His influence is evident throughout the breed due to his lineage being traced to all three officially recognized foundation sires, Matchem, Herod, and Eclipse.
Since the term "gold" was familiar during this time period, the use of "yellow" in his name allows speculation regarding what his color actually was.
A number of horses during this time period were described in the inventory of the Tutbury Stud as "sorrill" and the color "chestnut" appears to not exist as a naming option.
It has been speculated by research done for the racehorse Highflyer that the D'Arcy Yellow Turk is the same horse as Dodsworth.
One daughter of Spanker became the dam of Jigg (by the Byerley Turk), sire of Partner, who was in turn the grandsire of Herod and damsire of Matchem.