Curwen's Bay Barb ( 1690 – 1728) was a foundation sire of the

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breed. A

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with a white blaze, he was imported by Henry Curwen in 1698 from

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. He had originally been a present to

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from the

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. One of his early sons, Mixbury, stood just over 13 hands high and apparently ''"there were not more that two horses of his day that could beat him under light wrights"''. He also sired Tantivy, Brocklesby, Brocklesby Betty, Creeping Molly and the top stallion Hip. It has also been suggested that he may have been the sire of

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. His sire line is extinct, but he made a significant contribution to the

breed. The three traditional foundation sires whose sire lines still exist today were

Darley Arabian The Darley Arabian (–1730) was one of three dominant foundation sires of modern Thoroughbred horse racing bloodstock. The other two founders were the Godolphin Arabian and the Byerley Turk. This bay Arabian horse was bought in Aleppo, Syria ...

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and

Byerley Turk The Byerley Turk (), also spelled Byerly Turk, was the earliest of three Stallion (horse), stallions that were the founders of the modern Thoroughbred horse racing bloodstock (the other two are the Godolphin Arabian and the Darley Arabian).Ahnert, ...

. However Curwen's Bay Barb contributed significantly to the breed through other lines of descent. Modern Thoroughbred's tend to have most crosses to Godolphin Arabian (contributing 13.8%), then Darley Arabian (6.5%), Curwen's Bay Barb (4.2%) and Byerley Turk (3.3%).

Sire line tree

*Curwen's Bay BarbHistoric Sire Lines
/ref> **Blossum **Flatface **Brocklesby **Hip ***Hartleys Roan Horse ***Windsor ***Grantham **Mixbury Galloway ***Harlequin ****Little-Thought-On **Monkey **

***Tippler ***

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Biography: Crab
/ref> ****Grasshopper ****Grey Ward ****Crab (Routh) *****Valiant ****Rib *****Sober John ****Sloe *****Sweeper ****Bustard *****Dorimond *****Gamahoe ****Othello (Portmore) ****Allworthy ****Locust *****Bucephalus ****Why Not ****Oroonoko *****Brunswick ****Spectator *****Pagan *****Sulphur *****Mark Anthony *****Vandal ****Brilliant
/ref> *****Antelope *****Bellario *****Don Dun ****Crab (Cumberland) *****Milksop ****Crab (Shepherd) *****Lath (Protector) ****Othello (Kingston) *****True Briton *****Selim ***Spot (Alcock) ***Gentleman ***Spot (Wynn)

References

tbheritage.com. Retrieved 2012-08-29 * {{cite book , last1=Taunton, first1=Theo , title = Famous horses, url=https://archive.org/details/famoushorseswi00taun, publisher=Sampson Low, Marston, date = 1901 Individual Arabian and part-Arabian horses 1720s racehorse deaths Arabian racehorses Individual male horses Foundation horse sires