Sir Archy
| Sir Archy | |
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Engraving of Sir Archy from Frank Forester's Horse and Horsemanship of the United States vol. 1, published 1857
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| Sire | Diomed GB |
| Grandsire | Florizel GB |
| Dam | Castianira GB |
| Damsire | Rockingham GB |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1805 |
| Country | United States (Virginia) |
| Colour | Dark Bay |
| Breeder | Capt. Archibald Randolph Col. John Tayloe III |
| Owner |
Ralph Wormely VI |
| Trainer |
Thomas Larkin |
| Record | 7 Starts: 4–1–0 |
| Earnings | Unknown |
| Major wins | |
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Post Stakes (1809) Jockey Club Purse, Fairfield (1809) Jockey Club Purse, Petersburg (1809) Match race with the splendid four-miler, Blank (1809) |
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| Honours | |
| U.S. Racing Hall of Fame (1955) | |
| Last updated on December 19, 2007 | |
Ralph Wormely VI
Col. William R. Johnson at 3
Thomas Larkin
Sir Archy (or Archy, Archie, or Sir Archie; 1805–1833) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse considered one of the best racehorses of his time and later an important sire.
Born and bred in Virginia by two Americans, Capt. Archibald Randolph and Col. John Tayloe III, Sir Archy's sire was the inaugural Epsom Derby winner Diomed, who had been imported from England as an older horse. His dam, a blind mare named Castianira, had been purchased in England by Tayloe for his own Mount Airy Farm, but was bred on shares with his friend Randolph. Sir Archy, Castianira's second foal, was born on Randolph's Ben Lomond Plantation on the James River in Goochland County. The colt, dark bay with a small patch of white on his right hind pastern, was originally named "Robert Burns"; Tayloe changed the colt's name in honor of Randolph.
When Sir Archy was two, Tayloe and Randolph sold him to Ralph Wormely IV for $400 and an unknown filly. When Wormely later decided to quit horse racing Sir Archy was offered for sale, but there were no takers. Still owned by Wormely, Sir Archy made his first start in the Washington (D.C.) Sweepstakes late in his three-year-old season. At this point, he already stood 16 hands (64 inches, 163 cm) high. Though Sir Archy had not yet recovered from a case of strangles, Wormely ran him rather than pay a forfeit fee. Still unwell, Sir Archy made his second start a month later at the Fairfield Sweepstakes in Richmond, Virginia. Though he won only the third heat and finished third overall to Col. William Ransom Johnson's colt True Blue, Johnson promptly bought Sir Archy for $1,500.
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