A failure as a racehorse in Europe, Adana more than atoned for her sins during her broodmare career. A successful producer on both sides of the Atlantic, she continued a good branch of Family 23-b that includes champions Twilight Tear and Lady Maryland and the good speed sire Ariel.
Race record
7 starts, 0 wins, £15
As an individual
A brown mare; no further information available.
As a producer
Adana produced at least 12 named foals. Her important foals are as follow:
Connections
Adana was bred by William A. Chanler. She was sent to England for racing and spent the early part of her broodmare career in France, returning to the United States in 1920. She produced her 1922 foal, Nedana, for Edward F. Simms' Xalapa Farm before passing to the ownership of Harry Sinclair's Rancocas Stud.
Pedigree notes
Adana is outcrossed through five generations. A half sister to 1903 Excelsior Handicap winner Blacklock (by Hanover), she was produced from Mannie Himyar, an unraced full sister to the great Domino and to the crack sprint mare Correction, dam of 1901 Futurity Stakes winner Yankee (by Hanover) and second dam of six stakes winners including the top sprinter Naturalist and 1926 Withers Stakes winner Haste. Mannie Himyar is also a half sister to 1884 Tennessee Derby winner Ten Strike (by Ten Broeck), to 1886 Ladies' Handicap winner Bandala (by King Ban) and to stakes winner Lady Reel (by Fellowcraft), dam of the great runner and sire Hamburg (by Hanover). In addition, Mannie Himyar is a half sister to stakes winner Freemason (by Fellowcraft).
Mannie Gray, the dam of Mannie Himyar and her siblings, was only a minor winner on the track but is a full sister to juvenile stakes winner Goodnight, considered an extremely fast horse; to Faustus, a sire of some note; and to Alice Gray, dam of 1886 Tennessee Derby winner Jim Gray (by Ten Broeck). Mannie Gray's dam Lizzie G. is by Lexington's good sire son War Dance and out of an unnamed daughter of Lecomte.
Last updated: June 15, 2022
Race record
7 starts, 0 wins, £15
As an individual
A brown mare; no further information available.
As a producer
Adana produced at least 12 named foals. Her important foals are as follow:
- Adelia II (1915, by Helicon) was a minor stakes winner in France but accomplished nothing of significance as a broodmare.
- Rapine II (1918, by Rabelais) won three minor stakes in France. Imported to the United States, she is the second dam of 1942 National Stallion Stakes (Males) winner Suncap and the third dam of 1952 Arlington Lassie Stakes winner Fulvous, 1957 Breeders' Futurity winner Fulcrum and 1958 San Luis Rey Handicap winner Solid Son.
- Palestra (1919, by Prince Palatine) was a minor stakes winner in France. She is the dam of 1939 American champion handicap female Lady Maryland (by Sir Greysteel) and is the second dam of 1934 King's Plate winner Horometer.
- Nedana (1922, by Negofol) won the 1925 Gazelle Stakes and the 1930 Carter Handicap. She produced 1942 Whitney Stakes winner Swing and Sway (by Equipoise) and is the second dam of 1952 Suburban Handicap winner One Hitter. She is also the third dam of 1967 Survivor Stakes winner Dawn Glory.
- Celidon (1923, by Negofol; a gelding) was a minor stakes winner.
- Ariel (1925, by Eternal) won the 1927 Saratoga Special Stakes. He led the American juvenile sire list twice by number of winners and was a good sire of speed and precocity, getting 33 stakes winners from 323 foals.
- Ladana (1928, by Lucullite) won the 1930 Adirondack Handicap and Clover Stakes. She is the second dam of 1944 American Horse of the Year Twilight Tear, herself the dam of the first-rate gelding Bardstown and another top-class horse in the filly A Gleam.
- Dashing Widow (1930, by Bud Lerner) is the second dam of 1965 Chicago Handicap winner Unbested.
Connections
Adana was bred by William A. Chanler. She was sent to England for racing and spent the early part of her broodmare career in France, returning to the United States in 1920. She produced her 1922 foal, Nedana, for Edward F. Simms' Xalapa Farm before passing to the ownership of Harry Sinclair's Rancocas Stud.
Pedigree notes
Adana is outcrossed through five generations. A half sister to 1903 Excelsior Handicap winner Blacklock (by Hanover), she was produced from Mannie Himyar, an unraced full sister to the great Domino and to the crack sprint mare Correction, dam of 1901 Futurity Stakes winner Yankee (by Hanover) and second dam of six stakes winners including the top sprinter Naturalist and 1926 Withers Stakes winner Haste. Mannie Himyar is also a half sister to 1884 Tennessee Derby winner Ten Strike (by Ten Broeck), to 1886 Ladies' Handicap winner Bandala (by King Ban) and to stakes winner Lady Reel (by Fellowcraft), dam of the great runner and sire Hamburg (by Hanover). In addition, Mannie Himyar is a half sister to stakes winner Freemason (by Fellowcraft).
Mannie Gray, the dam of Mannie Himyar and her siblings, was only a minor winner on the track but is a full sister to juvenile stakes winner Goodnight, considered an extremely fast horse; to Faustus, a sire of some note; and to Alice Gray, dam of 1886 Tennessee Derby winner Jim Gray (by Ten Broeck). Mannie Gray's dam Lizzie G. is by Lexington's good sire son War Dance and out of an unnamed daughter of Lecomte.
Last updated: June 15, 2022