![]() ![]() Now in the hands of Johnson's trainer, Arthur Taylor, Sir Archy became one of the greatest runners of his day, excelling in four-mile heats. William Ransom Johnson's colt True Blue, Johnson promptly bought Sir Archy for $1,500. Though he won only the third heat and finished third overall to Col. Still unwell, Sir Archy made his second start a month later at the Fairfield Sweepstakes in Richmond, Virginia. Though Sir Archy had not yet recovered from a case of strangles, Wormely ran him rather than pay a forfeit fee. At this point, he already stood 16 hands (64 inches, 163 cm) high. Still owned by Wormely, Sir Archy made his first start in the Washington Jockey Club Sweepstakes late in his three-year-old season. When Wormely later decided to quit horse racing Sir Archy was offered for sale, but there were no takers. When Sir Archy was two, Tayloe and Randolph sold him to Ralph Wormely IV for $400 and an unknown filly. 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. Sir Archy, Castianira's second foal, was born on Randolph's Ben Lomond Plantation on the James River in Goochland County. 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. John Tayloe III, Sir Archy's sire was the inaugural Epsom Derby winner Diomed, who had been imported from England as an older horse by Tayloe. He was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in the inaugural class of 1955.īorn and bred in Virginia by two Americans, Capt. 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 one of the most important sires in American history. Match race with the splendid four-miler, Blank (1809) ![]() Engraving of Sir Archy from Frank Forester's Horse and Horsemanship of the United States vol. ![]()
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