Curwen's Bay Barb
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Curwen's Bay Barb
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Curwen's Bay Barb was a foundation sire of the Thoroughbred breed. A bay horse with a white blaze, he was imported by Henry Curwen in 1698 from France. He had originally been a present to Louis XIV from the King of Morocco. 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 bee
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Foundation sire of the Thoroughbred breed
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curwen%27s_Bay_Barb
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2023-06-29T16:04:41Z
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