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- 1 2 Historic Sire Lines
- ↑ Foundation Sire: Curwen Bay Barb
- ↑ Biography: Curwen Bay Barb
- ↑ Foundation Sire: Mixbury
- ↑ Foundation Sire: Alcock's Arabian
- ↑ Biography: Alcock's Arabian
- ↑ Biography: Crab
- ↑ Foundation Sires: C
- ↑ Biography: Brilliant
- Foundation Sires of the Thoroughbred: Curwen's Bay Barb tbheritage.com. Retrieved 2012-08-29
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