Charles the Twelfth [SEP] father
and racing-like" dark brown horse standing sixteen hands high bred by Major Nicholas Yarburgh of Heslington Hall in North Yorkshire. Yarburgh sent the colt into training with John Scott who trained forty classic winners at his base at Whitewall stables, Malton, North Yorkshire.
Charles the Twelfth was the eleventh foal produced by Yarburgh's mare Wagtail, an influential broodmare who is regarded as the Foundation mare of Thoroughbred family 21-a: her modern direct descendants include Humble Duty, Exceller and Doyoun.
Charles the Twelfth's sire, Voltaire
Air Force Combat Command, 1 Feb 1942
- Army Air Forces, 9 Mar 1942
- 73d Observation Group, 12 Mar 1942
- Eighth Air Force, 10 May 1942
- VIII Bomber Command, 7 Sep 1942
- Twelfth Air Force, 19 Sep 1942
- 3d Photographic (later Reconnaissance) Group, 21 Jan 1944 – 12 Sep 1945
History Stations.
- Langley Field, Virginia, 1 Feb 1942
- Godman Field, Kentucky, 7 Feb 1942;
- Felts Field, Washington