Sire of many winners and many mares which bred on, including Amorett, dam of 1) Blank (Champion Sire 1762, 1764, 1770), 2) Old England (1747 King's Plate Guildford, 1748 King's Plate Newmarket); 3) Shakespeare (1751 King's Plates Guildford and Lincoln, sire of the dam of Sweetbriar, top class racehorse undefeated in 8 starts, and of Eager (1791 Derby)); 4) Tortoise (1743 King's Plate Nottingham, 1744 King's Plate Newmarket); 5) Trimmer (1749 King's Plate Lichfield, 1750 King's Plate Newmarket); and 6) Slouch, sire of Calliope, dam of Omphale (1784 St. Leger),

but his most enduring significance is as the sire of Squirt, grandsire of Eclipse, through whom the Darley Arabian sire line extends to the present day in over 95% of thoroughbreds

Champion Sire in 1742

Full brother to the great racehorse Flying Childers (Champion Sire 1730, 1736)

Also called Bleeding Childers due to his vascular problems