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Wagner (USA)
(ch.c. 1834) by Sir Charles (ch.c. 1816 by Sir Archy)
- Maria West by Marion - Ella Crump by *Citizen - Huntsman
- Syme's Wildair - *Fearnought - *Janus. Family A1.
Described as a long-necked, long-bodied horse having
muscular arms and wide hips, he stood 15.2 hands. He
beat Grey Eagle in a match in 1839 and again in a match
a few days later. He sired Endorser (ch.c. 1856), Neil
Robinson (ch.c. 1857), Starke (ch.c. 1855), and Voucher
(b.c. 1845). |
| Walnut (GB) (1786) Family
24. He sired the St. Leger winner Ashton (b.c. 1806),
*Archibald (b.c. 1801) and *True Blue (b.c. 1797). |
| Walpole Barb See Orford
Turk. |
| Walton (GB) (1799) Family
7. Bred by Sir Hedworth Williamson, he was described
as clever, but cobby-looking. The winner of eighteen
races he led the Sires' list twice, his progeny including
Nectar (b.c. 1813) who won the two Thousand Guineas,
St. Patrick (ch.c. 1817) who won the St. Leger, and
Phantom (b.c. 1808) who won the Derby Stakes and became
a Champion Sire. |
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Walton (GB)
(1799).
Sire Line
Highflyer.
Family 7. |
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Wanderer (GB) (1811)
Family 11. Owned
by Lord Egremont, he sired the dam of Mickey Free* (br c
1841), Peri (Ire) (b f 1822) the dam of both Sir Hercules
(bl c 1826) and Langford* (br c 1833), and the second
dam of The Tester* (br c 1853). |
| Wanton
(GB) (1819) Family 31.
He sired Giglet (ch f 1826) and Myrtle (b f 1829). |
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War Admiral
(USA) br c 1934 (Man o' War
- Brushup, by Sweep). Sire Line
Matchem.
Family 11-g. |
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War
Dance (USA) (1859).
Sire Line Herod.
Family 23-b. |
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Warlock
(GB) (1853).
Sire Line Birdcatcher.
Family 9. |
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Warminster*
(USA)
(1859) Family 28.
Imported by R. W. Cameron of New York. |
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War Relic
(USA) ch c 1938 (Man o' War -
Friar's Carse, by Friar Rock). Sire Line
Matchem.
Family 1-o. |
| Wastell's
Turk. |
| Waterloo
(GB) (1814) Family
1-o. He sired Victory* (b c 1825) and Puff (b f
1823). |
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Waverley
(GB) br c
1817 (Whalebone -
Margaretta, by Sir
Peter Teazle). Sire Line Pot8os.
Family 2-a. |
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Waxy
(GB) (1790).
Sire Line Pot8os.
Family 18. |
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Waxy Pope
(GB) or Pope or Sligo Waxy (1806) Family
1-e. Bred by the Duke of Grafton, he won the Derby
Stakes, Lily Hoo Stakes and the Garden Stakes. He sired
Skylark* (b c 1826) and Waxy Pope* (b c 1814). |
| Weatherbit (GB) (1842)
Family 12-g.
He sired the Derby winner Beadsman (br c 1855), Cicily
Jopson* (br f 1850) and Weatherwitch* (ch f 1858). |
| Weazle (GB) Chedworth's
(1766) Family
2. |
| Weazle (GB) Hutchinson's
(1776) Family 39.
Said to stand 14.2 hands, and to be a horse of great
beauty and a capital racer for his size [Famous Horses:55]. He sired Swordsman (b c 1787) and Miss Grimstone
(b f 1796) [Osborne:20, 74]. |
| Welbeck (GB) (1815)
Family 1-e. He
sired Bedlamite (ch c 1823). |
| Wellesley
Grey Arabian (gr c 1803) was imported into England from
India along with the Wellesley Chestnut Arabian. Both were
described as "evidently not Arabians," but the grey
was "a horse of good shape, with the size and substance of
an English hunter." His daughter Fair Ellen was the dam of
Lilias (b f 1823) who won the Oaks Stakes. Fair Ellen was also
the 6th dam of Frey* (b f 1870). |
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West
Australian (GB) b c
1850 (Melbourne - Mowerina, by Touchstone).
Sire Line Matchem. Family
7-a. |
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Whalebone
(GB) (1807).
Sire Line Pot8os.
Family 1-o. |
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Wheel of Fortune
(GB) b f 1876
(Adventurer - Queen Bertha, by Kingston). Sire Line
Camel.
Family 1-w. |
| Whip* (GB)
(1794) Family 52.
Bred by Mr. Durand and imported into Virginia in 1801.
He died in 1825. |
| Whip (USA) Blackburn's
(b c 1805) by Whip* - Speckleback
by Randolph's Celer - Speckleback by Meade's Celer -
Sober John* - Wade's Thoroughbred Mare. He was also
called Cook's Whip. He sired Tiger (b c 1812). |
| Whipcord (GB) (1776)
Family 1. He sired
the dam of Volunteer* (ch c 1794). |
| Whipster (USA) (b c
18--) by Blackburn's Whip - Tayloe's
Hamlintonian - Tup* - Hall's Union - Brent's Ariel.
Bred and owned by Captain George Burbridge of Kentucky,
he sired Lady Adams (ch f 1825). |
| Whirligig*
(GB)
(1765) Family 17. He was
sold for 800 gs and imported by Captain John Allen into
Pennsylvania in August of 1773, along with Lofty*. He was
described as standing 15 hands, very strong, bony, and handsome
and having as much spirit as any full blooded horse in America.
He raced in England from 1769 to 1771. He also raced
successfully in America. In 1774 he stood in at the Allen stud
in Pennsylvania, in 1775-76 at John Price Hunt's in Hopewell,
New Jersey, and in 1777-78 at Willie Jones' in Halifax County,
North Carolina. He made a significant contribution to trotting
horses when he sired Morris's Whirligig Mare who became the
grandam of Morris'/William Jones' Mambrino (b c 1807
Messenger*) who in turn became the progenitor of the American
Standardbred Horse. |
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Whisker
(GB) (1812).
Sire Line Pot8os.
Family 1-o. |
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Whiskey
(GB) (1789).
Sire Line Eclipse.
Family 2-a. |
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Whistlejacket
(GB) (1749).
Sire Line Godolphin
Arabian.
Family
4. |
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Whitefoot
(GB) Rutland's ch c 1709 (Hutton's Grey Barb - mare, by
Byerley Turk). Sire
Line Hutton's
Grey Barb. Family 2. |
| Whitefoot
(GB) Godolphin's (1719) Family
1. |
| White-Legged Lowther Barb
(ch c) Imported into England in 1680, he was
bred to the Old Vintner mare, the taproot mare of Bruce
Lowe's Family 9, to produce the Lowther Barb mare. In
turn the Lowther Barb mare became the tail-female ancestress
of the very influential stallions Crab (gr c 1722),
and Croft's Partner (ch c 1718). Crab sired Kingston's
Othello* (bl c 1746). Croft's Partner sired Morton's
Traveller* (b c 1748). |
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Whitelock (GB) (1803).
Sire Line
King Fergus.
Family 2-l. |
| (Brother
To) Whitenose (GB) Panton's (1736) Family
61. He sired Whittington* (ch c 1743). |
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Whitenose
(GB) Panton's, Portmore's (1742).
Sire Line Godolphin
Arabian.
Family 61. |
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Whitenose
(GB) Heneage's (1722) Family
69. He sired Silvertail (b.f. 1737). |
| Whitenose (GB) (1806)
Family 8-a. Winner
of the Doncaster Cup, he sired the fifth dam of May
Boy (ch.c. 1880). |
| Whiteshirt
(c 1665c). |
| *Whittington
(1743) Family 9.
Bred by the Duke of Marlborough and imported in 1759.
He has not been positively identified. |
| Whitworth (GB) (1805)
Family 2. He sired
Lady Eliza (b.f. 1813). |
| Whynot
Old (GB) (gr.c. c1680) by Fenwick Barb (c. c1655) - Royal Mare.
He sired Grey Whynot (gr.f.) and Wharton's Snail (Old Smales). |
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Why
Not (GB) (1744).
Sire Line Alcock's
Arabian.
Family 1. |
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*Wildair
(1753) Family 4-o.
Bred by Mr. Swinburne and imported by James DeLancey
in 1765. He was later sold back to England, where he
was let to mares at 40 guineas each. |
| Wildair
(USA) Syme's (1776) Family
40. He sired Commutation (b.c. 1795). |
| Wildair
(USA) Thornton's (b.c.) by Syme's Wildair (b.c.
1776 by *Fearnought) - Handel - Camden - Spanking Roger
- *Jolly Roger. He was bred in Virginia and owned in
1804 by John Thornton Senior of Virginia. He sired the
third dam of Orphan (ch.c. 1810). |
| Wild Medley (USA) (c1805)
Family 12-b.
He sired Ophelia (gr.f. 1822). |
| Williams'
Turk See Honeywood's Arabian. |
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Wilson's
Arabian (1756).
Sire Line Wilson's
Arabian.
Imported into England by the Earl of Kinnoul, the British
Ambassador at Constantinople, he was described as a fine type,
highly bred and powerful. He stood for several seasons at Oran,
near Catterick, and sired the third dam of *Arra Kooker (br.c.
1789) and his half brother Abba Thulle (b.c. 1786). Another
daughter was the 5th dam of the good stallion Muley Moloch
(br.c. 1830) and an ancestress of the "flying filly"
Mumtaz Mahal (gr.f. 1921). |
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Windhound
(GB) (1847) Family
3-h. He sired the Derby winner Thormanby (ch.c.
1857). |
| Windle (GB) (1804) Family
18. He sired the unnamed dam of *Leviathan (ch.c.
1823). |
| Wintonian (GB) (1834)
Family 12-c.
He sired Rhedycina (b.f. 1847). |
| Wizard
(GB) (1806) Family 12-b.
He won the Two Thousand Guineas Stakes and placed second to Pope
in the Derby. He sired the third dam of Lothario (b.c. 1863). |
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Woful
(GB) (1809).
Sire Line Pot8os.
Family 1-o. |
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Wonder*
(GB)
or Crippled Wonder (1794) Family
5-a. Bred by Lord Fitzwilliam and imported into
Virginia in the fall of 1803. |
| Wonder (USA) Wilkes's
(1800) Family
2. He sired Tennessee Oscar (b c 1815), Bet Bosley
(ch f 1815) and Rosetta (ch f 1816). |
| Woodcock
(GB) Darcy's. Sire Line Helmsley
Turk. |
| Woodcock
(GB) (1715). Sire Line Helmsley
Turk. Family
31. |
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Woodpecker (GB) (1773).
Sire Line King Herod.
Family 1. |
| Woodpecker (USA) (b c
1828) by Bertrand (b c 1821 by Sir Archy) - Old Buzzard
by Buzzard* - The Faun by Craig's Alfred - Webb's Shepherdess
by Wormeley's King Herod. Family A14. He sired Grey
Eagle (gr c 1835) and Sally Shannon (b f 1839). |
| Woodstock Arabian or
William's Arabian. He sired Flying Whigg (f 1715) who
became the dam of Sachrissa [Large Hartley Mare] (ch f
1729) and Amorett [Little Hartley Mare] (ch f 1727),
both early matriarchs of Bruce Lowe's Family 15 and
an enormous influence on early American pedigrees. Amorett
[Little Hartley Mare] was the dam of (1) Blank (b c
1740) who sired Centinel* (ch c 1758) and Fallower*
(c 1759); (2) Old England (b c 1741) who sired Northumberland*
(gr c 1761); and (3) Janus (b c 1738) the sire of
Janus* (ch c 1746). Sachrissa [Large Hartley Mare]
was the dam of (1) Roger's Babraham (b c 1738) who
sired Juniper* (b c 1752), Young Babraham* (b c 1760),
Genius* (b c 1753), Hob-or-Nob* (b c 1751) and Shadow*
(b c 1759); and (2) Mogul (c 174-) who sired Jolly
Roger* (ch c 1743). |
| Wormwood
(GB). Sire Line Place's
White Turk. |
| Worthy
(GB) (1795) Family 18.
A full-brother to Waxy, he sired Musician (b c 1804), Podargus
(b c 1803), and Pomona* (b f 1803). |
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Wyndham
(GB) gr c 1704c (Hautboy
- Mare by Selaby Turk). Sire
Line Darcy's
White Turk. Family 54. |
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Wyndham
(Young) (GB) b c 1719 (Wyndham). Sire Line Darcy's
White Turk. |
| Wynn Arabian (c 1717) Imported into England in 1717, he got Ancaster's Driver
(c 1727), Crab* (gr c 1726) and Wynn Arabian mare (f 17--)
who became the great grandam of Delpini (gr c 1781) and Horatia
(ch f 1778). The Wynn Arabian mare was also the dam of
Dotterel* (gr c 1756) and the 4th dam of Archduke* (br c 1796)
who won the Derby and a Sweepstakes. |
