Sir Archy (or Archy, Archie, or Sir Archie; b. 1805, d. June 7, 1833) was an American thoroughbred racehorse. Born and bred in Virginia by two natives, Capt. Archibald Randolph and Col. John Tayloe III, his sire was the Epsom Derby winner Diomed, who had been imported from England at an advanced age; his dam, a blind mare called Castianira (out of Rockingham by Highflyer), had been purchased in England by Tayloe for his own Airy Farm, but was bre...
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Sir Archy (or Archy, Archie, or Sir Archie; b. 1805, d. June 7, 1833) was an American thoroughbred racehorse. Born and bred in Virginia by two natives, Capt. Archibald Randolph and Col. John Tayloe III, his sire was the Epsom Derby winner Diomed, who had been imported from England at an advanced age; his dam, a blind mare called Castianira (out of Rockingham by Highflyer), had been purchased in England by Tayloe for his own 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. The colt, a 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 the world of horse racing, Sir Srchy was offered for sale, but there were no takers. Still owned by...
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