Etta was a winner in selling company at 2, but that was all she accomplished that year, and John Madden did not consider her worth taking to New York in fall with the better horses of his stable. At 3, she scored an upset win in the Kentucky Oaks over seven other fillies, beating Scarlet Lily by a neck. She later won a purse race at Chicago's Harlem track but by the end of the year had dropped back into selling company and was retired to the paddocks. She was exported to France in 1908 and left nothing of significance behind.
Race record
Complete record unavailable
1900:
As an individual
A smoothly-made dark bay or brown mare, Etta could be temperamental.
As a producer
Etta produced three foals prior to her export, none of any importance.
Connections
Etta was bred by A. J. Alexander. She was owned by John E. Madden, who purchased her as a yearling. She was trained by Edward “Brown Dick” Brown, who probably owned her in partnership with Madden at the time of her Oaks win as he is listed as the owner or co-owner by the National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame and the on-line Kentucky Derby media guide. The filly was ridden to her Kentucky Oaks score by the noted black jockey Alfred "Monk" Overton.
Pedigree notes
Etta is inbred 3x3 to the important 19th-century American sire Australian, 4x4x4 to 16-time American champion sire Lexington, 5x5x5 to two-time English champion sire Melbourne, and 5x5 to eight-time American champion sire Glencoe. She is a half sister to 1889 Flash Stakes winner Protection (by Prince Charlie).
Etta is out of the Glenelg mare Manola, in turn a daughter of the Australian mare Malaga. A full sister to Malta, dam of 1887 Alabama Stakes winner Grisette (by Glenelg), and a half sister to 1887 Travers Stakes winner Carey (by King Alfonso), Malaga is out of the Lexington mare Miranda, a full sister to 1866 Travers Stakes winner Merrill and 1876 Kentucky Oaks winner Necy Hale and a half sister to Magenta (by Yorkshire), dam of 1878 Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes winner Duke of Magenta (by Lexington).
Fun facts
Last updated: September 21, 2022
Race record
Complete record unavailable
1900:
- Won Kentucky Oaks (USA, 8.5FD, Churchill Downs)
As an individual
A smoothly-made dark bay or brown mare, Etta could be temperamental.
As a producer
Etta produced three foals prior to her export, none of any importance.
Connections
Etta was bred by A. J. Alexander. She was owned by John E. Madden, who purchased her as a yearling. She was trained by Edward “Brown Dick” Brown, who probably owned her in partnership with Madden at the time of her Oaks win as he is listed as the owner or co-owner by the National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame and the on-line Kentucky Derby media guide. The filly was ridden to her Kentucky Oaks score by the noted black jockey Alfred "Monk" Overton.
Pedigree notes
Etta is inbred 3x3 to the important 19th-century American sire Australian, 4x4x4 to 16-time American champion sire Lexington, 5x5x5 to two-time English champion sire Melbourne, and 5x5 to eight-time American champion sire Glencoe. She is a half sister to 1889 Flash Stakes winner Protection (by Prince Charlie).
Etta is out of the Glenelg mare Manola, in turn a daughter of the Australian mare Malaga. A full sister to Malta, dam of 1887 Alabama Stakes winner Grisette (by Glenelg), and a half sister to 1887 Travers Stakes winner Carey (by King Alfonso), Malaga is out of the Lexington mare Miranda, a full sister to 1866 Travers Stakes winner Merrill and 1876 Kentucky Oaks winner Necy Hale and a half sister to Magenta (by Yorkshire), dam of 1878 Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes winner Duke of Magenta (by Lexington).
Fun facts
- After the Kentucky Oaks, Brown admitted that he had put Etta in the Kentucky Oaks “to work her out” and had not bet on her, though John Madden bet US$300 on her to place and show and though Brown himself thought she had an excellent chance to win.
- Prior to winning the Kentucky Oaks with Etta, Monk Overton set an American record by sweeping six races in succession on the July 10, 1891 card at Washington Park, he did not have a mount in the only other race of the day. His record for same-day wins at a sanctioned race meeting above the fair level was tied by another black jockey, Jimmy Lee, in 1907 while riding at Churchill Downs.
Last updated: September 21, 2022