DARLEY ARABIAN  . H, ARABIAN, 1700
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Ref - Thoroughbred Heritage.Com Article by Anne Peters:
A bay 15.0 hand stallion bred by the Fidan Bedouins - Syria. Purchased 1701 by Thomas Darley, the British Counsul. The colt was of the Mu'niqi strain
I: England 1704. At stud 1706-1730. Died 1730
Ref - 1967 Book, A Collection of Articles By Carl Raswan: On back of painting of the Darley Arabian at Aldby Hall - Yorkshire, England, the Darley family estate, Raswan found the name MANAK, the Arab name for the Darley Arabian
1 of 3 Arabian stallions who founded the Thoroughbred breed. The other 2 were the Byerly Turk, foaled c.1679, I: England 1690 and the Godolphin Arabian, foaled c.1724, I: England 1729
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