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| Another Grafton mare who has proved to have an important tail-female influence was Puzzle (1778, by Matchem), a grand-daughter of Julia through Princess (1769, by Herod). By using Matchem, rather than Eclipse or his son, Pot-8-Os, the 3rd Duke added another strain of the Godolphin Arabian and the Byerley Turk to that branch of the Julia line. In the next generation, with Puzzle's daughters, Woodbine and Hornby Lass, he bred back to the Byerly Turk sire line with Woodpecker (who was out of a Cade daughter, more Godolphin Arabian) and his son, Buzzard (out of a Godolphin Arabian line sire) . This line, then, was noticeably lacking in Darley Arabian influence, until it was introduced via Waxy to produce two classic winners, Music (1810, Waxy-Woodbine), who won the Oaks and was second in the 2,000 Guineas, and Minuet (1812, Waxy-Woodbine).
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| Some Sons in the Family |  | | The 1834 colt MANGO descended from Puzzle through her Grafton bred and owned daughter, Hornby Lass. Out of Mustard, the mare responsible for continuing the line through to today, he and his dam were bred by Thomas Thornhill. This colt, at age three, "had all the appearance of a five-year old horse, from his great muscular development," and was "thoroughly honest" in his running, but "very lazy." He won the (Doncaster) St. Leger, the Newmarket St Leger, the Ascot Derby, and the Claret Stakes. His line did not breed on.
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| Woodbine 1791 x Woodpecker |
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| Musician 1804 x Worthy |
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| Music 1810 x Waxy |
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| Hornby Lass 1796 x Buzzard |
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| Andrew 1816 x Orville |
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| Mangel Wurzel 1823 x Merlin |
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| Autocrat 1851 x Bay Middleton |
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| Echelle 1849 x Sting |
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| Royal Quand Meme x Giges |
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| Comtesse 1855 x Nuncio |
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| Liouba 1856 x Nuncio |
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| *Thornhill 1838 x *Glencoe |
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| Jamaica 1841 x Liverpool |
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| Apricot 1844 x Sir Hercules |
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| Doralice 1852 x Alarm |
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| Mangosteen 1844 x Emilius |
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Selected Resources
Theodore Andrea Cook. A History of the English Turf. 3 Vols. London: Virtue and Company, 1901.
Bernard Falk. The Royal Fitz Roys. London: Hutchinson & Co., 1950.
The Sporting Magazine. 1827-1833.
Thomas HenryTaunton. Portraits of Celebrated Racehorses. 4 Vols. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1887.
Theodore Taunton. Famous Horses. London: Sampson Low, Marston, & Co. Ltd., 1901.
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