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Sire Line
Cullen Arabian |
Cullen Arabian br c
1740. Sire Line Cullen
Arabian. Bred in the Royal
Stud of the Emperor of Morocco where he was said to be prized
for the purity of his blood, he was presented to the British Consul
there. He was imported
into England in the autumn of 1744 along with the Grey Arabian
by Mr. Mosco. Later owned by Lord Cullen, he stood at Rushton,
Northamptonshire, beginning in 1746. A notable broodmare
sire, he sired the unnamed dam (b f 1756) of the Old England
Mare (b f 1766) the modern taproot mare of Family
2-t and ancestress of a host of grand performers and sires,
such as the Champion Sire Blacklock (b c 1814), Sir
Hercules (bl c 1826), the Derby winner Teddington (ch c
1848) and the St. Leger winner St. Albans (ch c 1857). Another
unnamed daughter (f 1749) became the ancestress of the St. Leger
winner and Champion Sire Filho da Puta (br c 1812). In Virginia his
influence was widespread. He sired Aristotle* (br c 1755) who sired the
matron Brandon (f 1765), who in turn became the dam of a number of
important early sires, including Meade's Celer (c 1776), Clodius (b c
1778), and Edward's Quicksilver (gr c 1783). The Cullen Arabian also
got Little Skim* (br c 1756). His daughter Spotswood's
Diana* (gr f 1754), the taproot mare of Family
12-b, proved to a gem. Before export to America she produced
the dam of Conductor (ch c 1767), a link in the Matchem
sire line. Diana*, sometimes erroneously called Duchess or
Diamond, also produced Spotswood's Apollo (b c 1767), Fitzhugh's
True Whig (ch c 1775), and the unnamed mare (f 1766c) by Jack
of Diamonds* who became the ancestress of Lexington
(b c 1850). The Cullen Arabian died at
Rushton in 1761.
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Camillus
[Warren's] |
Camillus b c 1748 (Cullen Arabian
- Mare, by North Country Diamond). Sire Line Cullen
Arabian. Family 32.
Bred by John Borlace Warren at Stapleford, Nottinghamshire, he
was a full brother to Mr. Warren's Camilla (b f 1747), the 2nd
dam of Obscurity* (ch c 1777 Eclipse)
who was a useful stallion in America. In 1752 Camillus won a £50
Maiden Plate at Lincoln, beating Miss Routh's Leedes and three
others. In 1753 he won £50 at Nottingham, beating Mr. Merryman's
Chance and one other. The same year he won the King's Plate at
Lichfield, beating Mr. Watson's Bold, Mr. Fenwick's Duchess and
others. In 1754 he ran for the King's Plate at Nottingham and
survived three "severe" heats against Duchess, the winner.
He then started for the King's Plate at Lincoln, beating Duchess
in the first heat before breaking down in the second. Brought
back in April of 1755 he tried Duchess again in the King's Plate
at Newmarket, breaking down in the first heat. In 1757 he won
the first heat for a Fifty at Nottingham, beating Mr. Larkin's
Sloe, Sir George Savile's Tom Thumb and Mr. Lister's Grasshopper,
and was then withdrawn on account of lameness. He covered at Stapleford
where he got several good runners, including Mr. Hebden's famous
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