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A Horse Of A Different Color - Most racehorses are bay, brown, grey, or chestnut. Gray horses are often mistakenly referred to as white, although a white horse is very rare.

Foundation Sires - The major foundation sires are the Godolphin Arabian, the Darley Arabian, and the Byerly Turk. Interestingly, these three stallions ended up with only one grandson or great grandson to carry the bloodlines into the next centuries. The Godolphin Arabian’s grandson, Matchem, was the only descendent to maintain a line of males to the present day. The line of the Byerly Turk was continued by his great-great-grandson, Herod. The Darley Arabian’s great-great-grandson was Eclipse, a racehorse famed for winning every race in his career. Every thoroughbred horse can trace his or her ancestry back to one of these three foundation stallions.