Bartlett's Childers (originally known as Young Childers or Bleeding Childers; foaled 1716) was an important

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sire in the 18th century.

Background

Bartlett's Childers was foaled in 1716. Bred by Leonard Childers, he was a son of the

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and Betty Leedes. He was a full-brother to the undefeated

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, but was never trained to race. It was once thought that Betty Leedes only produced Flying Childers and a foal that died young, but it is now strongly believed that she did produce another foal by the Darley Arabian (Bartlett's Childers). He was known as "Bleeding Childers" as he frequently bled from his nose. He was sold by Mr Bartlett of Nuttle Court, near

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Stud career

Bartlett's Childers stood in

. Through his success as a

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he showed breeders that unraced horses were capable of siring top racehorses. He became champion sire in 1742. His progeny included Smales's Childers, Grey Childers, Squirt, Coughing Polly and Hartley's Little Mare. Squirt was the sire of Marske and Syphon. Hartley's Little mare was the

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of a number of top horses including Blank (who also became a champion sire) and Shakespear. Marske sired the undefeated racehorse

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. Through Eclipse, his is the dominant sire line of thoroughbreds in modern times.

Pedigree

* Bartlett's Childers was

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3x4 to Spanker. This means that the stallion appears once in the third generation and once in the fourth generation of the pedigree. He was also 4x4 inbred to Old Morocco Mare. ''Note: b. = Bay, blk. =

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References

{{reflist 1716 racehorse births British Champion Thoroughbred Sires Racehorses bred in the Kingdom of Great Britain Racehorses trained in the Kingdom of Great Britain Thoroughbred family 6-a