Encyclopedia > Byerly Turk

Article Content

Byerly Turk

The Byerly Turk was one of three horses which were the founders of the modern thoroughbred horse racing broodstock. The story goes that it was captured by a Captain Byerly at the Battle of Buda[?] and saw further military service in the Battle of the Boyne before being brought back to England in 1689. Despite his name, the horse was probably an Arabian.

All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!

Featured Article

Battle Creek, Michigan

... of 18, 8.7% from 18 to 24, 29.5% from 25 to 44, 21.0% from 45 to 64, and 13.5% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 35 years. For every 100 females there ...