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Sir Archie by Martin Stainforth

Famed racehorse Sir Archie is considered to be one of the greatest foundation sires in America, his influence is so important that he has been named the “Godolphin Arabian of “America”. Foaled at Archibald Cary Randolph’s Ben Lomond farm in Goochland County in 1805, he was sired by Diomed, an Epsom Derby winner and Castianira, owned by Col. John Tayloe III of Mt. Airy in Richmond County, Virginia. Randolph originally named the foal “Robert Burns” but Tayloe changed the name to “Sir Archie” in honor of his friend Archibald. Randolph was renowned for financial problems and these forced the sale of Sir Archie at only 2 years of age.