Thoulouse Barb
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The Thoulouse Barb was a foundation sire of the Thoroughbred breed. Along with Curwen's Bay Barb he was given as a present to Louis XIV by the King of Morocco. They were then purchased and imported to England in 1698 by Henry Curwen.[1][2] He was later owned by Sir J. Parsons.[3]
The Thoulouse Barb was the leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland in 1723. His most famous offspring were the sire Tifter, as well as the undefeated mare Molly.[3] His daughter, the Ryegate Mare, was the dam of Cinnamon.[4]
Through one of Tifter's daughters he in an ancestor of Virgil, who was leading sire in North America in 1885.[5] Through another Tifter mare he is an ancestor of the sires Birdcatcher,[6] who was the leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland twice, and Harkaway.[7]