"The way in which either party managed to improve their horses was kept as much a secret as the mysteries of Isis.” -- Niles' Weekly Register The Year: 1823. The American Turf Register and Sporting Magazine called it the “annus mirabilis in racing annals" – the “year of …
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This week kicks off the Times' Turf Pedigree section -- from the vault we have selected the following piece on the renowned stallion from the American Turf Register and Sporting Magazine's December 1829 issue. Memoir of Sir Archy. -- This justly celebrated horse was foaled in …
[Read more...] about Memoir of Sir Archy/Archie, the Godolphin Arabian of America
