The Darley Arabian (foaled c. 1700) was one of three dominant
foundation sires of modern
Thoroughbred
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horse racing
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bloodstock. The other two founders were the
Godolphin Arabian
The Godolphin Arabian (–1753), also known as the Godolphin Barb, was an Arabian horse who was one of three stallions that founded the modern Thoroughbred (the others were the Darley Arabian and the Byerley Turk). He was named after his best ...
and the
Byerley Turk. This bay
Arabian horse
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was bought in
Aleppo
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Thomas Darley
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in 1704 and shipped to
Aldby Park
Aldby Park is a country estate in the village of Buttercrambe near the village of Stamford Bridge in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
The house, replacing the original Tudor one, was built around 1725 by Jane Darley but it occupies an an ...
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
Bartlett's Childers (originally known as Young Childers or Bleeding Childers; foaled 1716) was an important Thoroughbred sire in the 18th century.
Background
Bartlett's Childers was foaled in 1716. Bred by Leonard Childers, he was a son of the ...
, an unraced brother of Flying Childers, who was the great-grandsire of the extremely influential
Eclipse
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. The Darley Arabian was to become the most important sire in the history of the English Thoroughbred.
His son
Bulle Rock 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
**Hackwood
**Skipjack
***Quintin
***Crook
***Constant Ball
** Bulle Rock
**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
****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
Bay Malton (1760-1786) was a successful British Thoroughbred racehorse of the 18th century.
A bay horse, as the name would suggest, he was bred by a Mrs. Ayrton of Malton and foaled in 1760. He was sired by Sampson, and was a full brother to Tr ...
*****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
*****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 (originally known as Young Childers or Bleeding Childers; foaled 1716) was an important Thoroughbred 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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***Fig
***Merry Andrew
***Childers
****Turpin
****Kettle Bender
***Prince Pretty
***Grey Childers
***Tom-Come-Tickle-Me
*** Squirt
**** Marske[Marske](_blank)
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*****Eclipse
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*****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