Allabaculia
Allabaculia | |
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Sire | Sampson |
Grandsire | Blaze |
Dam | Unknown |
Sex | St. Leger Stakes (1776) |
Allabaculia, or alternatively Alabaculia, (foaled 1773) was a British racemare that was the winner of the first
Origins
The filly that would be named Allabaculia was foaled in 1773 at the estate of the Marquess of Rockingham. She was sired by Sampson, who at the time of her birth was 27 years old. Sampson was defeated only once during his two-year racing career, the loss occurring due to his failing eyesight. He was first a stallion at Malton until he was purchased by Lord Rockingham, dying at Lord Rockingham's stud in 1777 at around 32 years of age.[1] Allabaculia's dam and maternal lineage were not officially recorded. Count von Oettingen, in his work Horse breeding in theory and practice theorizes that Alabaculia descended from maternal Thoroughbred family #4.[2] Racing Illustrated identified her dam as Old Allabaculia.[3]
Until 1913 for three-year-olds and 1946 for two-year-olds, there was no requirement for British racehorses to have official names.
Racing career
1776: three-year-old season
In her first start, Rockingham's brown-bay filly was third in a 25-guinea subscription race at Nottingham.
1777: four-year-old season
On 17 March, the "brown-bay filly by Sampson" was fourth in the Craven Stakes held at the Newmarket meeting. The filly contended with 29 horses, losing to Maiden, Plunder and an unnamed colt by Gimcrack.[10] She was fifth in a subscription race a few days later.[11] This was the last start of her career. A mare named Allabaculia does not appear in the General Stud Book compiled by the Weatherby family in the early 1800s.
Pedigree
Sire Sampson (GB) Bay, 1745 |
Blaze | Flying Childers | Darley Arabian |
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Betty Leedes | |||
Confederate filly | Grey Grantham | ||
Black Barb mare | |||
Hip mare | Hip | Curwen's Bay Barb | |
Sister to Hobby | |||
Spark mare | Spark | ||
Snake mare | |||
Dam Unknown |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Unknown | |||
Unknown | Unknown | ||
Unknown | |||
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
Unknown | |||
Unknown | Unknown | ||
Unknown |
References
- ^ Staff (1855). "The St. Leger race: a brief history". The Sporting Magazine: 54.
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- ^ Staff (1896). "Docaster in the olden days". Racing Illustrated. 3: 303.
- ISBN 0-85112-902-1.
- ^ a b Sala, George Augustus (1883). Living London: being "Echoes" re-echoed. London: Remington & Co. p. 423.
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- ^ "Alabaculia, the winner of the 1st St. Leger". Blouin Art Sales Index. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
- ^ "Nottingham". Racing Calendar. 4: 64. 1776.
- ^ "Doncaster". Racing Calendar. 4: 136. 1776.
- ^ Staff (1777). "Newmarket". Racing Calendar. 5: 1.
- ^ Staff (1777). "Newmarket". Racing Calendar. 5: 11.
- ^ "Allabaculia". Pedigree Query. Retrieved 14 November 2012.