▁does ▁not ▁appear ▁in ▁the ▁General ▁Stud ▁Book ▁compiled ▁by ▁the ▁We ather b ys . ▁ ▁Orig ins ▁The ▁fil ly ▁that ▁would ▁be ▁named ▁All ab ac ul ia ▁was ▁fo aled ▁in ▁ 1 7 7 3 ▁at ▁the ▁estate ▁of ▁the ▁Mar qu ess ▁of ▁Rock ingham . ▁She ▁was ▁s ired ▁by ▁Sam pson , ▁who ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁her ▁birth ▁was ▁ 2 7 ▁years ▁old . ▁Sam pson ▁was ▁defeated ▁only ▁once ▁during ▁his ▁two - year ▁racing ▁career , ▁the ▁loss ▁occurr ing ▁due ▁to ▁his ▁failing ▁eyes ight . ▁He ▁was ▁first ▁a ▁st all ion ▁at ▁Mal ton ▁until ▁he ▁was ▁purchased ▁by ▁Lord ▁Rock ingham , ▁dying ▁at ▁Lord ▁Rock ingham ' s ▁stud ▁in ▁ 1 7 7 7 ▁at ▁around ▁ 3 2 ▁years ▁of ▁age . ▁All ab ac ul ia ' s ▁dam ▁and ▁mat ernal ▁line age ▁were ▁not ▁officially ▁recorded . ▁Count ▁von ▁O et ting en , ▁in ▁his ▁work ▁Hor se ▁bre eding ▁in ▁theory ▁and ▁practice ▁the or izes ▁that ▁Al ab ac ul ia ▁desc ended ▁from ▁mat ernal ▁Thor ough bre d ▁family ▁# 4 . ▁Racing ▁Illustr ated ▁identified ▁her ▁dam ▁as ▁Old ▁All ab ac ul ia . ▁ ▁Until ▁ 1 9 1 3 ▁for ▁three - year - olds ▁and ▁ 1 9 4 6 ▁for ▁two - year - olds , ▁there ▁was ▁no ▁requirement ▁for ▁British ▁race h ors es ▁to ▁have ▁official ▁names