Arabian Sires
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The Godolphin Arabian was likely foaled in Yemen around 1724 and was exported by the Bey of Tunis as a gift to King Louis XV of France in 1730.
The stallion was later imported to Britain where he was eventually purchased by the 2nd Earl of Godolphin and placed to stud in Cambridgeshire until his death in 1753.
He was a brown bay, distinguished with a very high crest — a prominent feature captured in many of his portraits.
Although the Godolphin Arabian was originally intended as a teaser horse, his offspring Lath, out of Lady Roxana, won the Queen’s Plate at Newmarket nine out of nine times.
After the success of Lath, his prominence as a sire continued. He was Champion Sire in 1738, 1745, and 1747.
Fifty years after his death, all the first 76 British Classic winners had at least one strain of the Godolphin Arabian in their pedigree.
Curation Date
4-2015
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Keywords
Horse, Thoroughbred, Pedigree, Godolphin Arabian
Photo Source
Portraits of Celebrated Racehorse of the Past and Present Centuries by Thomas Henry Taunton