| Owner: 1) King of Morocco 2) King Louis XIV 3) Henry Curwen 4) Sir John Parsons 5) Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington
Also known as Parsons' Barb and Burlington Barb
Sire of the famous racemare Molly, which won 9 matches at Newmarket between 1720 and 1723 and received forfeit in a further 7 matches, before dying during a match versus Terror on 2 November 1723; of Miss Pert (1728 King's Plate [mares] Hambleton, 1729 King's Plate [mares] Newmarket); and of Tifter, sire of the dam of [Old] Standard (1742 King's Plate Guildford, sire of top class racehorse Jason (1754 King's Plate Lichfield, 1755 King's Plates Guildford, Winchester, Salisbury, Canterbury, Lewes, Newmarket, 1757 Jockey Club Plate) and [Hamilton's] Figure, sire of Figure, a good stallion in America,
his most enduring progeny being Moll, maternal line ancestress of the outstanding racehorse and magnificent sire Nearco, male line ancestor of the great sires Northern Dancer, Sadler's Wells and Galileo)
Champion Sire 1723
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