Affection (FR)
1914 – 1934
Isidor (GB) x One I Love (GB), by Minting (GB)
Family 9-f
"GENETIC GEM"
1914 – 1934
Isidor (GB) x One I Love (GB), by Minting (GB)
Family 9-f
"GENETIC GEM"
Affection received very little opportunity to display whatever racing talent she possessed, as she started only twice and finished unplaced both times. Her destiny lay in the paddocks instead, where she founded a family that has been one of the greatest sources of top broodmares in American racing history.
Race record
2 starts, 0 wins, 0 seconds, 0 thirds
As an individual
A bay mare; no further information available.
As a producer
Designated as a Reine-de-Course by pedigree analyst Ellen Parker, Affection produced eight named foals, of which seven started and six won. Her important foals are as follow:
Connections
Affection was bred by Stephen Sanford and was imported to the United States as an unraced 2-year-old by John Sanford, who inherited the filly on his father's death. She began her producing career as the property of John E. Madden, who sold the mare to Marshall Field III prior to the birth of her 1927 filly, Escutcheon.
Pedigree notes
Affection is inbred 4x4x3 to 1867 Derby Stakes winner and seven-time English champion sire Hermit and 5x5x5x4 to Hermit's sire Newminster, winner of the 1851 St. Leger Stakes and a two-time English champion sire. She is also inbred 5x4 to 1852 English dual Classic winner and seven-time English champion sire Stockwell, 5x5 to the important broodmare Ellen Horne and 5x5 to Toxophilite. She is by the Amphion horse Isidor, who was exported to the United States as a suckling with his dam Isis (a full sister to Ornis, granddam of the great matriarch Frizette) and was a stakes-winning sprinter.
Affection is out of the Minting mare One I Love, who won four stakes races as a juvenile. She is out of The Apple (by Hermit) and is a half sister to Thankful Blossom (by Paradox), third dam of 1924 American co-champion 3-year-old filly Nellie Morse and of Calumet Farm's great stallion Bull Lea. The next dam in Affection's tail-female line, Black Star, is by the 1876 Derby Stakes runner-up Forerunner out of an unnamed daughter of Toxophilite and the noted 19th-century race mare and foundation mare Maid of Masham.
Fun facts
Last updated: January 7, 2024
Race record
2 starts, 0 wins, 0 seconds, 0 thirds
As an individual
A bay mare; no further information available.
As a producer
Designated as a Reine-de-Course by pedigree analyst Ellen Parker, Affection produced eight named foals, of which seven started and six won. Her important foals are as follow:
- Emotion (1919, by Friar Rock) won the 1922 Test Stakes. She is the dam of 1928 American champion 2-year-old male High Strung (by High Time).
- Sanford (1922, by Sir Martin; a gelding) was a minor stakes winner.
- Flat Iron (1923, by Friar Rock; a gelding) won four stakes races at ages 4 and 5.
- Heloise (1925, by Friar Rock) won once in 14 starts. She produced six stakes winners including 1935 American champion 2-year-old male Tintagel (by Sir Gallahad III) and 1938 Matron Stakes and Spinaway Stakes winner Dinner Date (by Stimulus; dam of multiple stakes winner Menu, by Bahram). Heloise is the third dam of Royal Signal, winner of a division of the 1970 Acorn Stakes.
- Escutcheon (1927, by Sir Gallahad III) won the 1930 Alabama Stakes. She is the dam of 1937 Kentucky Oaks winner Mars Shield (by Diavolo), multiple juvenile stakes winner Strange Device (by Stimulus) and stakes winner By Far (by Bold Gallant). She is also the dam of the great matron Bourtai (by Stimulus), whose five stakes winners include 1957 American champion 3-year-old filly Bayou (by Hill Prince), 1968 Kentucky Broodmare of the Year Delta (by Nasrullah) and 1970 Kentucky Broodmare of the Year Levee (by Hill Prince). Another daughter of Escutcheon, Demolition (by Foray II), is the second dam of 1962 American co-champion 2-year-old filly Smart Deb.
- Hug Again (1931, by Stimulus) is the dam of 1941 Arlington Futurity and 1944 Dixie Handicap winner Sun Again (by Sun Teddy), who became a good sire for Calumet Farm and continued the male line of Teddy through his son Sword Dancer, the 1959 American Horse of the Year. Hug Again also produced 1947 American Derby winner Fervent (by Blenheim II) and 1953 Starlet Stakes winner Arrogate (by Goya II) and is the second dam of 1949 Choice Stakes winner Count-a-Bit (by Count Fleet).
- Proximity (1934, by Stimulus) is the third dam of 1965 Royal Poinciana Handicap winner Dark King and 1969 Schuylkill Stakes winner Rail Link.
Connections
Affection was bred by Stephen Sanford and was imported to the United States as an unraced 2-year-old by John Sanford, who inherited the filly on his father's death. She began her producing career as the property of John E. Madden, who sold the mare to Marshall Field III prior to the birth of her 1927 filly, Escutcheon.
Pedigree notes
Affection is inbred 4x4x3 to 1867 Derby Stakes winner and seven-time English champion sire Hermit and 5x5x5x4 to Hermit's sire Newminster, winner of the 1851 St. Leger Stakes and a two-time English champion sire. She is also inbred 5x4 to 1852 English dual Classic winner and seven-time English champion sire Stockwell, 5x5 to the important broodmare Ellen Horne and 5x5 to Toxophilite. She is by the Amphion horse Isidor, who was exported to the United States as a suckling with his dam Isis (a full sister to Ornis, granddam of the great matriarch Frizette) and was a stakes-winning sprinter.
Affection is out of the Minting mare One I Love, who won four stakes races as a juvenile. She is out of The Apple (by Hermit) and is a half sister to Thankful Blossom (by Paradox), third dam of 1924 American co-champion 3-year-old filly Nellie Morse and of Calumet Farm's great stallion Bull Lea. The next dam in Affection's tail-female line, Black Star, is by the 1876 Derby Stakes runner-up Forerunner out of an unnamed daughter of Toxophilite and the noted 19th-century race mare and foundation mare Maid of Masham.
Fun facts
- Affection's short racing career may have been due more to the whims of her owner than to any lack of talent or soundness on her part, as John Sanford raced most of his horses only at Saratoga and only at races that he could attend personally.
Last updated: January 7, 2024