepstakes at Newmarket,
beating Lord Essex's bay filly, (3) Spot (b c 1732) won a number of
races including a fifty at Tamworth beating the famous
Beaver's Driver (ch c
1732 Snake), and (4) Nero (ro c 1734) won at New Malton, Grantham
and Nottingham. Of those that bred on, the most famous was probably
the Duke of Ancaster's Look at Me Lads (ch f 1731), an ancestress of
most of Family 14. Nero,
mentioned above, was sent to Ireland and there got the King's Plate
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Northumberland's Arabian
c 1760c. Hugh Smithson-Percy
(1714-1786), 1st Duke of Northumberland, initially had the surname
of Smithson but added the name of Percy at the time he married
Elizabeth, Baroness Percy, daughter of Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke of
Somerset. His second son, Lord Algernon Percy, was one of the owners
of the Orlov Arabian, Ali Bey. The Arabian was the sire of Plato (b
c 1768), Princess (br f 1769) and three unnamed fillies. (1) The
first filly (gr f 1767) was the third dam of Mr Batson's Ascot Gold
winner Pranks (b f 1809 Hyperion). (2) Plato won a 100gs each
subsrciption at Newmarket First Spring, beating Lord Farnham's
Premier (b c 1768 Squirrel). (3) The second filly (br f 1769) was
the ancestress of a good part of
Family 8, and has descendants that did well in Italy, including
four Derby Italiano winners: Carl'Andrea (b c 1884 Andred),
Filiberto (b c 1885 Scobell), Hira (b f 1894 Melton) and Kosheni (b
c 1913 Galeazzo). She also has a large number of descendants in
Australia and New Zealand, such as the Melbourne Cup winner King
Ingoda (b c 1918 Comedy King). (4) Princess, a half sister to
King Herod (b c 1758
Tartar), was the dam of Lord
Grosvenor's Minimus (b c 1775
Goldfinder) who had no success on the turf. (5) The last filly
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Northumberland's Bay Arabian
b c 1760c. Also owned by the 1st
Duke of Northumberland, the Arabian had five offspring in the stud
book. (1) Furioso (b c 1767) won a fifty at Boroughbridge in 1771
and later ran for Mr Strode. He had no offspring. (2) unnamed colt
(ch c 1781), (3) unnamed colt (b c 1781), and (4) unnamed colt (b c
1781) do not appear to have any further record. (5) Vestal (b f
1782) ran unsuccessfully at Newmarket and Stamford in 1785. She has
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Northumberland's Brown Arabian
[Leedes Arabian] br c 1755. He was
said to have been purchased from the King of Sinna in Arabia Felix
and brought to England by Mr Phillips who had been sent to purchase
horses by Lord Northumberland. He was a private stallion in the Earl
of Northumberland's stud until 1766 then covered at Mr Leedes' North
Milford stud for a fee of 5gs from 1767 until his death, around
1778. He got over a dozen known offspring and a number of them were
winners. (1) Ariadne (bl f 1765), was said by the General Stud
Book to have been sired by the Northumberland Bay Arabian [GSB
1:192] and by the Turf Register to have been sired by the
Northumberland Brown Arabian [Pick 2:46]. She ran third for the City
Plate at Durham in 1769, won by Mr Fenwick's Bernice (b f 1765
Matchem). She does not appear to
have been in the stud. (2) Acteon (ro c 1762) won a fifty for Lord
Ossory at Newmarket and a fifty for Sir C Bunbury at Barnet. (3) Mr
Shafto's Mittimus (b c 1767) won a 100gs each sweepstakes at
Newmarket, after which he ran for Mr Strode, who changed his name to
Prizefighter, and won fifties at Chelmsford, Winchester, Oxford,
Abingdon and Wells. (4) Sir John Douglas's Philippo (b c 1767) won
the King's Plate at Carlisle in 1772 and prizes at Lancaster and
Morpeth in 1773. (5) Mr Morrison's Dolly O (b f 1766), also called
Creeping Molly, won a fifty at Durham in 1771. (6) Nonesuch (b c
1762) won a 200gs each sweepstakes at Newmarket. None of the
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Northumberland's Chesnut Arabian
ch c 1770c. He was the sire of
around ten offspring from 1777 to 1785. A few of these, notably
Valet (b c 1780) and Ophir (b c 1780), ran with minimal success and
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Northumberland's Golden Arabian
c 1750c. He was the sire of about
half a dozen offspring from 1757 to 1763, all for the 1st Duke. Said
by the General Stud Book to have been the sire of Nonsuch
(b c 1762), although other sources indicate Nonsuch was sired by the
Northumberland Brown Arabian [GSB 1:92, Pick 1:249, Weatherbys
1768]. None of the offspring seem to have had any success on the
turf although a few of them did well in the stud. (1) An unnamed
mare was the 2nd dam of the Duke of Cumberland`s Chance (br c 1780
Javelin who won a fifty at Newmarket. (2) Aurora (1757) was the dam
of Bellissimo (b c 1770 Bell's Arabian) who won a fifty at Wisbech. |
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Northumberland's Grey Arabian
gr c 1770c. He was the sire of
around half a dozen offspring from 1780 to 1783 all of them for the
1st Duke and his son, Lord Percy. All but one were unnamed and have
no further record. Orator (gr c 1780) ran without success at
Newmarket in 1782. |
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No-Tongued
Barb 1695c
See King William's Black Barb. |
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Oglethorpe's
Arabian 1680c |
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Ogle's Barb
c 1735c. This horse does not appear in the
American Stud Book. Fairfax Harrison speculates that he was
brought from the Mediterranean area, along with the Barb called
Spanker, around 1740. The earliest known Barb to belong to Maryland
Governor Samuel Ogle (1694-1752), he covered at Ogle's Bellair stud
in Prince George's County. His most notable descendant was Tyler's
Driver (br c 1758c Othello*). |
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Orford Barb
br c 1750c. Robert Walpole (1701-1751), 2nd Earl of
Orford, was the eldest son of Prime Minister Sir Robert Walpole. He
had owned an earlier Orford Turk, who was also known as the Walpole
Barb (gr c 1715c). His son George Walpole (1730-1791), 3rd Earl of
Orford, served as Lord of the Bedchamber to both King George II and
King George III. Either one or both of them was known to have at
least two Barbs, one brown and on grey, the brown appearing to be
older than the grey. The brown was possibly the sire of an unnamed
mare (f 1759c) who bred several winners. (1) Mr C Blake's Piper (b c
1766 Captain)
won a 500gs match at Newmarket from Lord Clermont's Brilliant as
well as several other plates. (2) Sir J Moore's Houghton (b c 1773
Squirrel) won the
Gentlemen's Purse at Northampton along with several plates and
matches. (3) Mr Walker's Spitfire (br c 1777
Eclipse) was perhaps the most
successful runner, winning matches, plates and prizes over a three
year turf career. (4) Only one of the offspring, Mariannina (f 1774
Snap) bred on, producing the
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Orford Turk 1720c
See Walpole Barb. |
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Orford Turk
c 1745c. He could possibly be the same horse as one
of the Orford Barbs. Probably owned by both the 2nd and 3rd Earls,
this Turk was the sire of five known offspring. (1) William Crofts
Bauble (bu f 1750c) was unplaced for a fifty at Epsom in 1754. (2)
Commoner (c 1750c) was advertised to cover at Yarm, Yorkshire, for a
fee of guinea. (3) Of all of them, only an unnamed mare (bu f
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Orlov Arabian
ch c 1765c. Also spelled Orlow and Orloff. He was
owned by Ralph Williamson, to whom he was presented by Count Alexey
Grigoryevich Orlov. One of three Arabians (the others were Ali Bey
and Count Orloff) who were sent to England by Count Orlov, he was
described as a remarkably beautiful chesnut Arabian of the highest
racing blood, fourteen and a half hands high, with very great bone,
free from blemish and perfectly sound. He covered at James Ward's
Livery Stables in Liverpool, for a fee of 5gs. He left no known
offspring. |
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Osberton Arabian
c 1685c. Owned by Sir Littleton Osbaldeston
(1630-1692), 1st bt, his only known offspring was Champion (c
1695c), one of the stallions holding court in the stud of Robert
Bertie (1660-1723), 1st Duke of Ancaster. Champion was the sire of
the stallion Old Pert (c 1705c) and his sister. Old Pert got, among
others, Young Lady Mare (ch f 1715c), one of the foundation mares of
Family 14, and Pert (ch c
1719), also called Buckhunter, who was a winner for the Duke at
Alford, Newark on Trent, Grantham and Peterborough. Sister to Pert
produced the Ancaster Brisk (b c 1737 Cinnamon), who won fifties at
Stamford, Huntingdon and Chesterfield, as well as the Gold Cup at
Westchester, and Valiant (b c 1747 Grasshopper) who was sent to
Virginia and there contributed to the development of American
bloodstock. |
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Ossory's Arabian
ch c 1765c. John FitzPatrick (1745-1818), 2nd
Earl of Upper Ossory, County Cork, Ireland, served as Lord
Lieutenant of Bedfordshire and had property there at Ampthill Park.
He was a noted turf aficionado, having bred or owned such horses as
Otho (b c 1760 Moses) and
Dorimant (ch c 1772 Otho). The
Arabian covered at Ampthill Park for a fee of 5 guineas. Of his five
known offspring, only one, Lord Grosvenor's Selima (1772), was
named, however none of them has any further record. |
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Ovington's Grey Arabian
gr c 1720c. He was possibly the same
horse as Bloody Buttocks (gr c 1720c). Thomas and William Ovington,
of Cowling, near Bedale, Yorkshire, between them owned a number of
important early horses, such as the Bald Galloway, Flying Whigg and
Roxana. Bloody Buttocks, along with the Bald Galloway and a brother
to Childers, were on offer at the sale of the late William Ovington
in 1727. Bloody Buttocks was said to have been purchased by John
Crofts and Mr Hartley. The Arabian has only one known offspring, Mr
Hartley's unnamed mare (1727) from his Holderness Turk Mare. She
does not appear to have any further record. |
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Oxford Dun
Arabian
bu c 1710c. Sire Line
Oxford
Dun Arabian. |
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Oxlade Arabian 1764
See Dowla. |
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Oysterfoot Arabian
c 1700c. Sire Line Oysterfoot Arabian. |
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Paget Arabian
[Paget Turk] b c 1697c |
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Panton's Arabian
gr c 1750c. Thomas Panton (1731-1808) of Fen
Ditton, Cambridgeshire, was the son of Thomas Panton (1697-1782),
the latter the Keeper of the King's Running Horses at Newmarket to
both King George I and King George II. In 1750 his sister Mary
married Peregrine Bertie (1714-1778), 3rd Duke of Ancaster. He was a
well known and apparently universally-liked racehorse rider and
owner, a member of the Jockey Club, and he won the Derby with Noble
(b c 1783 Highflyer) in 1786.
The Arabian was described as a horse of great size and strength and
perfectly sound and healthy. He stood 15 hands and was reputed to
get large foals who were good goers. He covered at Newmarket for a
fee of 10 guineas and later for John Knevett of Eye, Suffolk, for a
fee of £1. It is possible that he was the same horse as the Ancaster
Arabian (1745c) who got only one foal for the 3rd Duke in 1752. He
is credited with about thirty offspring, from 1755 to 1768, the best
known probably Virago (gr f 1760), dam of Sir Thomas Gascoigne's St
Leger winner Hollandaise (gr f 1775
Matchem). Virago was also the dam of Gunilda (gr f 1777 Star),
who was sent to Virginia and was the ancestress of such horses as
Kentucky Derby winner Spokane (ch c 1886 Hyder Ali), Preakness
Stakes winner Shirley (b g 1873
Lexington) and Belmont Stakes winner Joe Daniels (ch c 1869
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Panton's Chesnut Arabian
ch c 1760c. Evidently less popular than
Panton's Grey Arabian, the Chesnut Arabian got only one known
offspring, Shamster (b c 1768), from the Duke of Ancaster's Ruth (b
f 1761 Blank). Shamster ran at
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Parker's Arabian 1775c
See Boringdon Arabian. |
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Parsons's Barb 1695c
See Thoulouse Barb. |
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Patshull Arabian 1795c
See Pigot Grey Arabian. |
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Pegasus
c 1860c. Probably owned by Mr V Crook of Victoria,
Pegasus was said to have been imported from England. He sired Mr
Crooke's Australian Cup and Hotham Handicap winner Saladin (gr g
1865). Saladin ran two dead heats before winning the Australian Cup
and ran third for the Melbourne Cup but was unplaced by the steward. |
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Pelham's Bay Arabian 1675c
See
Spanker. |
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Pelham's Barb 1681c
See
Curwen's Bay Barb. |
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Pelham's White Barb 1701c
See
Alcock's Arabian. |
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Pembroke's Arabian 1767c
See Ali Bey. |
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Pennington's Barb
c 1780c. Sir Joseph Pennington (1718-1793), 4th
bt of Muncaster, Cumberland, was married to Margaret, the daughter
of John Lowther, 1st Viscount Lonsdale. The Barb is credited with
one daughter, Violet (1787), from Sir Joseph's Hambleton Royal Plate
winner Creeping Kate (ch f 1765 Babraham Blank), however, she had no
known offspring. |
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Pensacola
[Appalusia] gr c 1780c. A Spanish horse sent to
Virginia in 1788 he was owned by Captain Jose Jones. He was said to
be perfectly white in colour except for his blue ears. He sired
Americus (b c 1792) and his sister who was the dam of Wild Medley
(gr c 1805 Tayloe's Mendoza). He died around 1799c. |
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Percy's Bay Arabian 1767c
See Ali Bey. |
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Philippo's Arabian
c 1780c. He was advertised by Mr Baker at
Belgrave, near Leicester, and later by the Hon Charles William
Wyndham (1760-1828), son of the 2nd Earl of Egremont, to cover at
Birstall, near Leicester, for a fee of 5 guineas. He is credited
with nearly ten offspring in the stud book, the most notable of whom
was Lord Barrymore's Jerico (b c 1786). Jerico ran for three years,
mostly at Newmarket, where he won a fair number of matches. Neither
he nor the others appear to have had any success in the stud. |
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Philipson's Turk
c 1745c. Said to be owned by Sir John Philipson
[Pick 1:391], he got two known offspring: the Duke of Cleveland's
Charon (b c 1749) and his sister. In the General Stud Book
Charon's sire is noted as Philipson's Turk [GSB 1:83] and in the
Racing Register as Phillips's Turk [Baily 1:119]. However,
other racing calendars appear to be in agreement that his sire was
Philipson's Turk [Pond, Heber 1754 &c]. Charon won fifties at
Bishop-Auckland, Richmond and Hull, as well as the Ladies Plate at
Lincoln. Sister to Charon foaled the 1767 Doncaster Cup winner
Meaburn (b c 1761 Mirza). |
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Phillips's
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Phillips's Brown Turk
br c 1745c. He was said to have been
purchased from the stud of the "Grand Signor" and imported from
Turcomania by Samuel Phillips of Garenton, Leicestershire. Described
as a fine brown stallion standing about 15 hands 1 inch, he was
advertised to cover in Leicestershire by Mr Bakewell of Dishley,
near Loughborough, for a fee of 1 guinea. He is the sire of only one
known offspring, Borlase Warren's unnamed mare (b f 1750c), a half
sister to Warren's
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Phillips's Grey Turk
[Phillips's Arabian] gr c 1736c. This horse
does not appear in the General Stud Book. Said to have been
brought from Turcomania by William Phillips of Garenton,
Leicestershire, the horse was described as a beautiful grey standing
nearly 15 hands, and thought to be exceedingly strong, a fine mover,
and to possess a just proportion. He was advertised by Joseph
Knowles of Nelson, near Market-Bosworth, to cover in Leicestershire
for a fee of 2 guineas. He has no known offspring. |
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Pigot Grey Arabian
[Patshull Arabian] gr c 1795c. The Arabian was
owned by either or both Sir Robert Pigot (1720-1796), 2nd bt of
Patshull, a career army officer who inherited the extensive Patshull
estate in Staffordshire in 1777, and his son, Sir George Pigot
(1766-1841), 3rd bt. Sir George is credited as breeder of most of
the Arabian's known offspring. The Arabian was described as a
"native of Bussora and of the truest Anissa Negadi breed" and said
to be of good size, particularly fine shape and great bone. His
stock were also described as being of great size. He covered at
Patshull for a fee of 2 guineas. Of nearly a dozen offspring only
two were named: Mr Whitmore's Marianne (b f 1803) and General Sir
George Pigot (c 1800c). Marianne ran without success at Bridgenorth
and General Sir George Pigot was apparently a highly regarded half
bred who covered at Wentworth Castle for a fee of 2gs. |
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Pigot Turk
[Mostyn's Bay Barb] b c 1710c. Seemingly confused in
the General Stud Book with the Paget Arabian, he is more
likely to have been the same horse as the Mostyn Bay Barb, and the
General Stud Book notes, in the pedigree of the Pigot Turk
Mare, that she was "bred by Sir R. Mostyn, got by his Bay Barb
(afterwards called the Pigot Turk)" [GSB 1:156]. The barb was
apparently first owned by Sir Roger Mostyn (1675-1739), 3rd baronet,
who held seats at Mostyn in Flintshire, Gloddaith in Carnarvonshire,
Leighton in Cheshire and Maesmynnan in Denbighshire. Sir Roger
served in parliament from 1701 to 1734. His appointments included
pay master of marine forces to Her Majesty Queen Anne and teller of
the exchequer to His Majesty King George I. Pigot Turk got four
known offspring, the first two for John Egerton of Cheshire. (1)
Pigot Turk Mare has no year of birth or colour given in the stud
book, however Mr Egerton raced a chesnut filly at Black Hambleton in
1720 who finished 6th for His Majesty's Gold Cup for five year old
mares and she could conceivably be this mare. In the stud she bred
four offspring for Mr Egerton, all unnamed although a Terror colt
could have been Mr Egerton's Byerly who ran in 1728. (2) Egerton
Nanny (gr f 1724) won the Wallasey Stakes at Chester and the King's
Plate at Hambleton in 1729 and the King's Plate at Newmarket in
1730. She had descendants nearly to the turn of the century. (3) and
(4) Looby (b c 1725c), owned by Lord Derby, may have been the same
horse as Sidebotham's Horse. Looby sired several offspring for Mr
Egerton, including Romp (b f 1739), the second dam of the York Royal
Plate winner Aurelianus (ro c 1760 Attilus) and the Doncaster Cup
winner Forester (b c 1765 Dionysius). Sidebotham's stallion got the
Earl of Tankerville's Chance and possibly the Wynn Looby (b g
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Pigot Arabian 1760c
See Coombe Arabian. |
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Portland's Arabian
c 1710c. William Henry Bentinck (1682-1726),
1st Duke of Portland, styled Viscount Woodstock from 1689, inherited
vast estates, including Bulstrode Park in Buckinghamshire and
Theobalds on the Hertfordshire-Middlesex border. Portland's Arabian
was the sire of two known offspring. His son Shagg (b c 1719), bred
by Thomas Grosvenor, is said to have won 200gs at Wallasey and 200£
at Newmarket. His daughter was the dam of Lord Chedworth's Moses (ch
c 1746 Howe's Foxhunter), winner of a fifty at Burford in 1750 and
later a stallion in Lord Gower's stud. |
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Place's White Turk
1670c |
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Pulleine's Chesnut Arabian
[Pulleyne's Chesnut Arabian] ch c
1690c. Sire Line
Pulleine's Chesnut Arabian. Thomas Pulleine (1652c-1724), of
Carlton Hall, near Richmond, Yorkshire, was Master of the Stud to
King William III, and High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1697 and 1704.
The Arabian did relatively well in the stud, getting: (1) An unnamed
mare (1695c), dam of Mr Gage's Lightfoot (gr f 1706c
Curwen Bay Barb) who won the
Galloways Plate at York in 1712, and ancestress of, among others,
the Hambleton Royal Plate winner Alipes (bbr f 1757
Regulus), (2) the Ancaster Merlin
(ch c 1700c), a stallion in the stud of the first and second Dukes
of Ancaster, (3) Old Lady (1705c), the second dam of
Bolton Starling (gr c 1727
Bay Bolton), (4) an unnamed mare
(1695c) who was the third dam of Sir Marmaduke Wyvill's Garnet (b c
1738 Young Belgrade)
who won fifties at Stockton, Morpeth and Warwick, (5) an unnamed
mare (1705c), the ancestress of Henry Fletcher's Trifle (b c 1748
Juba) and Sir Henry Grey's Fox (b c 1751 Locust); Trifle won fifties
at Richmond and Doncaster after which he was purchased by Thomas
Newenham and ran with much success in Ireland; Fox won fifties at
Bishop-Auckland and Newcastle along with the King's Plate at
Ipswich, (6) An unnamed colt (1710c) who sired the second dam of Mr
Smith-Barry's Belmont (b c 1759 Young Cade), a winner at Middleham,
Wakefield, York, and of the gold Cup at Chester in 1764, and (7)
Blackatop (1710c), sire of Jervaulx Blackatop, Castaway and the
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Pulleine's White Arabian
gr c 1685c. Highflyer suggests that he
was the same horse as Rockwood and that he was the sire of a horse
called the Layton Grey Barb (gr c 1690c). He got Rockwood Colt
(1690c), who may have been the Layton Grey Barb, who sired the
second dam of the York Royal Plate winner Cottingham (ch c 1735
Hartley's Blind Horse) and the third dam of Hutton's
Wormwood (b c 1739).
Wormwood was described as a bright bay standing 15 hands, who
covered for Anthony Clough in Derby for a fee of 1 guinea in 1751. A
sister to Wormwood had descendants in the stud book as late as the
early nineteenth century, including Mr Wentworth's Silverheel (b c
1802 Hambletonian)
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Radcliffe's Arabian
c 1755c. The Arabian was the sire of two
unnamed foals of 1763, one for Lord Surrey and one for Lord
Northumberland, in the stud book. Charles Howard (1746-1815), Lord
Surrey and later 11th Duke of Norfolk, bred or owned around a dozen
race horses in the latter half of the 18th century. Hugh
Smithson-Percy (1714-1786), 1st Duke of Northumberland, maintained
an extensive racing and breeding establishment during the same time
period. Lord Northumberland's bay colt by the Radcliffe Arabian
finished 5th and last for a 200gs each sweepstakes at Newmarket in
1767. Neither of the Radcliffe Arabian foals bred on. |
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Ranger 1762
See Lindsey's Arabian. |
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Richmond's Turk
c 1700c. Sire Line
Richmond
Turk. He was owned by Charles Lennox (1672-1723), 1st Duke of
Richmond and Lennox, son of King Charles II and his mistress Louise
de Kerouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth. At the age of eight the young
Duke won a match at Newmarket, defeating Bob Killigrewes' horse,
"neither much heigher than an Irish greyhound," over a mile, with
both horses ridden by their owners. At the age of ten he was
appointed Master of the Horse to the King although the execution of
the office devolved upon commissioners, Major Theophilus Oglethorpe,
Henry Guy and Charles Adderley, until the Duke reached the age of
fourteen. However, the prior death of the King occasioned his
removal from office. In 1692 he married Anne, sister of George
Brudenell, 3rd Earl of Cardigan. He acquired Goodwood for use as a
hunting lodge in 1697. Very little else is known of the Richmond
Turk other than that he got the Cardigan Colt. |
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Richards Arabian 1700c
See
Conyers Arabian. |
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Rider's Chesnut Barb 1695c
See St. Victor's Barb. |
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Robinson’s Barb
[possibly Lister’s Snake] c 1708c. He was
probably owned in Yorkshire by Mr Robinson at Easby, near Richmond,
who maintained a large breeding and racing stud in the early part of
the eighteenth century and was associated with such horses as Old
Country Wench (gr f 1712 Lister’s Snake), Easby Snake (ch c 1721
Lister’s Snake) and Grey Robinson (gr f 1723 Bald Galloway), the dam
of Regulus (b c 1739
Godolphin Arabian). John
Robinson appears to have been a cousin to John Bartlet, the owner of
Bartlet’s Childers (b c
1716 Darley Arabian). The
Barb’s only known offspring was an unnamed mare, the dam of Look
About You (gr c 1734 Robinson Crusoe), a winner of the Royal Plate
at Edinburgh in 1740 as well as several other plates in the north. |
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Rockingham's Arabian
c 1760c. Owned by Charles Watson-Wentworth
(1730-1782), 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, he may have been the same
horse as the Saanah Arabian. He was the sire of three unnamed
offspring, two colts and one filly, from 1768 to 1776, none of whom
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Rockwood (GB)
gr c 1685c (Darcy's
White Turk - Tregonwell's Natural Barb Mare). Sire Line
Darcy's
White Turk. Family 1.
Based on the fact that his dam was mated with the White Turk to
produce the White Turk Mare of Family 1 we speculate that he was
also sired by the White Turk. Highflyer suggests that he was the
same horse as Pulleine's White Turk. The General Stud Book
records his pedigree as: Rockwood, Pulleine's, out of the Lonsdale
Tregonwell Barb Mare [GSB 1/5:382]. He sired the unnamed third dam
of Bolton Starling (gr c
1727 Bay Bolton). One or more
sons (possibly called the Layton Grey Barb) of Rockwood, appear in
the pedigrees of Mr Hutton's Wormwood (b c 1739 Blacklegs), Mr
Constable's Cottingham (ch c 1735 Hartley's Blind Horse) and Mr
Metcalfe's Harlequin (b c 1719 Mixbury Galloway). Rockwood died
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Rooksby's Turk
c 1715c. Owned by Captain Rooksby (sometimes
spelled Rookesby or Rouksby), who raced Dragon and Mopsy in the mid
1720s, the Turk may have covered at Hampton Court. He was the sire
of, among others, Merry Tom (c 1725c) and an unnamed mare (said to
be a sister to the dam of Sir William Blackett's Bold Thirkeld
although this seems doubtful), the dam of Wiberforce Read's Lucy (b
f 1732 Smiling Tom). Lucy was the dam of at least three winners,
Whitefoot (b c 1746 Childers Colt), Singlepeeper (b c 1748
Regulus) and Grandison (b c 1750
Sloe), and the grandam of Scrub
(b c 1751 Blaze).
Wilberforce Read, of Grimthorpe, near Market Weighton in Yorkshire,
was a member of the Jockey Club and said to be a "gentleman of good
family but small means". Lucy won the King's Plate at Hambleton in
1736 defeating Mr Brewster's Miss Patty and 10 others. She also won
plates at Stockton, Sunderland and Pontrefact. Whitefoot won a fifty
at Newton in 1752. Singlepeeper won fifties at Follifoot in 1753 and
at Knutsford in 1754 as well as the annual plate at Kipling Coates
in 1755. Grandison won fifties at New Malton in 1754, at Hull in
1755, at Bedall in 1756 and the annual plate at Kipling Coates in
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Rumbold's Arabian
gr c 1780c. Possibly owned by Sir Thomas
Rumbold (1736-91), 1st bt of Woodhall, Hertfordshire, who served as
Governor of Madras from 1777 to 1780, the Arabian was the sire of
four stud book offspring. Three of these were unnamed and belonged
to Mr Bullock, HRH the Prince of Wales and Lord G H Cavendish. The
fourth, called Nabob (gr c 1787), ran for Mr Bullock at Newmarket in
1789, finishing 3rd of three for a 50gs each sweepstakes, won by
Lord Barrymore's Skewball (ch f 1786
Tandem). None of
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Rutland's Arabian
c 1780c. Owned by Charles Manners (1754-1787),
4th Duke of Rutland, he was the sire of one unnamed colt (b c 1787)
from Sir John Moore's Isabella (bu f 1765 Young Cade). The colt left
no further record. |
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Rutland's Black Barb
bl c 1705c. Owned by John Manners
(1638-1711), 1st Duke of Rutland, he sired three unnamed daughters.
The first daughter was the dam of the Confederate Filly (f 1718c
Grey Grantham) and thus contributed to the development of
Family 61. The second
daughter was the ancestress of numerous descendants, the most famous
probably being Captain Hartley's Whitefoot (ch c 1729 Bloody
Buttocks), winner of Royal Plates at Edinburgh and Newmarket. The
third daughter was the ancestress of the Duke of Cumberland's Chance
(br c 1780 Javelin), winner of a 100gs match at Newmarket as a two
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Rutland's Grey Turk
gr c 1705c. Highflyer speculates that he was
the same horse as the Acaster
Turk (gr c 1695c) and the Duke of Rutland's
Coneyskins (gr c 1712).
Probably owned by both John Manners (1638-1711), 1st Duke of
Rutland, and John Manners (1676-1721), 2nd Duke of Rutland, the Turk
was advertised for sale in 1714-15 by his then owner, Henry Carter,
at the "Sign of the Faulcon near Enfield, in Staffordshire". He
appears to have covered in Yorkshire prior to this. Of four unnamed
daughters, three bred on. The first foaled Ellerker's Snake (ch c
1721 Lister's Snake), bred by Mr Robinson of Easby, then sold to Mr
White and Mr Ellerker. He won a plate at York prior to entering Mr
Ellerker's stud at Hart, near Hartepoole, Durham, where he covered
for a fee of 1 guinea. He was described as standing 14 hands 3
inches, and to be very strong, well proportioned and perfectly
sound. He achieved some success in the stud, getting, among others,
the King's Plate winner Miss Hendry (gr f 1730). The second foaled
Cuthbert Routh's Creeper (gr f 1716 Darcy's Woodcock), who was bred
by Lord Darcy, and was noticed in Routh's stud book [ER:26]. The
third was the ancestress of Lord Surrey's, later HRH Prince of
Wales's, Cumberland (br c 1779 Phlegon), winner of the Royal Plate
at York in 1785. |
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Rycote Arabian 1763c
See Gregory's Grey Arabian. |
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Sanaah Arabian
c 1760c. He may be the same horse as Rockingham's
Arabian. He was the sire of more than half a dozen offspring in the
stud book, most of them for Charles Watson-Wentworth (1730-1782),
2nd Marquess of Rockingham. His best runners were Stoic (br c 1768),
Mareschal (br c 1770) and Wentworth (b c 1770). Stoic, campaigned by
Lord Orford, won two matches at Newmarket, worth 100gs and 200gs,
along with a fifty at Peterborough. Mareschal, campaigned first by
Mr Blake, then by Lord Clermont, had several good wins, including
defeating Lord Foley's esteemed
Pumpkin (ch c 1769 Matchem) for a 500gs match, and Lord
Clermont's equally esteemed Priestess (b f 1767
Matchem) for a 500gs match, both
at Newmarket, however after his purchase by Lord Clermont, Mareschal
seems to have lost his form. Wentworth, owned by Lord Clermont, won
a 200gs match from Mr Vernon's sister to Minima (gr f 1770 Coombe
Arabian) and a 50gs match from Mr Fox`s Cunegonde (b f 1769
Blank), both matches at Newmarket.
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Satellite
b c 1815c. An Arabian imported into Australia in 1822
or 1823 as an aged horse, he was said to have become the principal
sire of that colony and to have been the stallion from which the
Waler breed descends. He was described as a small bay stallion who
got stock that was powerful, sound, and possessed of bottomless
stamina and whose sons bred on. He sired Aspic (f 1830c) the taproot
mare of
Colonial Family C29 and Matilda (gr f 1835c) the taproot mare of
Colonial
Family c57. |
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Scawing's Arabian
c 1730c. Nothing is yet known of this horse.
His unnamed daughter (1736c) was the dam of Bucephalus (gr c 1746c
Bumblebee) and the grandam of Dove* (gr c 1756 Young Cade). Bred in
Yorkshire by Thomas Jackson, Bucephalus does not seem to have had a
turf career. He was described as extraordinarily strong, beautiful,
well made and a good mover. Owned by Amos Alexander, he covered at
Toftmonks, Norfolk, for a fee of 1 guinea. Dove was also bred by
Thomas Jackson and ran unsuccessfully at Newcastle-upon-Tyne in
1761. He was exported to America and achieved some success as a
stallion there. He covered at Dr Thomas Hamilton's Mount Calvert
Manor in Price George's County, Maryland. He later covered in New
Jersey and Pennsylvania, finally returning to Maryland in 1774. |
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Sebright's Arabian
c 1740c. Sir John Sebright (1725-1794), 6th
Bt, of Besford, Worcester, was a career army officer, rising to the
rank of Lieutenant-General, and later represented Bath, from 1763 to
1766, in the House of Commons. The Arabian sired an unnamed mare
(1745c) who heads Family 52.
Her descendants include Whip (b c 1794) who became successful as a
stallion in America, the Irish Derby winner Killeagh (b c 1903
Killyleagh), the July Cup winner Mickey the Greek (b c 1934 Apple
Sammy), the Goodwood Cup and Chester Cup winner Dark Japan (bbr c
1923 Dark Legend) and more recently, the Breeders' Cup Turf winner
Buck's Boy (b g 1993 Bucksplasher). |
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Sedbury Turk
1670c |
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Sedley Arabian
[Compton Barb] gr c 1760c. The General Stud
Book notes that "The COMPTON BARB, more commonly called the
Sedley Arabian, was the sire of Coquette, Greyling, etc [GSB
1:393]". He was first owned by Henry Compton of Hampshire, a member
of the Jockey Club and a "gentleman-jockey" who attained success at
Newmarket. He was later owned by Sir Charles Sedley (1721-1778), 2nd
bt, and sometime owner of the famous horse
Trentham (b c 1766 Sweepstakes),
who maintained a bloodstock stable from around 1735 onwards. His
principal seat was at Nuttall Temple in Nottinghamshire and he
represented Nottingham in parliament for several years. The horse
covered at Bisterne in Hampshire, and later at Nuttall Temple for a
fee of 3 guineas that rose to 5 guineas. He is credited with about
twenty offspring in the stud book. His daughters are responsible for
his heritage with the most significant probably being Coquette (b f
1765) a superb racemare and the ancestress of most of
Family 11, Sister to Greyling
(gr f 1769) the ancestress of most of
Family 29, and an unnamed
mare who became the 2nd dam of Lurcher (b c 1789
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Selaby Turk
[Marshall Turk] c 1680c.
Sire Line Selaby Turk. |
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Selim
gr c 1795. Probably owned by Mr Dent who was credited with
most of his offspring, he covered at Ainderby Steeple for a fee of 5
guineas from 1800 to 1806. He was described as a dapple grey Arabian
standing "full 14 hands and a half high" and his offspring, both
bloodstock and "country stock" were said to be uncommonly stout and
promising. He got more than half a dozen foals in the stud book, two
of whom, Sir Charles (b c 1801) and Young Selim (gr c 1803), were
also advertised to cover at the same place. Sir Charles appears to
have had some success, getting the the Duke of Hamilton's stallion
Symmetry (b c 1808) who was sent to Russia in 1815 [GSB 2:57]. |
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Sepoy
c 1835c. An Arabian imported into Australia from India, he
sired the stallion Plenipo (1843) from the mare Pet, by Bolivar, the
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Shaftesbury Turk
gr c 1675c. The Turk was owned by Anthony Ashley
Cooper (1621-1683), 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, an eminent politician
who, steering by his own personal compass, served both commonwealth
and king in many capacities including that of MP for Wiltshire in
1660 and 1661 and Lord Lieutenant of his native Dorset from 1672 to
1674. A patron of John Locke, he collaborated with that worthy to
write the Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina. In 1681 he
was charged with high treason, spending some time in the Tower
before the charges were dismissed, and on his release fled to the
Netherlands. During his incarceration he determined to sell off his
bloodstock although the Turk, referred to as "my Arabian," was not
in his sales list. The Turk is credited with one offspring in the
General Stud Book, Lord Lonsdale's Counsellor (c 1685c),
the sire of Darcy's Counsellor (c 1690c). He also got the dam of
Grey Layton (gr f 1700c) who appears in the Duke of Newcastle's stud
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Shafto's Barb
c 1750c. Probably owned by one or both of the
Shafto brothers (Robert and Jennison) of West Wratting,
Cambridgeshire, the Barb was the sire of a half dozen or so unnamed
offspring. Only one of them, not in the stud book but from a mare
owned by Robert, bred on for a few generations resulting in Lord
Foley's Mongrel (b c 1788 Phoenomenon). |
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Shebdeez
bl c 1815c. Described as an Arabian, he covered at
Eaton, near Chester, for a fee of 5gs, along with the Derby winner
Blucher (b c 1811
Waxy). His daughter, Medina (br f
1824), was the dam of the stallion Abbas Mirza (bl c 1831
Camel) and the ancestress of the
1854 Stewards' Cup winner Pumicestone (b c 1851
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Sheik
gr c 1810c. Said to be an Arabian imported into New South
Wales, he has two offspring, both fillies. Smith's Agnes (1820c) was
the ancestress of the 1872 Australian Cup winner Saladin (gr g 1865
Pegasus). Another unnamed filly (1820c) was the ancestress of Sir
Watkin (c 1845c Egremont), who was the damsire of another Sir Watkin
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Sheik Twiney
[Cooke's Arabian] c 1790c. Owned by Bryan Cooke, of
Wheatley Hall, Doncaster, Yorkshire, he covered at Richard
Goodison's Stables, Newmarket, for a fee of 5gs. Said to be a
present from a Prince at Bussorah, Persia, to the British Resident
there, he was described as a most beautiful pure Mountain Arab, with
great bone and remarkably fine action. Sheik Twiney got two
offspring, a colt (b c 1805) and a filly (1805) for his owner.
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Shelley's Barb
c 1765c. The Barb was owned by Sir John Shelley
(1692-1771), 4th bt, of Michel Grove, Sussex, who represented
Arundel and Lewes in parliament, and probably by Sir John Shelley
(1730-1783), 5th bt, who represented East Retford and Newark. He
appears to have been the first acquisition for the breeding and
racing stud of the Shelley family, which was developed by the 5th
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Slit Ear'd Barb
1730c |
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Smith-Barry's Arabian
ch c 1785c. The horse belonged to the Hon
John Smith-Barry (1725-1784c), of Fota Island, County Cork, and
Marbury Hall, Cheshire, who maintained a large breeding and racing
stud which was associated with such horses as the Doncaster Cup and
Chester Cup winner Forester (b c 1765 Dionysius) and the Royal Plate
winners Ragamuffin (gr c 1766 Northumberland) and All Fours (ch c
1763 Regulus). The Arabian was the
sire of one unnamed colt (ch c 1789) for his owner. His dam died
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Smith's Arabian
c 1770c. The Arabian was probably owned by Jockey
Club member, General Richard Smith (1734-1803) of Chilton Foliat,
Wiltshire, MP for Wendover and Sheriff of Berkshire in 1779 and
1780. The Arabian got four unnamed offspring, three colts and one
filly, all for the General. None of them appear to have raced or
bred on. |
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Somerset's Arabian 1713 |
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South Barb 1735c |
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Spanker (GB)
b c 1675c
(Darcy's Yellow Turk - Old
Morocco Mare, by Fairfax Morocco
Barb). Sire Line
Darcy's
Yellow Turk. Family 6. |
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Spanker
c 1735c. Sire Line Spanker. A Barb horse imported into
Virginia from Andalusia, Spain, in 1740 by Mr Nelson, he was also
referred to as Nelson's imported Spanish Horse. He was described as
a most beautiful horse although his color was not specified. His
daughters were noted for breeding speedy colts and fillies,
especially when crossed with bred horses like Janus. He stood in
Virginia at Nelson's stud until 1750 then went to North Carolina. |
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Stanyans Arabian
1700c |
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St. Victor's Barb
[Rider's Chesnut Barb] ch c 1695c. Sire Line
St.
Victor's Barb. He sired Bald Galloway, Rider's Cupid and Points.
Bald Galloway in turn sired
Cartouch, Grey
Robinson (gr f 1723) and Roxana (ch f 1718). Grey Robinson became
the dam of Regulus (b c 1739) who
was a Champion Sire five times between 1754 and 1766. Roxana became
the dam of Cade (b c 1734) who was
Champion Sire five times between 1752 and 1760 and sired
Matchem (b c 1748) the progenitor
of one of the only three tail-male lines which exist today. His most
famous descendant is Man o'
War (ch c 1917). Roxana was also the dam of Lath (b c 1732) and
Roundhead (sorrel
c 1733). Rider's Cupid sired the 4th dam of Fellow (ch c 1757).
Points became the 2nd dam of both Amorett [Little Hartley Mare] (ch
f 1727) and Sachrissa [Large Hartley Mare] (ch f 1729). |
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Stamford's Turk
[Crawford Turk] br c 1740c. Imported by John
Lindsay (1702-1749), 20th Earl of Crawford, one of the founding
members of the Highland regiment which later formed part of the
Black Watch, he was purchased by Mr Stamford after the death of Lord
Crawford. Said to be a beautiful strong brown Turk standing 15
hands, he covered at Newmarket for a fee of 1 guinea. He was the
sire of two colts, Lord Portmore's General (b c 1748), winner of
fifties at Beccles and Chipping Norton, and Mr Horn's Turk (c 1750),
winner of a fifty at Warwick. His daughter, Mr Keck's Aura (b f
1745), produced the winners Juniper (b c 1752
Babraham) and Genius (b c 1753
Babraham), the first a stallion in America, and the second a
stallion in England. Aura was also the 3rd dam of Sir C Turner's
Weathercock (b c 1786 Ruler) who was sent to Russia in 1802. |
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Stahremberg Turk 1715
See Lexington Grey Arabian. |
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Storey's Arabian
c 1790c. Owned by Mr Storey, his known progeny
consists of Blackett (b c 1797) and his brother (b c 1798). Blacket
finished 3rd and last for the 100gs Gold Cup at Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
won by Mr Johnson's Royal Plate winner Sir Solomon (b c 1796
Sir Peter Teazle) in 1802.
The brother cannot be found in the racing calendars and neither
appear to have bred on. The brothers were from a Fortitude Mare bred
by Lord Grosvenor and owned by Mr Stirling. |
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Stradling Turk 1682c |
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Strickland's
Turk 1712c |
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Sultan Mahomet
[Gray's Inn Arabian] b c 1770c. He was the sire of
Lord Melbourne's unnamed mare (b f 1776) from Lord Ossory's mare,
Grace (b f 1769 Snap). Peniston
Lamb (1745-1828), 1st Viscount Melbourne, represented Ludgershall,
Malmesbury and Newport, Isle of Wight in parliament. He was married
to Elizabeth, daughter of the notable breeder Sir Ralph Milbanke
(1689-1748), 4th bt. Sultan Mahomet was described as an exceedingly
fine Arabian of the true "Gilfee" breed. He was said to have stood
about 14 hands 3 inches high and to have a very fine shape and
uncommonly fine action and use of his limbs. Without blemish he was
recommended as having sufficient bone to get King's Plate horses. He
covered at Field's Livery Stables for a fee of 10gs. There is no
further record of offspring from Sultan Mahomet. |
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Sutton's Grey Arabian
gr c 1715c. General Richard Sutton
(1674-1737) of Scofton, Nottinghamshire, was MP for Newark, army
officer and governor of Hull and Guernsey. General Sutton, called
Brigadier Sutton in the Ancaster stud book MS [ER:82], was the
brother of Sir Robert Sutton (1671-1746), the ambassador to
Constantinople from 1702 to 1717. The Arabian covered from 1725 to
1730, getting three foals for Peregrine Bertie (1686-1742), the 2nd
Duke of Ancaster, and Mr Southcote's Miss Fortune (ch f 1730c) who
won a 30gs purse at Lincoln. Only one of the Duke's offspring
produced further, she being the 2nd dam of Mr Hawes Lady Thigh (ch f
1760 Young Merlin) who won the Ladies Plate at Guildford and two
fifties at Odsey in 1764 and had descendants as late as the turn of
the century. |
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Sutton's Turk
c 1715c. Owned by William Cavendish (1673-1729),
the 2nd Duke of Devonshire [GSB 1:392], he may have been the same
horse as the Devonshire Turk whom the Duke gave to the Earl of
Winchelsea. It is possible that he was the chesnut brought from
Turkey along with Sutton's Grey Arabian and described as a "true
Arabian". He was advertised to cover at Newark upon Trent and
perhaps later called a Turk to help distinguish him from the Grey
Arabian. His only stud book offspring was the Wallasey Stakes winner
Mermaid (b f 1720). Mermaid produced two winners herself: Collier
and John Trott. Collier (bl c 1738
Devonshire Blacklegs)
won a 100gs match from Mr Greville's Oroonoko at Newmarket in 1745.
John Trott (b c 1742 Devonshire Blacklegs) won a 1000gs match from
the Duke of Ancaster's Pickpocket at Newmarket in 1746, beat the
same horse for a 300gs sweepstakes at Newmarket in 1747 and the same
year won the King's Plates at Winchester, Salisbury and Canterbury.
Mermaid was also the 2nd dam of Sloe
(bl c 1740 Crab) who was undefeated
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Swinburne's Arabian
[Taffilet] gr c 1752c. Thomas Swinburne
(1705c-1772) was the third son of Sir William Swinburne, 2nd bt of
Capheaton, Northumberland. He married Mary, daughter and coheiress
of Anthony Meaburn of Pontop Hall, Tanfield, Durham. His Arabian was
advertised to cover at Tanfield for a fee of 3 guineas. Described as
a beautiful grey standing 14 hands 3 inches, perfectly sound and in
excellent health, he was imported from Morocco by William Peticrew,
the consul general to the Emperor of Morocco. He was said to be of
the "L'Bedowey Breed" reputed to be the "highest blood". Taffilet
sired the dam of Clockfast (gr c 1780 Bay Richmond) who found much
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Taffolet Barb
[possibly
Curwen's Bay Barb, Lowther Bay Barb] c 1685c. Sire Line
Taffolet
Barb. Taffolet Barb is also called "Taffolet (or Morocco Barb)"
in the General Stud Book [GSB 1:389], giving rise to
speculation that he was the same horse as the
Fairfax Morocco Barb or some of
the earlier Morocco Barbs kept at the royal stud at Tutbury.
However, he had two offspring whose dates of birth are either known
or have been estimated. Queen Anne's Mustard was born in 1707 and
Honeycomb Punch ran in 1699, the latter leading C M Prior to
estimate his year of birth at circa 1692. Thus, if the Taffolet Barb
was imported he must have arrived prior to 1692. It seems probable
that by the time of his purchase for stud he would have established
a reputation, and so of necessity would have been at least five
years old at that time. If his year of birth is estimated at circa
1685, he would then have sired Honeycomb Punch when seven years old,
and Mustard when twenty-two years old, which seems a reasonable span
for a stud career. Even if his date of birth is estimated at ten
years earlier, he would have been born too late to be considered
identical with the Fairfax Morocco Barb or the other known Morocco
Barbs. Toru Shirai, in Family Tables of Racehorses, estimates the
year of birth for Honeycomb Punch, son of the Taffolet Barb, at
1684, which would be improbable for a horse running in 1699, and it
seems likely that this is a casual mistake made in assigning the
date to the son rather than the sire. In the stud Taffolet Barb left
several sons, notably Sir William Ramsden's Tantivy and Lord
Godolphin's Honeycomb Punch, and some notable daughters. Sister to
Honeycomb Punch was one of the foundation mares of
Family 33, a small family
which nevertheless produced the Derby winner Serjeant (b c 1781
Eclipse) and the good stallions
Dungannon (b c 1780 Eclipse),
Locust (b c c1744 Crab) and
Sloe (bl c 1740 Crab). Taffolet
Barb Mare, probably his best known offspring, was a foundation mare
of Family 1, 2nd dam of Grey
Ramsden (gr c 1704 Grey
Hautboy), and 3rd dam of Bonny Lass (b f 1723
Bay Bolton), taproot mare of
Family 1-a. Taffolet Barb
Mare was also 5th dam of Old Snap
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Tarran's Black Barb
bl c 1715c. Owned by the Reverend John
Tarran, of Hornby, Yorkshire, he was the sire of three known
offspring, Tarran (ch c 1724), Hornby Bore (c 1724c) and his sister
(f 1725c). Sister to Hornby Bore also produced three known
offspring, Top (b c 1731 Metcalfe's Harlequin), Menker (gr c 1735
Young Brisk) and Crazy (b c 1739
Childers). Tarran, raced by
Mr Dashwood and Mr Shepherd, won the Ladies Plate at Epsom, King's
Plates at Salisbury, Winchester, Canterbury and Newmarket, and the
Gold Cup at Warwick, beating the likes of the Duke of Bolton's
Foxhunter (br c 1724 Bay Bolton),
Mr Humberstone's Stump
(b c 1724 Manica) and
Mr Coke's Hobgoblin (br c 1724
Aleppo). Crazy, bred
by Thomas Bright and raced by Cuthbert Routh and George Prentice,
won fifties at Stockton, Beverley, York, Leicester and Ludlow. He
beat such horses as Mr Vavasour's Champion (b c 1739 Bolton Goliah)
and Mr Martindale's
Torismond (gr c 1739
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Tate's Arabian
c 1735c. Owned by William Tate, the Arabian was
the sire of Lord Ferrers's Miss Tippet (b f 1742). Mr Tate owned
several racehorses, most notable of whom was Greybeard (gr c 1754
Dormouse). Miss Tippet won a Fifty at Windsor in 1746, beating six
others and finished 2nd for the Royal Plate for mares at Newmarket
in 1747, won by the Duke of Ancaster's Hambleton Royal Plate winner
Dizzy (gr f 1741 Driver). |
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The Caliph
c 1825c. An Arabian in Australia, he sired Fantail,
one of the founding mares of Colonial Family C32, whose most famous
member was the Melbourne Cup winner Toryboy (gr g 1857 Wollaton). |
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Thompson's Brown Arabian
[Achmed] br c 1765c. Owned by Mr
Thompson and imported with Thompson's Grey Arabian he was described
as particularly handsome in make and shape, and producing strong
boney foals. He covered at the stud of Thomas Vincent at Osmanthorp,
near Leeds, for a fee of 10gs, which was later reduced to 5gs. He
sired Mr Atkinson's unnamed mare (b f 1772), who has no further
record. |
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Thompson's Grey Arabian
[Cuhailan Assil] gr c 1765c. His blood
and beauty was thought superior to most other horses and the 1500
guineas purchase price was said to have been judged less half his
value by the Consul at Aleppo. He was "got by Mahnaghi, of the
famous race of Bahill, and his dam was the curious Kehilana". He
covered first at Osmanthorp for a fee of 10gs and later at Mr
Dowson's Clay Hall, near Wanstead, in Essex, for 5gs. He sired two
mares, one unnamed (b f 1772) bred by Mr Atkinson, and one named
Mary (gr f 1772) bred by Lord Grosvenor. The first had no offspring;
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Thornton Arabian 1720c
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Thoulouse Barb
[Parsons' Barb, Burlington Barb] b c 1695c. Sire
Line
Thoulouse Barb. Said to be a gift from the King of Morocco to
King Louis XIV (1638-1715) of France he was subsequently acquired by
Henry Curwen (1661-1725) from the King's sons, the Counts of Byram
and Thoulouse. He was purchased by Sir John Parsons (1639-1717), a
noted brewer, of Reigate Priory in Surrey and Lord Mayor of London,
and subsequently by Richard Boyle (1694-1753), 3rd Earl of
Burlington. The Thoulouse Barb got many winners including the famous
Molly (ch f 1713c) who was a mare of great celebrity, winning many
matches before her death at Newmarket whilst running a match against
the Duke of Bolton's Terror in 1723. The Barb was a champion sire in
1723. He also sired Tifter who in turn sired the Scarborough Colt
(bl c 1724). The Scarborough Colt sired an unnamed mare who became
the 4th dam of Clockfast (gr c 1780) and another unnamed mare who
became the dam of Ancaster's Tarquin (b c 1745) who in turn sired
Tarquin (b c 1854). |
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Tilney's Foreign Horse
c 1745c. This horse was possibly owned by
Richard Child Tilney (1680-1750), Viscount Castlemain and 1st Earl
Tilney, of Wanstead, Essex, and Tilney Hall, Hampshire. Lord Tilney
represented Essex in parliament from 1710 to 1722 and from 1727 to
1734. Wanstead Hall was once considered one of the finest estates in
England but was demolished early in the 19th century. The horse has
only one known offspring, Mr Brookes unnamed mare (gr f 1753), a
half sister to the famous Little
Driver (ch c 1743
Beaver's Driver). However she does not appear to have raced or
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Townshend's Barb
br c 1750c. Charles Townshend (1700-1764), 3rd
Viscount Townshend and Baron Townshend de Lynn Regis, represented
Great Yarmouth in parliament from 1721 to 1723, then took his seat
in the house of Lords and an appointment as lord of the bedchamber
to King George I. Later lord lieutenant of Norfolk and master of the
jewel office he resigned these offices on the death of his father in
1738. His wife Audrey was the daughter of Edward Harrison, governor
of Madras and later postmaster general. Lord Townshend established a
small stud in the mid 1740s with mares purchased mainly from Lord
Godolphin and Mr Crofts. The Barb got two known offspring, both
unnamed colts, who do not appear to have had careers either on the
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Trout's Arabian
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Vane's Arabian
1730c |
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Vernon's Arabian
ch c 1765c. Sire of nearly forty offspring in
the stud book from 1772 to 1780, most of them for his owner, the
Honourable Richard Vernon (1726-1800) of Newmarket, but including
Lord March's Khouli Khan (b c 1772) and Lord Derby's Fortunatas (br
c 1789). Kouli Khan won a number of valuable matches at Newmarket.
All of them except an unnamed mare (b f 1780), who was the dam of Mr
Bullock's July Stakes winner Emigrant (b c 1794
Escape), failed to breed on past
the first generation. The Arabian, "lately brought from Arabia"
covered at Mr Vernon's stables at Newmarket in 1772 for a fee of
10gs. About ten years later he was advertised to cover at the Turf
Tavern in London for a fee of 2gs. He covered the following year
alongside Highflyer (b c 1774
King Herod) at Ely, in
Cambridgeshire, for a fee of 5gs. Mr Vernon, who was married to a
daughter of Lord Gower, was MP for Tavistock, Bedford, Okehampton
and Newcastle under Lyme. He bred the first Derby winner
Diomed (ch c 1777
Florizel) and was a
prominent turf supporter in concert with his racing ally Lord March
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Vernon's Barb
c 1710c. Very little is known about this Barb other
than that he was the sire of the fourth dam of Mr Pembroke's minor
winner Aimwell (gr c 1750
Babraham). He seems to have been
in the Royal Stud at Hampton Court and may have belonged to James
Vernon (1646c-1727), a private secretary to James Scott, Duke of
Monmouth and son of King Charles II. |
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Walpole Barb
[Orford Turk] gr c 1715c. The General Stud Book
notes that he was called the "Orford or Walpole Grey Turk" [GSB
1:392]. Robert Walpole (1701-1751), 2nd Earl of Orford, was the
eldest son of Prime Minister Sir Robert Walpole and Lord Lieutenant
of Devon from 1733 until his death. The Barb sired three known
offspring, all mares. The Duke of Devonshire's unnamed mare (1720c)
produced for his Grace an unnamed Childers Colt (ch c 1727) who was
advertised in 1733 to cover for proprietor Robert Jackson of
Hesslington, near York, for a fee of 2 guineas. The Duke of
Ancaster's Miss Romp (b f 1736) produced a small family of runners
which included Lord Abingdon's Grimalkin (ch c 1772
Eclipse), winner of a 100gs match
and the Noblemen's and Gentlemen's Plate at Newmarket, and
Gnat-Catcher (b f 1774 King Herod),
winner of a Royal Plate at Lincoln and six fifties. The most
significant of his get was probably the Duke of Devonshire's unnamed
mare (1728c) of Family 6 who
was grandam to the celebrated
Little Driver (ch c 1743
Beaver's Driver) and ancestress of the Doncaster Cup winner
Mercutio (b c 1819 Mowbray). |
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Ward's Arabian
c 1755c. Owned by John Ward, he covered at
Squerries, near Westerham, Kent, for a fee of 5 guineas. He was the
sire of Arabella (b f 1763) and her two sisters and one unnamed colt
for his owner, all from a Sister to Flora (br f 1754
Tartar) bred by Sir William
Middleton. However none of these is further recorded in the stud
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Wastell's Turk
[Westall Turk] c 1695c. Wastell's "Salt-Fish" Turk
was owned by John Wastell (1661-1737/38) from near Northallerton,
Yorkshire, husband of Barbara Peirse, she a cousin of John Hutton II
(1657-1731) who had established an extensive and successful stud at
Marske. Wastell also had commercial and close geographical
connections with Robert Byerley, owner of the
Byerley Turk (bl c 1680c), and
we speculate that, in the absence of any evidence for importation,
Wastell's Turk could have been sired by the Byerley Turk. In the
stud Wastell's Turk left six known offspring, one colt and five
fillies. Of the latter, two made significant contributions to the
stud book. (1) Mr Fletcher's unnamed colt (b c 1725) finished 2nd
for a 5gs each subscription at Richmond [Baily 1:23]. Nothing
further is known about this colt, however his year of birth
indicates that Wastell's Turk probably lived to thirty years of age.
(2) Croft's Pet Mare (gr f 1710c) is notable as the dam of the
stallion Young Greyhound (gr c 1718 Greyhound), the second dam of
the stallion Young
Cartouch (ch c 1731
Cartouch), and the ancestress of the St Leger winner The Duchess
(b f 1813 Cardinal York) and the Chester Cup winner King Cole (b c
1833 Memnon). (3) Another daughter, Darcy's Young Sorrill (the Duke
appears to call her "Blackleggs" in a letter to James Darcy [Early
Records:127]), was a broodmare in the Welbeck Abbey stud of John
Holles (1662-1711), 4th Earl of Clare and Duke of Newcastle, and was
probably a foundation mare of
Family 7. Wastell's Turk also sired (4) the second dam of Mr
Croft's Bustard (Greyhound) and (5) the third dam of the Somerset
Diamond (ch c 1713c Jew Trump). Under the name of the Westall Turk
(whom the General Stud Book says is "probably Wastell" Turk
[GSB 1:385]) he got (6) the fifth dam of Sir John Shelley's Fantail
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Wastell's Turk
c 1760c. John Wastell (1736-1811), grandson of the
owner of Wastell's Turk, was born in Yorkshire and later bred and
trained horses at Bury St Edmunds as well as managing the 3rd Duke
of Grafton's racing stable. Wastell's Turk sired only one known
offspring, Mr Wastell's unnamed chestnut colt of 1777. John Wastell
also bred Alfred (b c 1770
Matchem),
Conductor (ch c 1767
Matchem) and the Oaks winner Scotia (gr f 1799
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Wellesley Grey Arabian
gr c 1796c. He was imported into
England from India along with the Wellesley Chesnut Arabian. It is
said both were chosen by English judges, "in that part of Arabia
where the best horses are bred" and then imported by the Hon Henry
Wellesley (1773-1847), 1st Baron Cowley and youngest brother of the
Duke of Wellington, in August of 1803. Both were described as
"evidently not Arabians," but the grey was "a horse of good shape,
with the size and substance of an English hunter." Both were said to
be "distinguished by size and power seldom found in any of their
superior blood". The Grey Arabian, purchased from "near Bussorah",
Persia, was said to be of the "Nedjudee breed" and the finest colt
that had been bred in the that part of the desert for many years.
They were both initially advertised to cover at Egham Wick, Surrey,
for a fee of 5 guineas, except for winners or dams of winners of
King's Plates &c, who would be covered for free. Later they covered
at Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, and Russell's Farm, East Barnet, Herts,
with the Grey Arabian commanding a fee of 8 guineas. The Grey
Arabian moved to Virginia Water, near Egham, for the season of 1810.
His daughter Fair Ellen (gr f 1806) was the dam of the Oaks winner
Lilias (b f 1823 Interpreter), the Woodcote Stakes winner
Translation (b f 1824 Interpreter) and the sixth dam of Frey (b f
1870 Dundee), the latter the dam of the Preakness Stakes winner
Dunboyne (b c 1884 Uncas). The Wellesley Grey Arabian died in the
winter of 1811-12. |
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Wellesley Chesnut Arabian
c 1799c. Imported into England along
with the Wellesley Grey Arabian, he was said to be of "a breed which
is held in great estimation in Arabia, for temper, spirit and
activity" and to stand 15 hands 2 inches tall. He covered alongside
the Grey Arabian at Egham Wick, Surrey, and Cheshunt, Hertfordshire,
and later at Russell's Farm, East Barnet, for a fee of 5 guineas.
For the 1810 season he moved to Eywood, near Kingston. He was the
sire of one known unnamed colt (1805) from Florella (b f 1788
Justice), a mare bred by Lord Grosvenor. |
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Western Barb 1743
See Godolphin Brown Barb. |
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Wheatly Turk
c 1745c. He may have been in the stud of Charles
Paulet (1685-1754), 3rd Duke of Bolton, however he does not appear
in the General Stud Book. His only offspring was Bay Lusty
(b c 1750c), bred by the Duke, who was described as a beautiful well
marked bay, standing 15 hands and 1 inch, and allowed to be "the
finest and most powerful, for so high bred a horse, in England". In
1760 Bay Lusty was advertised to cover at Mr Hinton's in Lee Lane,
near Leisham, Kent, for just over a pound. He was thought to be very
successful in getting foals, which were said to be both beautiful
and strong. |
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White-Legged
Lowther Barb
ch c 1685c |
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Whiteshirt 1665c |
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Widdrington Grey Arabian 1705c
See Bridgewater's Grey Arabian. |
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Wilkes's Barb
c 1690c. It is possible that this is the same horse
as Hautboy (c 1685c
Darcy's White Turk),
or even that his name is a corruption of Wilkinson's Barb (c 1690c).
The pedigree for Fanny (ch f 1751) reads: Fanny, by Tartar - Mare,
by Starling - Mare, by Childers - Mare, by Grey Grantham -
Lilliput's Dam, by Wilkinson's Barb - Milbanke's Bald Peg, by
Burford Bull [GSB 1:84]. A pedigree for Archer (gr c 1746) reads:
Archer, by Bolton Starling - Mare, by Bald Galloway - Mare, by Grey
Grantham - Mare, by Wilkes's Barb - Milbanke's Bald Peg, by Burford
Bull [Heber:1751]. The only known offspring of Wilkes's Barb is the
mare that appears in the pedigree of Archer. Archer, who was first
called Augustus, was owned by Mr Martindale and won King's Plates at
Winchester and Salisbury. He was then purchased by Mr Arthur Marvin
who took him to Ireland and ran him there with "indifferent success"
[Pick 1:111]. In the stud Archer got Aimwell (gr c 1762) who won
four Royal Plates in Ireland for his various owners. Archer also got
an unnamed mare (1765) who became the dam of Cromaboo (gr c 1774
Gamahoe). Cromaboo was a stallion In Ireland, getting, among others,
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Wilkinson's Barb
c 1690c. Owned by Francis Wilkinson of West
Layton, Yorkshire, he was the sire of two known offspring. (1)
Silverlips (c 1715c), owned by Mr Lisle of Halzon, was said to have
been the most celebrated plate horse ever known in those parts,
winning £550 worth of plate besides a Gold Cup at Scotland "which no
English horse but himself could do". His only loss occurred when he
was "clap'd on the back sinews". He was advertised to cover at the
Black Bull and Crown for a fee of half a guinea, at which time he
was said to be "right sound and in fine order". (2) Wilkinson Barb
Mare (1710c) produced Lilliput (ro c 1722 Bald Galloway) and his
sister. Mr Fleetwood's Lilliput, sometimes described as a light
chesnut, ran for Capt Milbanke, winning a plate at York. Running for
Cuthbert Routh he won plates at Yarm and Bedale. Sister to Lilliput
was the dam of Mr Leedes's Kettle Bender (ch c 1740 Smales's
Childers), who was said to stand 14 hands and 1.5 inches tall, won a
fifty at Carlisle in 1744. Wilkinson Barb Mare was also the 5th dam
of Mr Tuting's Creeping Polly (ch f 1756
Othello), from whom all of
Family 6-x+ descends. |
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Wilkinson's Bay Arabian
b c 1690c. Owned by Andrew Wilkinson of
Boroughbridge, the Arabian may be the same horse as Wilkinson's Barb
and Wilkinson's Turk. He sired an unnamed mare, from Lord
Arlington's Natural Barb Mare, from whom all of
Family 43 descends. |
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Wilkinson's Turk
c 1690c. The Turk may be the same horse as
Wilkinson's Barb and Wilkinson's Bay Arabian. In the stud he got two
unnamed mares, the first a foundation mare of
Family 62, and the second a
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Williams's Arabian
[Wynn's Arabian] c 1720c. Sir Watkin Williams
(1692-1749), 3rd bt of Llanforda, near Oswestry, Shropshire,
succeeded to the Wynn estates at Gwydir, Caernarfonshire, in 1719,
at which time he changed his name to Williams-Wynn. He represented
Denbighshire in parliament for many years. Williams's Arabian had
two known offspring under this name: (1) an unnamed mare (1728),
bred by Mr Egerton from his Pigot Turk Mare, who drowned as a foal
[GSB 1:156] and (2) the "famous Harlequin". |
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Williams's Turk 1700c
See Woodstock Arabian. |
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Willoughby Barb
c 1655c. One of the earliest known Barbs with
offspring in the stud book, he was mated with the Bolton Castle
Mare, taproot of Family 71,
to produce an unnamed mare (1660c) who was the third dam of
Bathurst's Look About You (gr c 1706c Rider's Cupid), as well as
ancestress to the rest of the family. Look About You was well known
in his day although little record is left of him. He may have been
the same horse as Tregonwell Frampton's Look About You who was
pledged to run matches at Newmarket in 1713 and 1715. The Willoughby
Barb may also be the sire of the "Willobough Barb Mare" who was said
to have been the third dam of Dyer's Dimple (c 1705c
Leedes Arabian) and also of
Mr Graham's Poppet (b c 1739 Ancaster Grasshopper). |
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Mosco Arabians
Wilson's Arabian 1735c, Wilson's Bay Arabian 1740c, Wilson's Chesnut
Arabian 1745c |
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Winchilsea's Arabian
c 1790c. Owned by George Finch (1752-1826),
9th Earl of Winchilsea, the Arabian sired an unnamed mare for Lord
Winchilsea in 1796. She had no offspring recorded in the stud book. |
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Witham Grey Arabian
gr c 1770c. He was the sire of only one
offspring in the stud book, an unnamed mare foaled in 1776, she the
property of Willoughby Bertie (1740-1799), 4th Earl of Abingdon. The
mare herself has no recorded offspring. There is a possibility that
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Woburn Arabian
ch c 1790c. Owned by Francis Russell (1765-1802),
5th Duke of Bedford, he was described as an "uncommonly handsome
chesnut Arabian, brought from Bengal by Capt Grey, of the Rose
Indiaman". The Woburn Arabian covered for a fee of 10gs and sired a
half dozen or so foals, mostly for the Duke, between 1797 and 1799.
None of these appear to have made any impact on the turf. The Duke
achieved substantial success with
Skyscraper (b c 1786 Highflyer),
Eager (b c 1788 Florizel)
and Fidget Colt (br c 1794 Fidget), all of whom won the Derby
Stakes. |
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Wolseley Barb
bl c 1747c. The General Stud Book suggests
that he was "probably the Black Barb which stood at Woolsey,
Staffordshire [GSB 1:393]. He was advertised to cover "At
Woolsey-Bridge, Staffordshire, A most beautiful BLACK BARB, full
fifteen Hands high, free from any Blemish whatsoever, six Years old.
He was a present from the Dey of Algiers, and brought over into this
Kingdom 1751. He is allowed by all Judges who have seen him, to be
as proper a Horse to get running Cattle, as ever came into England;
and is one of the tallest, best-made and high-bred Horse, that ever
came out of that Country. He covers this Season, at three Guineas a
Mare, and half a Crown the Servant" [Pond 1753:163]. His fee later
rose to five guineas. He may have been associated with Sir William
Wolseley (-1779), 5th bt of Wolseley Hall, near Wolseley Bridge in
Staffordshire. The Barb sired eight known offspring over a span of
about fifteen years. Only two were winners: Sir R Grosvenor's
Raphael (b c 1755) won a 500gs match from the Duke of Cumberland's
colt at Newmarket in 1760 and in 1765 Lord Grosvenor's Fireaway (bl
c 1761) won a 100gs match from Capt Shirley's Collier at Newmarket
and a subscription at Euston. One of the Barb's daughters, Riddle
(gr f 1762), owned by Lord Grosvenor, was the ancestress of July
Stakes winners Merrymaker (b c 1814
Dick Andrews), Miracle
(ch f 1816 Soothsayer), Spindle
(b f 1808 Shuttle) and Cambric (b c 1807 Shuttle), as well as the
Prix du Jockey Club winner Fitz Emilius (b c 1842 Young Emilius).
One of his unnamed colts, bred by Sir William and described as a
"fine, strong bay horse, full 15 hands and a half," was advertised
to cover at the same place in 1760. |
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Woodstock Arabian
[Williams's Turk] gr c 1700c. According to the
General Stud Book the Woodstock Arabian may be the same
horse as Williams's White Turk [GSB 1:18]. It is also possible that
he is the same horse as Honeywood's Arabian. He sired Flying Whigg
(f 1715) who became the dam of Sachrissa [Large Hartley Mare] (ch f
1729) and Amorett [Little Hartley Mare] (ch f 1727), both early
matriarchs of Bruce Lowe's Family
15 and an enormous influence on early American pedigrees.
Amorett was the dam of (1) Blank (b
c 1740 Godolphin Arabian)
who sired Centinel (ch c 1758) and Fallower*(c 1759); (2) Old
England (b c 1741 Godolphin Arabian) who sired Northumberland (gr c
1761); and (3) Janus (b c 1738 Godolphin Arabian) the sire of Janus
(ch c 1746). Sachrissa was the dam of (1) Roger's Babraham (b c 1738
Godolphin Arabian) who sired Juniper (b c 1752), Young Babraham (b c
1760), Genius (b c 1753), Hob-or-Nob (b c 1751) and Shadow (b c
1759); and (2) Mogul (b c 1735) who sired Jolly Roger (ch c 1743). |
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Wynn's Arabian
gr c 1715c. Sire Line
Wynn's
Arabian. He was probably the same horse as W Williams's Arabian
and Lonsdale's Grey Arabian. He may have been associated with the
Ancaster stud through connections established by the marriage in
1678 of Mary Wynn to Robert Bertie (1660-1723), 4th Earl of Lindsey,
who was created Duke of Ancaster in 1715. He got nearly twenty foals
in the Ancaster stud from 1721 to 1735c. Among his better known
offspring are (1) Ancaster's Driver gr c 1727), (2) Crab (gr c 1726)
and (3) Wynn Arabian mare (f 1735c) the third dam of
Delpini (gr c 1781
Highflyer) and the fourth dam of
the Derby winner Archduke (br c 1796
Sir Peter Teazle), the
Doncaster Cup winner (twice) Stamford (br c 1794 Sir Peter Teazle)
and the Derby winner Paris (br c 1803 Sir Peter Teazle). |
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Wyvill's Golden
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