Interesantan telefonski poziv i pitanje da li želimo da široki auditorijum sazna za malu veliku stvar u svetu pedigrea punokrvnjaka su nas obradovali. I eto, predstavljamo Vam najstariju belešku o grlu engleske punokrve rase sa ovih prostora.
PEDIGREE QUERY Florella . Belgrade Turk .
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Belgrade Turk, grlo zaplenjeno tokom druge austrijske opsade Beograda tada pod turskom upravom, kupio je Vojvoda od Lorene, a potom je uvezeno u Englesku negde oko 1719. Rani, veoma značajni odgajivač Ser Marmadjuk Vajvil ga je držao kao pastuva u Konstabl Bartonu. Belgrade Turk je dao dve ćerke značajne za liniju engleskog punokrvnjaka. Jedna je bila rana kobila familije 25, a kasnije druga u toj familiji. Takođe je dao i Young Belgrade, koji je kasnije ukršten sa ženskom linijom odličnih trkača, dao neke vrhunske galopere sredinom osamnasetog veka. Young Belgrade je od kobile Bay Bolton, odgajen i u vlasništvu Sera Vajvila.
The Belgrade Turk, a horse captured during the second Austrian seige of Turkish-held Belgrade, was acquired by the Duke of Lorraine and subsequently imported into England around 1719. He stood at the stud of Sir Marmaduke Wyvill, an important early thoroughbred breeder, whose seat was at Constable Burton. The Belgrade Turk sired two daughters of importance to the thoroughbred, one an early mare in Family 25, and the mare of this family. He also sired Young Belgrade, who, when crossed with the daughters of good racehorses, produced some top runners of the mid-eighteenth century. Young Belgrade was the son of a Bay Bolton mare, owned and bred by Wyvill.