You made have read recently that Chicquita (b.f. 2010, by Monjeu ex Prudenzia by Dansili), winner of the 2013 Darley Irish Oaks, was sold at Goffs sales in Ireland for E6,000,000. A staggering figure, which may never be recuperated by the buyers. However, let’s hope they enjoy the forthcoming foals and their success, both in the sale ring and on the racecourse.
Nevertheless, there have been seven mares who certainly repaid their owners and I have listed these and their Classic winners in the table below.
Dams of Three Classic Winners
Only seven mares have produced three Classic winners. And when Scintillate won the Oaks in 1979, her dam Set Free was the first mare to produce three Classic winners for 100 years.
Dam Classic winning produce
Penelope (b. 1798 by Trumpator) Whalebone (by Waxy) 1810 Derby
Whisker (by Waxy) 1815 Derby
Whizgig (by Rubens) 1822 1000 Gns
Pope Joan (b. 1809 by Waxy) Tontine (by Election) 1825 1000 Gns
Turcoman (by Selim) 1827 2000 Gns
Turquoise (by Selim) 1828 Oaks
Filagree (ch. 1815 by Soothsayer) Cobweb by (Phantom) 1824 1000 Gns & Oaks
Charlotte West (by Tramp) 1830 1000 Gns
Riddlesworth (by Emilius) 1831 2000 Gns
Rubens Mare (ch. 1819) May-day (by Lamplighter) 1834 1000 Gns
Phosphorus (by Lamplighter) 1837 Derby
Firebrand (by Lamplighter) 1842 1000 Gns
Cobweb (b. 1821 by Phantom) Bay Middleton (by Sultan) 1836 2000 Gns & Derby
Achmet (by Sultan) 1837 2000 Gns
Clementina (by Venison) 1847 1000 Gns
Araucaria (b. 1862 by Ambrose) Camelia (by Macaroni) 1876 1000 Gns & d-h Oaks
Chamant (by Mortemer) 1877 2000 Gns
Rayon d’Or (by Flageolet) 1879 St Leger
Set Free (b. 1964 by Worden) Juliette Marny (by Blakeney) 1975 Oaks
Julio Mariner (by Blakeney) 1978 St Leger
Scintillate (by Sparkler) 1979 Oaks