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Family 29: Natural Barb Mare
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The first mention of this family in the GSB is in the entry for an unnamed mare by Fox, who produced two fillies, Cadena, by Cade, and Vanessa, by Regulus, both bred by Sir Charles Sedley, an active member of the Jockey Club and a turf enthusiast whose estate was located in Nottinghamshire. The breeder of the Fox mare is unknown, but Fox stood at the (2nd) Earl of Portmore's stud from 1725 until his death in 1738, and Sedley was a close kinsman of the Earl. The Fox mare's lineage given at the head of her entry shows she was out of a mare by the Bloody Shouldered Arabian, who was out of a mare by the Bassett Arabian. The Bassett Arabian mare's dam was a "Natural Barb Mare," and there the recorded lineage ends.
The Bloody Shouldered Arabian was imported into England in 1719-20, sent to Auditor Edward Harley by his merchant brother, then given to his nephew, Edward, Lord Harley (later second Earl of Oxford). The horse stood at Wimpole Hall in Cambridgeshire--one of many important properties Harley's wife, Henrietta, the sole heiress of the Duke of Newcastle, brought to their marriage-- for most of his life, but was sold in 1729, at age 16, to the Duke of Somerset. While in the Harley stud he was a successful and popular stallion, siring, among others (Bolton) Sweepstakes and Brisk. There is no other mention of the Bassett Arabian in the GSB, and his history and ownership is unknown at present. The earliest possible date of birth for the Bloody-Shouldered Arabian mare would be 1721-22, which places the probable date of birth of the Natural Barb [Arabian] mare sometime around or after 1700. There is no information in the GSB regarding her breeding or ownership--she is referred to in that volume in different locations as a Natural Barb Mare and as a Natural Arabian Mare.
The family was developed at Sedley's stud in Nottinghamshire. It springs from the Regulus filly, Vanessa (1751), who was bred several times to the Sedley Arabian [Compton Barb], as were some of her daughters, and who was also bred to Goldfinder, a good race horse (Ascot Stakes of 1768) who found his way to Sedley's stud in 1771. Several of Vanessa's daughters were also bred repeatedly to Goldfinder, and one of these Goldfinder daughters sent the line forward into the present through a daughter by Herod.
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Natural Barb [or Arabian] Mare's
Known Produce:
Mare by Bassett Arabian. Dam of
f. Mare by Bloody-Shouldered Arabian. Dam of
f. Mare by Fox. Dam of
f. Cadena (1749) by Cade. Dam of
f. Mare by Snap
f. Vanessa (1751) by Regulus. Dam of
c. Zaphire (1758) by (Shepherd's) Crab
f. Shepherdess (17--) by (Shepherd's) Crab
c. Presto (1763) by Newcombe Arabian
c. Greyling (1766) by Sedley Arabian [Compton Barb]
f. Mare (1768) by Sedley Arabian [Compton Barb]
f. Mare (17--) by Sedley Arabian [Compton Barb]
f. Mare (17--) by Squirrel
c. Unnamed (1771) by Sedley Arabian [Compton Barb]
f. Mare (1774) by Goldfinder
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FAMILY #29 NOTABLE DESCENDANTS
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Family #29 Oaks Winners
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1816 LANDSCAPE b.f. 1813
(Rubens - Iris [Housemaid]) |
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Family #29 St. Leger Winners
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Rowton |
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1809 ASHTON b.c. 1806
(Walnut - Miss Haworth) |
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1829 ROWTON ch.c. 1826
(Oiseau - Katherina) |
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Family #29 Other Family Members
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Blockade ch. g. 1929
(Man O' War - Rock Emerald)
Top American steeplechaser won the grueling Maryland Hunt Cup three years in succession, 1938-1940, setting a course record that stood for twenty years in his last win. |
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Casse Tete ch. f. 1865
(Trumpeter - Constance)
Called weedy and second-rate, she nonetheless was one of the few mares to win the Grand National at Aintree, in 1872, a race she contested five times (falling once). |
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Century Miss br. f. 1976
(Century - Gay Chorus)
Won the Gold Slipper Stakes and the Magic Night Quality Handicap in 1979. Produced 14 foals in Australian and New Zealand. |
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Le Noir blk/br. c. 1889
(Isonomy - Knavery)
Unraced, his place in pedigrees is as the sire of Lady Bawn, dam of Bachelor's Double (Railway Stakes, Irish Derby, City and Suburban Handicap, and others, sire), Bachelor's Fare (dam of Free Fare, winner on the flat and over obstacles), and Bachelor's Wedding (Irish Derby, Viceroy's Cup in India (twice)). |
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Lucero br. c. 1953
(Solonaway - Cuguan)
Top Irish-bred miler in the U.K., he won the Irish 2,000 Guineas, the Coventry Stakes and the Sussex Stakes. His best foal was Lucasland, the impressive sprinting race mare who won, among others, the July Cup, the Diadem Stakes, the Whatcombe Handicap and others and was tail-female ancestress of such horses as Sonic Lady (Irish and English 1,000 Guineas, dam of Hazaam), Spanish stakes winner Giliberto, champion Hungarian sprinter Jigadee Creek, French sprinter Lord of Men. |
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Palmyra ch. f. 1872
(Blair Athol - Firefly)
Shared winner of the 1875 German Derby. |
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Picture f. 1895
(Russley - Queen's Head)
Won the Australian Jockey Club's December Stakes at age 2 and went on to win the AJC Derby at age 3. Her daughter, Mother's Day (1909) produced the gelded Satmoth, winner of the AJC Anniversary Handicap at the Tatt's NSW Club Cup. Her second tail-female dam, Gazelle (1861) produced stakes winners Burwood and Pardon (VRC Oaks Stakes). |
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Rainbow b. c. 1908
(Walton - Iris [Housemaid])
First sent to Ireland, then to stud in England, and finally sold, in 1823, to Haras de Viroflay in France. Sired Lydia (1834) and Franck (1833), both winners of the Prix du Jockey Club (French Derby); Georgina (1819), second dam of Bois Roussel and of Bakaloum (French 2,000 Guineas); Elizabeth (1823), second dam of Oaks winner Refraction and ancestress of Doncaster. His half-brother, Raphael, was barely beaten by Whisker in the Derby of 1815; his half-sister Landscape won the Oaks. |
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Rowton ch. c. 1826
(Oiseau - Katherina)
Rowton won a sweepstakes at York at age 2, and at age 3 went on to win the St. Leger Stakes at Doncaster, beating Voltaire and Sir Hercules; he won three more major races during his career to age 6, including the Great Subscription Purse at York and the Oatlands Handicap at Ascot. His second dam was Landscape, winner of the Oaks Stakes. Stood at stud in England, where he got Virginia, the dam of Virago, and then exported to Virginia in 1835, where he was a successful sire. |
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