Owned by Sir John Lowther, (2nd) Baronet of Lowther, Westmoreland The White-Legged Lowther Barb was described as a "little barb" by Henry Curwen of Cumberland, who bred a filly by him from his Vintner mare (Family 9). This filly, who must have been born around 1685-90, "the White-legged Lowther Barb mare," consequently became the main conduit of descent of horses in Family 9,