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Read more: https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darley_Arabian
TIL that 95% of all thoroughbred racehorses today can trace their lineage back to a single horse, Darley Arabian, born over 300 years ago.
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This horse fucks 🐴
There’s two other horses that have been the dominant sires of thoroughbreds – the Godolphin Arabian and the Byerley Turk.
Thoroughbred pedigrees are well documented online. You can type in a horse’s name on [allbreedpedigree.com](http://allbreedpedigree.com) and in a few clicks be back to the 1700s. A horse I knew, just given away as nothing in the Middle East, turned out to have grand-sires who were Derby winners and a most illustrious pedigree!
The Genghis Khan of horses