The Darley Arabian (foaled c. 1700) was one of three dominant
foundation sires of modern
Thoroughbred
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horse racing bloodstock. The other two founders were the
Godolphin Arabian and the
Byerley Turk
The Byerley Turk (c. 1680 – c. 1703), also spelled Byerly Turk, was the earliest of three stallions that were the founders of the modern Thoroughbred horse racing bloodstock (the other two are the Godolphin Arabian and the Darley Arabian).Ahnert ...
. This bay
Arabian horse was bought in
Aleppo, Syria, by
Thomas Darley
Thomas Darley (born 19 May 1664) served as Her Majesty's Consul to the Levant ( Syria) during the reign of Queen Anne. He is famous for having bought an Arabian colt that became an important part of the history of the Thoroughbred breed.
Darley ...
in 1704 and shipped to
Aldby Park
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in England, as a present for his brother.
One author in 1840 described Darley Arabian's arrival in England during the reign of
Queen Anne as the event which "forms the great
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There he stood at stud, usually private but sometimes open to outside mares. He was the leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland in 1722. By all accounts, the Darley Arabian stood about 15 hands high and was of substantial beauty and refinement.
[Ahnert, Rainer L. (editor in chief), "Thoroughbred Breeding of the World", Pozdun Publishing, Germany, 1970]
The Darley Arabian sired the undefeated
Flying Childers
Flying Childers (1715–1741) was a famous undefeated 18th-century thoroughbred racehorse, foaled in 1714 at Carr House, Warmsworth, Doncaster, and is sometimes considered as the first truly great racehorse in the history of thoroughbreds and the ...
. He also sired
Bartlett's Childers, an unraced brother of Flying Childers, who was the great-grandsire of the extremely influential
Eclipse. The Darley Arabian was to become the most important sire in the history of the English Thoroughbred.
His son
Bulle Rock
Bulle Rock (foaled c. 1709), sometimes referred to as Bulle Rocke or "Bullyrock", is thought to be the first Thoroughbred stallion brought to America. He was imported in 1730 at the age of 21. He was a bay (horse), bay son of the Darley Arabian ...
was the first Thoroughbred to be exported to America, in 1730.
Most Thoroughbreds can be traced back to Darley Arabian. In 95% of modern Thoroughbred racehorses, the
Y chromosome
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can be traced back to this single stallion.
Sire line tree
*Darley Arabian
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**Cupid
**Daedalus
**Dart
**Manica
***Stump
****Scar
**Whistlejacket
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**Hackwood
**Skipjack
***Quintin
***Crook
***Constant Ball
**Bulle Rock
Bulle Rock (foaled c. 1709), sometimes referred to as Bulle Rocke or "Bullyrock", is thought to be the first Thoroughbred stallion brought to America. He was imported in 1730 at the age of 21. He was a bay (horse), bay son of the Darley Arabian ...
**Aleppo
***Hobgoblin[Hobgoblin](_blank)
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****Phantom
*****Bat
*****Hob
*****Full Moon
****Sherborne
****Rat
****Trimmer
****Shakespeare
*****King Lear
*****Pincher
*****Falstaff
***Aleppo (Hamilton)
***Scrutineer
****Turtle
****Surley
***Spark
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****Pacolet
****Bulle Rock
*****Young Bulle Rock
**Brisk
***Foxhunter (Cole)
****Foxhunter (Leigh)
*****Moses
****Surley
****Bauble
****Foxhunter (Chedworth)
**Almanzor
***Mercury
***Whittington
***Almanzor (Elstob)
***Almanzor (Fleetwood)
***Spinner
***Why Not
***Dragon
** Childers[Flying Childers](_blank)
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***Commoner
***Poppet
***Winall
***Hampton Court Childers
****Blacklegs (Bingham)
****Punch
***Leadenheels
*** Blacklegs
****Collier
****Chub
****John Trott
***Chance
***Firetail
***Grey Childers
***Plaistow
***Fleec'em
***Second[Second](_blank)
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****Ajax
****Merlin
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*****Young Merlin
*****Prospero
*****Petit Maitre
****Childerkin
****Leedes
****Sharp
***Spanking Roger
***Blaze
****Yellow Jack
****Blacklegs (Prentice)
****Sampson
*****Engineer
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*****Viper
*****Tom Tinker
***** Bay Malton
*****Pilgrim
*****Cosmo
*****Pluto
*****Solon
*****Treasurer
*****Phocion
*****Sextus Pompeius
****Star
****Childers
*****Little David
*****Childers (Lee)
****Grenadier
****Scrub
*****Humble
****Shales
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***Hip
***Roundhead[Roundhead](_blank)
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****Roger of the Vale
****Stadtholder
****Joseph Andrew
****Pilot
****Samson Crusoe
****Whitenose
****Jingle Jeff
***Steady
***Ball
***Chuff
*** Snip
****Snap
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*****Snap (Hazard)
*****Omnium
*****Snap (Castle)
*****Snap (Latham)
*****Lofty
*****Snap (Chedworth)
*****Mambruello
*****Snipe
*****Metaphysician
*****Ancient Pistol
*****Creme De Barbade
***** Goldfinder
*****Faggergill
*****Gnawpost
*****Juniper
*****Scaramouch
*****Count
*****Mexican
****Prince T'Quassaw[Prince T'Quassaw](_blank)
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*****Tickler
*****Hottentot
****Judgment
****Osmar
****Fribble
****Hunter
****Swiss
*****Corsican
*****Gambler
****Young Snip
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*****Oscar
*****Ferdinando
***Childers Colt (Read)
****Whitefoot
***Windsor Shades
***Badsworth
***Crazy
****Tiger
***Dancing Master
***Nest Gull
**Smockface
**Luggs
**Whitelegs
** Bartlett's Childers[Bartlett's Childers](_blank)
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***Fig
***Merry Andrew
***Childers
****Turpin
****Kettle Bender
***Prince Pretty
***Grey Childers
***Tom-Come-Tickle-Me
***Squirt
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**** Marske[Marske](_blank)
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***** Eclipse
*****Woodcock
*****Dominitian
*****Transit
*****Hephestion
*****Mungo
*****Narcissus
*****Pontifex
*****Pretender
*****Revenge
*****Shark
*****Vizard
*****Young Marske
*****Clayhall Marske
*****Garrick
*****Pontac
*****Lexicon
*****Flying Gib
****Syphon
*****Tippler
*****Daisy
*****Sweetwilliam
*****Tosspot
***** Sweetbriar
*****Tipsey
*****Enterprise
*****Pastor
*****Clown
*****Streamer
*****Tandem
*****Gallantry
****Nisus
****Tim
***Oedipus
***Simon
***Bumper
***Sourface
***Toy
**Flower
**Wanton Willy
**Gander
References
Bibliography
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* {{cite book, last=Church, first=Michael, title=Champion Sires 1722-2003, publisher=Raceform Ltd, year=2004, isbn=1-904317-82-0, pages=319
External links
* http://www.tbheritage.com/Portraits/DarleyArabian.html
* http://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Bios/DarleyArabian.htm
Thoroughbred Heritage: Darley Arabian Sire Line
Sire line for 15 generations
Arabian racehorses
Individual Arabian and part-Arabian horses
Horse racing
Foundation horse sires
1700 racehorse births