CURWEN BAY BARB b. H, THOROUGHBRED, ~1690
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AKA Pelham's Barb Breeder: Muley Ishmael King of Morocco Curwen's Bay Barb was foaled about 1690, and imported from France in 1698 by Henry Curwen of Workington in Cumbria, in Northern England. The horse had been sent as a gift (one of several stallions) to the French King Louis XIV by Muley Ishmael, the King of Morocco. The Bay Barb was said to have died at the remarkable age of 38.
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