Flying Childers

Flying Childers
Flying Childers
	Flying Childers by James Seymour
Sire	Darley Arabian
Dam	Betty Leedes
Damsire	Old Careless
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1715
Country	Great Britain
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Colonel Leonard Childers of Cantley Hall
Owner	2nd Duke of Devonshire
Record	6 starts, 6 wins
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]

^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference Morland1810 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Thoroughbred Bloodlines Childers (GB), accessdate = 2017-03-26
^ Tb Heritage
^ 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
^ Barrett, Norman, ed. (1995). The Daily Telegraph Chronicle of Horse Racing. Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Publishing. p. 9.

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[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

[Barrett1995-5] Barrett, Norman, ed. (1995). The Daily Telegraph Chronicle of Horse Racing. Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Publishing. p. 9.

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