| Owner: 1) Bey of Tunis 2) King of France 3) Edward Coke 4) Roger Williams 5) Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin
One of 3 direct line male progenitors (along with the Byerley Turk and the Darley Arabian) to which all of the world's current thoroughbreds trace in direct male line (although the Darley Arabian's line has been so overwhelmingly successful in the last 100 years that over 95% now trace to him)
Imported from France 1730c by Edward Coke. He was an outstandingly successful stallion, his most notable progeny being 1) Cade (Champion Sire 1752, 1753, 1758, 1759, 1760, sire of Matchem, Champion Sire 1772, 1773, 1774);
2) Blank (Champion Sire 1762, 1764, 1770, sire of Rachel, dam of the great racehorse and sire Highflyer, 13 times Champion Sire);
and 3) Regulus (Champion Sire 1754, 1755, 1756, 1757, 1761, 1763, 1765, 1766, sire of Spiletta, dam of Eclipse, greatest racehorse of the 18th century and perpetuator of the Darley Arabian sire line from which 95% of the world's throughbreds descend
Champion Sire 1738, 1745, 1747
Died on Christmas Day in 1753, at Gogmagog in Cambridgeshire
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