Byerley Turk

Byerley Turk ( * ca 1679, † May 1714 ), dark bay stallion, applies not only to Godolphin Barb and Darley Arabian as one of the progenitors of the English thoroughbred. He is variously in the literature as Arabs or as Akhal -Teke - called - more accurate than Turkmen, whose present-day successor to the Akhal -Teke.

In 1688 he was part of the prey that was taken from the Turkish army after the Battle of Buda. He then served his new owner and namesake, Colonel Robert Byerley, as a cavalry horse and was in the war of King William III. of England against James II in Ireland to use.

As a racehorse Byerley Turk is mentioned only once: in 1690 he won at Down Royal (Ireland ) a race.

At the latest in 1701 was the stallion for breeding in the stables of Colonel Byerley. The number of well -drawn mares with pedigree, the Byerley Turk has covered, is apparently low. Nevertheless, several descendants who founded famous thoroughbred lines. His direct sire line leads to the excellent Breeding Herod (* 1758). Through its subsidiaries, he took immense influence on the emergence of the new breed " Thoroughbred ".

After dissenting Byerley Turk was not from the spoils of war of 1688, but was raised in England and is a descendant of Place 's White Turk.

• Breeding stallion
• Arabian Horse