Thoulouse Barb

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The Thoulouse Barb was a foundation sire of the Thoroughbred breed. Along with Curwen's Bay Barb he was given as a present to Louis XIV by the King of Morocco. They were then purchased and imported to England in 1698 by Henry Curwen. [1] [2] He was later owned by Sir J. Parsons. [3]

The Thoulouse Barb was the leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland in 1723. His most famous offspring were the sire Tifter, as well as the undefeated mare Molly. [3] His daughter, the Ryegate Mare, was the dam of Cinnamon. [4]

Through one of Tifter's daughters he in an ancestor of Virgil, who was leading sire in North America in 1885. [5] Through another Tifter mare he is an ancestor of the sires Birdcatcher, [6] who was the leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland twice, and Harkaway. [7]

Sire line tree

References

  1. ↑ John Henry Walsh (1866). The Horse, in the stable and the field. Vol. v.1. George Routledge, and sons; London. p. 71.
  2. ↑ "Foundation Sires of the Thoroughbred". Thoroughbred Heritage. Retrieved 2025-04-18.
  3. 1 2 Pick, William (1803). The Turf Register, and Sportsman & Breeder's Stud-Book. p. 15.
  4. ↑ "Cinnamon". The General Stud Book. Vol. 1. 1839. p. 420. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38938 . Retrieved 2025-04-18.
  5. ↑ Pedigree of Virgil. Connection to Tifter by his dam Hymenia (see Pedigree) via a Paragon mare (see Pedigree).
  6. ↑ Pedigree of Birdcatcher. Connection to Tifter by his dam Guiccioli (see Pedigree) via Shift (see Pedigree).
  7. ↑ Pedigree of Harkaway. Connection to Tifter by his dam Fanny Dawson (see Pedigree) via Shift (see Pedigree).
  8. ↑ "Historic Sire Lines". Bloodlines. Retrieved 2019-10-25.
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