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Sire Line
Leedes Arabian |
Leedes Arabian (bbl c 1685c). Sire
Line Leedes
Arabian. Imported in the latter half of the
seventeenth century and owned by Englebert Leedes of North Milford,
Yorkshire, he made a lasting contribution to the stud book.
His three sons, Dyer's Dimple (c 1708c), Leedes (bbr c), and Highland Laddie
(b c 1714c) all bred on. His daughter Bay Peg (b f 1690c) was the dam
of Basto (br c 1703) and the Champion Sire Fox
(b c 1714). Betty Percival (f 1715c) was the 2nd dam of the matriarch
Miss Belvoir (gr f 1720c). Bright's Roan Mare became the taproot of Family
61. Charming Jenny was the dam of Fox Cub (b c 1714). Cream Cheeks,
perhaps the most influential of all his daughters, was the taproot mare
of Family 6-a, and dam of
Chaunter (b c 1710), Sister to Chaunter, the Cardigan Colt, and
Betty Leeds, herself the dam of the brothers, Flying
Childers and Bartlet's Childers.
Leedes Arabian is said to have sired Young
Bald Peg, although it seems more likely that her sire was Spanker.
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Notable Offspring |
Dimple
(GB) Dyer's ch c 1708c (Leedes Arabian - Old
Sophonisba, by Spanker -
Dodsworth - Lord Willoughby's Barb
Mare).
Dimple was bred by Mr. Leedes [GSB1:380] and he is also thought to be
Mr. Pulleyne's Dimple who ran at York as an aged horse. In 1715 he
finished 2nd in a £40 Plate to Sir William Lowther's bay, beating Mr. Hutton's
Surley (gr c 1708 Hutton's Grey Barb)
and three others. In 1716 he finished 2nd in a £30 Plate, won by Mr.
Metcalfe's Bulle Rock (b c
1709 Darley Arabian), beating Sir
William Blackett's Bagpiper (ch c 1708 Thoulouse Barb). And in 1717 he
was distanced due to lameness in a £30 Plate won by Sir William
Lowther's Wagtail. According to the General Stud Book he was the
sire of the brothers, Madcap and Old Postboy [GSB1:382], however this
appears to be unlikely if the pedigree of Ashridge
Ball (c 1711c Leedes) is given any
credence, as Dimple would be the grandsire of both the sire and dam of
Madcap Mare, the latter the dam of Ashridge Ball. Since Dimple was
foaled 1708c and Ashridge Ball was foaled 1711c this seems impossible.
In the stud his best known offspring was Lord Halifax's famous
Sophonisba (ch f 1717) who won Royal Plates at Hambleton in 1722,
beating twenty-one others, and at York in 1723, beating seven others. He
also sired the 4th dam of the St. Leger winner Tommy (ch c 1776
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