Aida (horse)

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Aida
1000 Guineas
(1901)

Aida (1898 – 1915) was a British

St Leger
and was retired from racing at the end of the year. As a broodmare she had an enduring influence on the breed through her daughter Herself.

Background

Aida was a bay mare bred by

Henry Chaplin's Blankney Stud. During her racing career she was owned by Sir James Miller and trained by George Blackwell at Newmarket, Suffolk.[2]

Aida’s sire

1000 Guineas and Middle Park Stakes. She was a daughter of Adelaide, the foundation mare of Thoroughbred family 9-h.[3]

Racing career

1900: two-year-old season

Until 1913, there was no requirement for British racehorses to have official names and two-year-olds were allowed to run without names until 1946.[4] The filly who became Aida began her racing career unnamed and was generally referred to as the Queen Adelaide filly.

The Queen Adelaide filly made her racecourse debut in the Champion Breeders' Biennial Foal Stakes at Derby Racecourse in which she finished second to Sagitta.[5] On 7 October the still unnamed filly contested the £3,000 Imperial Produce Stakes over six furlongs at Kempton Park Racecourse and won from the colt Volodyovski.[6]

1901: three-year-old season

On 4 May Aida was one of fifteen fillies to contest the 88th running of the 1000 Guineas and started the

Danny Maher she took the lead soon after the start and made most of the running, setting a pace which had most of the others struggling entering the last quarter mile. After fighting off a challenge from Santa Brigida, Aida was overtaken by Fleur d'Eté but rallied to wear down her rival in the final strides.[7] She won by a neck from Fleur d'Eté with two lengths back to Santa Brigida in third.[8] The fact that she was running for the first time as a named horse led to some confusion in telegraph reports of the race with "Aida" being assumed to be a misreading for "Art"[9] or "Arta".[10]

On her next appearance twelve days later the filly was moved up in distance and matched against male opposition in the

St Leger over 14+1⁄2 furlongs at Doncaster Racecourse and came home tenth of the thirteen runners in a race won by Doricles.[13]

Assessment and honours

In their book, A Century of Champions, based on the Timeform rating system, John Randall and Tony Morris rated Aida an "inferior" winner of the 1000 Guineas.[8]

Breeding record

Aida was retired from racing to become a broodmare. She produced at least five foals between 1903 and 1915:

Aida died in October 1915 at the Sledmere Stud.[14][15]

Pedigree

Pedigree of Aida (GB), bay mare, 1898[1]
Sire
Galopin (GB)
1872 		Vedette
1854 		Voltigeur Voltaire
Martha Lynn
Mrs Ridgway Birdcatcher
Nan Darrell
Flying Duchess
1853 		The Flying Dutchman Bay Middleton
Barbelle
Merope Voltaire
Juniper mare
Dam
Queen Adelaide (GB)
1881 		Hermit
1864 		Newminster Touchstone
Beeswing
Seclusion Tadmor
Miss Sellon
Adelaide
1866　(Family: 9-h)[3] 		Young Melbourne Melbourne
Clarissa
Teddington mare (1855) Teddington
Maid of Masham (Family: 9-e)
  • Aida was inbred 4 × 4 to Voltaire, meaning that this stallion appears twice in the fourth generations of her pedigree.

References

  1. ^ a b "Aida pedigree". Equineline.
  2. ISBN 978-0-354-08536-6
    .
  3. ^ a b c "Adelaide - Family 9-h". Bloodlines.net. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
  4. ISBN 978-0-85112-902-0
    .
  5. ^ "Racing in England". Otago Witness. 29 May 1901. p. 50 – via Papers Past.
  6. Evening Post (New Zealand)
    . 8 October 1900. p. 6 – via Papers Past.
  7. ^ "English Racing". Auckland Star. 19 June 1901. p. 3 – via Papers Past.
  8. ^
    ISBN 978-1-901570-15-1
    .
  9. ^ "Sporting". Thames Star. 6 May 1901. p. 3 – via Papers Past.
  10. ^ "Sale of Thoroughbreds". Grey River Argus. 6 May 1901. p. 3 – via Papers Past.
  11. ^ "Newmarket Second Spring Meeting". The Star (Christchurch). 17 May 1901. p. 3 – via Papers Past.
  12. New Zealand Herald
    . 24 August 1901. p. 7 – via Papers Past.
  13. ^ "Racing in England". Otago Witness. 30 October 1901. p. 53 – via Papers Past.
  14. hdl:2027/coo.31924066667340
    .
  15. ^ "Miscellanea". The Bloodsotck Breeders' Review. IV: 287. 1915.
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