Bona Vista
Bona Vista | |
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2000 Guineas Stakes (1892) | |
Awards | |
Champion sire in Hungary (1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1908) |
Bona Vista (1889–1909) was a British
Background
Bona Vista, sometimes spelled Bonavista, was a
Racing career
1891: Two-year-old season
Bona Vista made his first race start on 26 May 1891 in the
1892: Three-year-old season
Bona Vista started his three-year-old campaign in the Biennial Stakes, run over one mile at Newmarket, where he only faced three rivals. In the early stages Curio led the race from Platoon, the pair being clear of Bona Vista and Tanzmeister. The field remained in that order until they were into the second half of the race, when the four horses bunched up. The four raced right up to the finish line, with Bona Vista winning by a head from Tanzmeister and Curio a head behind Tanzmeister in third.[7]
After this narrow victory Bona Vista started the
On 1 June, Bona Vista returned to the place of his first race, Epsom Downs, for the
Race record
Date | Race name | D (F) | Course | Prize | Odds | Runners | Place | Margin (L) | Winner/Runner-up | Time | Jockey | Ref. |
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26 May 1891 | Woodcote Stakes | 6 | Epsom Downs | Evens | 8 | 1 | 1 | Pilgrim's Progress | Jimmy Woodburn | [5] | ||
11 June 1891 | New Stakes | 1⁄2 | 5Ascot | £1979 | Evens | 10 | 3 | 5 | Goldfinch | 1:15.0 | John Watts | [5] |
16 July 1891 | Chesterfield Stakes | 5 | Newmarket | £770 | Evens | 5 | 3 | 2.75 | La Fleche | 1:04.2 | John Watts | [6] |
19 April 1892 | Biennial Stakes | 8 | Newmarket | 2/1 | 4 | 1 | Neck | Tanzmeister | John Watts | [7] | ||
4 May 1892 | 2000 Guineas Stakes
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8 | Newmarket | £4440 | 10/1 | 14 | 1 | 1.5 | St. Angelo | 1:54.0 | Jack Robinson | [8] |
1 June 1892 | Derby Stakes | 12 | Epsom Downs | £5500 | 100/8 | 12 | 11 | Sir Hugo | 2:44.0 | Jack Robinson | [9] | |
1 June 1892 | Prince of Wales's Stakes | 13 | Ascot | 8/1 | 12 | 7 | Watercress | 2:51.8 | John Watts | [10] |
Note: F = Furlongs, L = Lengths
Stud career
Bona Vista initially stood for at Hardwicke Stud in Berkshire for a fee of 25 guineas.[4] In 1897 he was purchased for 15,000 guineas by Prince Louis Esterhazy to stand at stud in Hungary, where he was champion sire five times.[4] Through his son Cyllene, and Cyllene's son Polymelus, Bona Vista's sire line is the most dominant in Thoroughbred racehorses today.[12] Bona Vista's most notable progeny were:
Foaled | Name | Sex | Major Wins/Achievements |
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1895 | Cyllene | Stallion | Ascot Gold Cup (1899), Leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland |
1895 | Lady Chancellor | Mare | |
1896 | Rose Tree | Mare | |
1896 | Santa Casa | ||
1897 | Bonarosa | Stallion | Woodcote Stakes, St James's Palace Stakes |
1897 | Vahren | Mare | |
1900 | Bono Modo | Deutsches Derby | |
1902 | Patience | Mare | Deutsches Derby |
1907 | Orient | Deutsches Derby |
Bona Vista died in Hungary in 1909, at the age of twenty.[4]
Pedigree
Sire Bend Or (GB) ch. 1877 |
Doncaster ch. 1870 |
Stockwell ch. 1849 |
The Baron |
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Pocahontas* | |||
Marigold ch. 1860 |
Teddington | ||
Ratan mare | |||
Rouge Rose ch. 1865 |
Thormanby ch. 1857 |
Windhound | |
Alice Hawthorn | |||
Ellen Horne br. 1844 |
Redshank | ||
Delhi | |||
Dam Vista (GB) b. 1879 |
Macaroni b. 1860 |
Sweetmeat b./br. 1842 |
Gladiator |
Lollypop | |||
Jocose b. 1843 |
Pantaloon | ||
Banter | |||
Verdure ch. 1867 |
King Tom b. 1851 |
Harkaway | |
Pocahontas* | |||
May Bloom b. 1861 |
Newminster | ||
Lady Hawthorn (Family 4-f) |
Note: b. =
* Bona Vista was inbred 4x4 to Pocahontas. This means that the mare appears twice in the fourth generation of his pedigree.
References
- ^ a b c "Bona Vista". Bloodlines.net. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
- ^ "Thoroughbred Bloodlines – Bend Or". Bloodlines.net. 11 September 1908. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
- ^ "Leading Broodmare Sires of Great Britain and Ireland". Tbheritage.com. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
- ^ a b c d e "Bona Vista". Tbheritage.com. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
- ^ a b c d "RACING IN ENGLAND". Otago Witness. 23 July 1891. Retrieved 31 July 2012 – via Papers Past.
- ^ a b "RACING IN ENGLAND". Otago Witness. 10 September 1891. Retrieved 31 July 2012 – via Papers Past.
- ^ a b "NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING". Otago Witness. 2 June 1892. Retrieved 18 April 2013 – via Papers Past.
- ^ a b "RACING IN ENGLAND". Otago Witness. 23 June 1892. Retrieved 31 July 2012 – via Papers Past.
- ^ a b "THE DERBY". Otago Witness. 21 July 1892. Retrieved 31 July 2012 – via Papers Past.
- ^ a b "SPORTING INTELLIGENCE", Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, 15 June 1892
- ^ "LATEST WORK OF THE FAVOURITES". Sheffield Daily Telegraph. 31 August 1892.
- ^ "Polymelus". Tbheritage.com. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
- ^ "Cyllene". Tbheritage.com. 24 July 1908. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
- ^ "Leading Sires of Argentina". Tbheritage.com. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
- ^ "Bona Vista (GB) pedigree". equineline.com. Retrieved 22 September 2012.