BYERLEY TURK (TUR) blk/br. C, ~1680
DP = 0-0-0-0-0 (0) DI = Inf CD = Inf
Owner: Captain Byerley
(Black according to some authors, brown according to others.)
The accounts state that this horse was imported from Turkey. All that is known for certain is that he was Captain Byerley's charger in Ireland in King William's wars, and was very highly regarded as a sire.
Most likely was an akhal teke.