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Lot 247
STUDIO OF JAMES SEYMOUR (LONDON 1702-1752)
The Duke of Devonshire's racehorse Flying Childers, held by a groom at Newmarket Heath
Closed9 July 2021
Price Realised
GBP 5,625
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Specialist note
Flying Childers, by the Darley Arabian out of Betty Leedes, was bred by Colonel Childers at Doncaster. Foaled in 1715, he was sold as a yearling to William, 2nd Duke of Devonshire, in whose livery the groom in this picture is shown. Known at the time as Childers ('Flying' was a soubriquet added later), he was the most celebrated racehorse of his generation and was never beaten.