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Foundation Sires of the Thoroughbred: E
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Alphabetized List of Important 17th and 18th Century Stallions
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Eagle
SIRE: Volunteer - Eclipse - Marske - Squirt - Bartlett's Childers - DARLEY ARABIAN. Darley Arabian Sire Line: Eclipse Branch
DAM: Mare by Highflyer - mare by Engineer - mare by (Old) Cade - (Old)Lass of the Mill by Old Traveller - Miss Makeless by Y. Greyhound - mare by (Old) Partner - Brown Woodcock by Woodcock - Lusty Thornton by Croft's Bay Barb - Chestnut Thornton by Makeless - Old Thornton by Brimmer - mare by Dicky Pierson - Burton Barb mare (Family 2).
Bay 1796. Bred by Sir Frank Standish. Purportedly one of the finest horses ever seen, and "superior to any horse in England of his time," he ran for 6 seasons, exclusively at Newmarket. He won a number of high-stakes matches, sweeps and other races, such as the Craven Stakes, over distances up to 3 miles; however, he ran third in the 1799 Derby. Sold for 800 Guineas at the end of his successful turf career, he was exported to Virginia in 1811. |
Eclipse
SIRE: Marske - Squirt - Bartlett's Childers - DARLEY ARABIAN. Darley Arabian Sire Line: Eclipse Branch
DAM: Spiletta by Regulus - Mother Western by Smith's Son of Snake - Old Montague mare - Old Hautboy mare - Brimmer mare (Family 12).
Chestnut 1764. |
(Young) Eclipse
SIRE: Eclipse - Marske - Squirt - Bartlett's Childers - DARLEY ARABIAN. Darley Arabian Sire Line: Eclipse Branch
DAM: Juno by Spectator - Horatia by Blank - mare by Flying Childers - Miss Belvoir by Grey Grantham - mare by Pagett Turk - Betty Perceival by Leedes Arabian - Family 6 or Wyvill Roan mare.
Bay 1778. Bred by Dennis O'Kelly, Clay Hill Stud, Surrey, sold to Mr. Wilson, under whose colors he ran. Although he won the 1781 Derby, and was considered the top horse of his generation in a particularly weak year, he was not among Eclipse's top racing or sire sons. Sired a son, also Young Eclipse (1800); sisters Joy and Lure, the latter the dam of Mary (1806) and Baronetta (1807), and a few others listed in the GSB. |
Ely (Bay) Turk
SIRE: LISTER (STRADLING) TURK.
DAM: Not stated.
Bay 17--. He probably dates to just after the turn of the century, and was covering horses in the first Duke of Ancaster's stud in Lincolnshire, around 1711. Sired the Turnstall Mare (from the Darling mare by Ancaster Merlin); the Black Lister mare from the Oldfield Mare (family 14), who produced some good racehorses; and Greathead, a 1711 colt who won some races at York. The GSB says the important sire Old Pert was also his son, but this has since been disproved. |
Engineer
SIRE: Sampson - Blaze - Flying Childers - DARLEY ARABIAN. Darley Arabian Sire Line
DAM: Miner's dam by Young Greyhound - mare by Curwen Bay Barb (Family 36).
Brown 1756. Bred by Mr. Fenton. A good racehorse, he is best known as the sire of the grey colt Mambrino, and through him, grandsire of Messenger, who was exported to the U.S. and is considered a foundation sire of the Standardbred breed. Also through Messenger's daughter, Miller's Damsel (dam of American Eclipse), he is seen in American pedigrees. His daughters were good producers, and included the dam of Young Sir Peter; the dam of Efleda, Blemish, and Grenadier, among other racehorses; the dam of the racehorse Extinguisher (later Cashkeeper); the dam of Young Morwick. Other sons included Fireworker (1770); Black Tom (1770). |
Escape
SIRE: Highflyer - Herod - Tartar - (Old) Partner - Jigg - BYERLEY TURK. Byerley Turk Sire Line
DAM: Mare by Squirrel (Traveller) - mare by Babraham - mare by Golden Ball - Bush Molly by Hampton Court Childers - Bushey Molley by Lytton Arabian - Farmer mare by Chillaby - mare by Byerley Turk - Spanker mare (Family 27).
Bay 1785. Bred by the Prince of Wales. A good racehorse who won at Newmarket, his final race against Grey Diomed the subject of such controversy in the turf world--his regular jockey, Sam Chifney was accused of rating him in a race the day before to alter the betting odds--that his royal owner retired from the turf at Newmarket ["...nobly refused to sacrifice his jockey to so unjust an imputation."]. Sire of Estifania, dam of Zephyr and Humility; and the good racehorse, and later sire, Emigrant. |
Evander
SIRE: Delpini - Highflyer - Herod - Tartar - (Old) Partner - Jigg - BYERLEY TURK. Byerley Turk Sire Line
DAM: Caroline by Phenomenon - Faith by Pacolet - Atalanta by Matchem - Young Lass of the Mill by Oroonoko - Traveller mare - Miss Makeless by Y. Greyhound - Partner mare - Brown Woodcock by Woodcock - Lusty Thornton by Croft's Bay Barb - Chestnut Thornton by Makeless - Old Thornton by Brimmer - Dickey Pierson mare - Burton Barb mare (Family 2).
Grey 1801. Won races at York and Doncaster. Sired the dam of Professor (by Comus) and Pericles prior to being exported to Russia in 1813. |
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