Sunny Jane (horse)

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Sunny Jane
Oaks Stakes
(1917)

Sunny Jane (1914 – after 1925) was a British

New Oaks
. She won one other race but lost her form in the autumn and was retired from racing. As a broodmare she produced few winners but exerted an enduring influence through her daughter Miss Cavendish.

Background

Sunny Jane was a chestnut mare bred in the United Kingdom by her owner

Alec Taylor, Jr. at his stable at Manton, Wiltshire.[2]

She was from the second crop of foals sired by

2000 Guineas winner Craig an Eran. Her other descendants have included Buchan, Commanche Run, Full Dress, Swiftfoot and One in a Million.[3]

Sunny Jane's racing career took place during World War I. Many racecourses were closed for the duration of the conflict and all five of traditional British Classic Races were run at Newmarket.

Racing career

1916: two-year-old season

On her only run as a two-year-old, Sunny Jane finished last of the five runners in the Bretby Post Stakes at Newmarket.[4]

1917: three-year-old season

Otto Madden, who rode Sunny Jane to win the Oaks

On 4 May Sunny Jane was one of fourteen fillies to contest the 1000 Guineas at Newmarket and before the race Alec Taylor said "that big, green filly of mine will run well".

6/4 favourite and won as expected but Sunny Jane finished very strongly and was only half a length away in second place.[6] Two months later she reportedly won a race at the Newmarket July meeting.[7]

The

New Oaks was run in "wretched" weather on 2 August at Newmarket and attracted a field of eleven runners with Diadem starting the 7/4 favourite. Sunny Jane, ridden by Otto Madden, was second choice in the betting on 4/1 while the best of the other runners appeared to be Molly Desmond (Cheveley Park Stakes) and Hampshire Lily. Appearing to be well-suited by the heavy ground conditions,[8] Sunny Jane took the lead just after the start and quickly opened up a lead of five lengths from Hampshire Lily and Diadem. Although the favourite closed the margin in the straight, Madden appeared to have left something in reserve[9] and won by half a length from Diadem, with four lengths back to Moravia in third.[10][11]

Sunny Jane returned in autumn but ran poorly behind Quarryman in the Select Stakes.[12] For her final appearance she was assigned a weight of 111 pounds in the Cambridgeshire Handicap and started at odds of 100/6 (approximately 16/1). With Madden in the saddle she tracked the leaders for most of the way but faded in the final stages and finished eleventh of the fourteen runners.[13]

Assessment and honours

In their book, A Century of Champions, based on the Timeform rating system, John Randall and Tony Morris rated Sunny Jane an "average" winner of the Oaks.[11]

Breeding record

After being retired from racing at the end of her second season, Sunny Jane became a broodmare for Lord Astor's stud. Her foals included:

Pedigree

Pedigree of Sunny Jane (GB), chestnut mare, 1914[1]
Sire
Sunstar (GB)
1908 		Sundridge
1898 		Amphion Rosebery
Suicide
Sierra Springfield
Sanda
Doris
1898 		Loved One See Saw
Pilgrimage
Lauretta Petrarch
Ambuscade
Dam
Maid of the Mist (GB)
1906 		Cyllene
1895 		Bona Vista Bend Or
Vista
Arcadia Isonomy
Distant Shore
Sceptre
1899 		Persimmon
St Simon
Perdita
Ornament Bend Or
Lily Agnes (Family: 16-h)[3]
  • Though her dam Maid of the Mist, Sunny Jane was inbred 4 × 4 to Bend Or, meaning that this stallion appears twice in the fourth generation of her pedigree.

References

  1. ^ a b "Sunny Jane pedigree". Equineline.
  2. ISBN 0-354-08536-0
    .
  3. ^ a b c "Lily Agnes - Family 16-h". Thoroughbred Bloodlines. Retrieved 2013-08-30.
  4. Evening Star (Dunedin)
    . 3 August 1917. p. 4 – via Papers Past.
  5. ^ "Turf and Stud". The Sun (Christchurch). 6 August 1917. p. 2 – via Papers Past.
  6. ^ "The Turf". Evening Star (Dunedin). 13 July 1917. p. 7 – via Papers Past.
  7. The Register (Adelaide)
    . 4 September 1917. p. 7 – via trove.nla.gov.au.
  8. ^ "Turf Jottings". The Referee. 17 October 1917. p. 5 – via trove.nla.gov.au.
  9. The Australasian
    . 22 September 1917. p. 22 – via trove.nla.gov.au.
  10. ^ "Sporting". The Press. 4 August 1917. p. 5 – via Papers Past.
  11. ^
    ISBN 1-901570-15-0
    .
  12. ^ "London November 1". The Telegraph (Adelaide). 3 January 1918. p. 4 – via trove.nla.gov.au.
  13. ^ "Sporting Notes". The Australasian. 5 January 1918. p. 17 – via trove.nla.gov.au.


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