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 | | By the mid-1800s, the male line of the Godolphin Arabian was in a dire state, and hopes of its survival rested with West Australian (by Melbourne) the English Triple Crown winner of 1853. |
 | | West Australian succeeded in getting two sons to carry the line forward, Solon (1861), from which descended the European branch through Hurry On and his tribe; and *Australian (1858), from which descended the American branch of the line through Fair Play and Man O'War. |
 | | *Australian was bred in England by W.E. Duncombe and, with the assistance of Ten Broeck, was imported with his dam, *Emilia in 1858 by A. Keene Richards, an admirer of his sire, West Australian. |
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