| Possibly the same horse as Stahremberg's Turk
Probably owned by Sir Robert Sutton, 2nd Baron Lexington of Averham, Nottinghamshire, who was Gentleman of the Horse to Princess Anne and ambassador to Vienna and Madrid, and who maintained a seat at Averham Park, Nottinghamshire. The Lexington Arabian may have been one of a number of horses sent to England by his great nephew Sir Robert Sutton, who was ambassador to Constantinople [now Istanbul] between 1702 and 1717. After the death of Lord Lexington in 1723 the Arabian may have been acquired by Graf Konrad Sigismund von Stahremberg, the Austro-Hungarian ambassador to England in 1720.
The Lexington Arabian has only one recorded progeny, an unnamed daughter which is dam of Fearnought, winner of four 500 guineas matches at Newmarket across 1732 and 1733: and dam of Brother to Fearnought, the sire of Achilles (1743 King's Plate Lewes), and of the dam of Beaufremont (1764 Great Subscription Purse [6yo+ division] York, 1767 Great Subscription Purse [6yo+ division] York)
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