| Breeder: James Darcy the Younger
May be same horse as Davill's Old Woodcock, although the dates of their progeny suggest Davill's is around seven years earlier than Darcy's, so different horses
Sire of Brown Woodcock, from which much of Family 2 descends; Grey Woodcock, dam of Badger (winner of 3 King's Plates in 1743); Old Montague Mare, dam of the exceptional racehorse and notable sire Sedbury (winner of 4 King's Plates in 1740 and 1741); and Woodcock Thornton, through which Family 2-b descends
Family 18 and 62 Foundation Mares attributed to him date too early to be his, and are probably sired by an earlier [Old] Woodcock - see that horse
The GSB says he is a son of Bustler, but as Bustler was foaled 1673c it is unlikely he was sire of a horse whose progeny date between 1716 and the early 1720s. A 1754 advert pedigree for a horse with Darcy's Woodcock (DW) in their ancestry, certified by highly reputable racehorse breeder Marmaduke Wyvill, says Darcy's Woodcock is by Old Merlin [a son of Bustler] out of Tyrconnel Barb Mare
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