Flying Childers

Flying Childers
Flying Childers by James Seymour
SireDarley Arabian
DamBetty Leedes
DamsireOld Careless
SexStallion
Foaled1715[1]
CountryGreat Britain
ColourBay
BreederColonel Leonard Childers of Cantley Hall
Owner2nd Duke of Devonshire[2]
Record6 starts, 6 wins[3]
Awards
Leading sire in GB and Ireland (1730, 1736)
Honours
Flying Childers Stakes at Doncaster Racecourse

Flying Childers (1715–1741)[1] was a famous undefeated 18th-century thoroughbred racehorse, foaled in 1714 at Carr House, Warmsworth, Doncaster, and is sometimes considered as the first truly great racehorse in the history of thoroughbreds[4] and the first to catch the public imagination.[5]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Morland1810 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Thoroughbred Bloodlines Childers (GB), accessdate = 2017-03-26
  3. ^ Tb Heritage
  4. ^ Guest, Kristen; Mattfeld, Monica (2019-11-26), "Horse breeds", Horse Breeds and Human Society, Routledge, pp. 1–9, doi:10.4324/9780429024009-1, ISBN 9780429024009, S2CID 242487456, retrieved 2021-09-05
  5. ^ Barrett, Norman, ed. (1995). The Daily Telegraph Chronicle of Horse Racing. Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Publishing. p. 9.