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Richmond Turk |
Richmond Turk c 1695c.
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Richmond Turk.
The Richmond Turk was owned by Charles Lennox
(1672-1723), 1st Duke of Richmond and Lennox, son of
King Charles II and his mistress Louise de
Kerouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth. At the age of eight the young Duke won a match at
Newmarket, defeating Bob Killigrewes' horse, "neither much heigher
than an Irish greyhound," over a mile, with both horses ridden by
their owners. At the age of ten he was appointed Master of the Horse to
the King although the execution of the office devolved upon
commissioners, Major Theophilus Oglethorpe, Henry Guy and Charles
Adderley, until
the Duke reached the age of fourteen. However, the prior death of the
King occasioned his removal from office. In 1692 he married Anne, sister
of George Brudenell, 3rd Earl of Cardigan. He acquired Goodwood for use
as a hunting lodge in 1697. Very little else is known of the Richmond Turk
other than that he got the Cardigan Colt. |
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Colt |
Cardigan Colt [Dale's Horse]
c 1705c (Richmond Turk - Cream Cheeks, by Leedes
Arabian). Sire Line
Richmond Turk. Family 6-a.
The Cardigan Colt was owned by George Brudenell (1685-1732), 3rd Earl of
Cardigan, brother-in-law of Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond. The
Brudenell family seat at Deene Hall, Northamptonshire, is near
Fotheringay, the site of the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots. A later
descendant, the 7th Earl, led the Charge of the Light Brigade. Cardigan
Colt, later owned by Mr. Dale, sired the dam of Mr. Lodge's Miss Layton
(ro f 1731 Croft's Partner), a
winner of several Plates in the north and from whom most of Family
43 descends. |
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