Kingman (USA)
1888 – 1893
Glengarry (GB) x Patricia (USA), by Vauxhall (USA)
Family 23-b
1888 – 1893
Glengarry (GB) x Patricia (USA), by Vauxhall (USA)
Family 23-b
While the Kentucky Derby remained a popular spectacle, the refusal of major Eastern owners such as the Dwyer Brothers and James Ben Ali Haggin to bring horses west for the race was hurting the Derby in terms of field size and quality. The 1891 renewal drew just four starters, and the race itself was one of the oddest ever staged in a major stakes event. Unbeknownst to one another, all four jockeys had been given orders to restrain their mounts off the pace, and the result was an absurdly slow first mile with the four contestants galloping along side by side. The pace picked up a bit over the next quarter, but no one broke ranks until Overton and Balgowan were given their heads with two furlongs to run. Isaac Murphy promptly gave chase with Kingman and ended up winning by a length over Balgowan. After that, Kingman gained one more major win in the Latonia Derby. He did not race again after the end of his 3-year-old season and sired nothing of significance in a brief stud career.
Race record
28 starts, 10 wins, 6 seconds, 6 thirds, US$19,365
1890:
1891:
As an individual
A bay colt standing 16 hands, Kingman had a long barrel but was short-coupled. He was light-boned and had small feet. He appeared to lose form after a taxing race in the American Derby, in which he attempted to carry 129 pounds over a very heavy track and was conceding 7 pounds to the winner, Strathmeath, and 14 pounds to second-place Overton; his only win after that was in a handicap sweepstakes at the Hamline track near St. Paul, Minnesota.
Connections
Foaled near Gallatin, Tennessee, Kingman was bred by A. C. Franklin at his Kennesaw Farm and was a US$250 yearling purchase by Dudley Allen. He was initially listed as owned by Allen and Kinzea Stone at 2 and was later listed as owned by Jacobin Stable, in which Stone was the leading partner. He was trained by Allen. When Jacobin Stable dispersed on September 26, 1891, at auction at Latonia, John E. Madden purchased Kingman for US$4,600 with the intent of pointing the colt toward the 1894 Brooklyn Handicap and Suburban Handicap, but Kingman never got back to the races and died in 1893.
Pedigree notes
Kingman is inbred 5x5 to the influential 19th-century sire Muley and the broodmare Nancy through the full brother and sister Muley Moloch (a high-class racer) and Britannia. He is a half brother to Percita (by Bishop), dam of 1907 Empire City Handicap winner Prince Ahmed (by King Hanover), and to Apozea (by Bishop), dam of the extremely fast juvenile filly Sofala (by Balgowan). He is also a half brother to Entricia (by Enquirer), third dam of 1919 Kentucky Oaks winner Lillian Shaw.
Patricia, the dam of Kingman, was sired by the Lexington horse Vauxhall, considered by many observers to be the best older horse running in North America in 1869. She was produced from 1873 Alabama Stakes winner Minnie Mc (by Planet), an influential broodmare whose other foals include Vacation (by Tom Ochiltree), dam of 1896 Ladies' Handicap winner Intermission (by Galopin; dam of stakes winners Interval, by Fonso, and Carrie Jones, by Requital) and 1898 Belmont Stakes winner Bowling Brook (by Ayrshire); Holiday (by Hopeful), a juvenile stakes winner and the dam of stakes winners Dolce Far Niente (by Hanover) and Smile (by St. Florian); and Specialty (by Sensation), dam of stakes winner Specific (by St. Florian).
Minnie Mc, in turn, was produced from the Knight of St. George mare Edina, also the dam of stakes winner Elemi (by Asteroid; dam of 1896 St. Louis Derby winner Prince Leif, by King Eric) and of Alme, dam of 1884 St. Louis Derby winner Audrain (by Springbok). The female line traces back to the important 19th-century import Galopade through her daughter Fandango (by Leviathan).
Fun facts
Race record
28 starts, 10 wins, 6 seconds, 6 thirds, US$19,365
1890:
- 2nd Edgewater Handicap (USA, 6FD, Latonia)
- 2nd Kentucky Central Railway Stakes (USA, 8FD, Latonia)
- 2nd Hyde Park Stakes (USA, 6FD, Washington Park)
- 3rd a free handicap sweepstakes (USA, 6FD, Monmouth)
1891:
- Won Phoenix Stakes (USA, 9FD, Lexington; new track record 1:53-1/2)
- Won Kentucky Derby (USA, 12FD, Churchill Downs)
- Won Latonia Derby (USA, 12FD, Latonia)
- Won a free handicap sweepstakes (USA, 8.5FD, Hamline)
- 3rd American Derby (USA, 12FD, Washington Park)
As an individual
A bay colt standing 16 hands, Kingman had a long barrel but was short-coupled. He was light-boned and had small feet. He appeared to lose form after a taxing race in the American Derby, in which he attempted to carry 129 pounds over a very heavy track and was conceding 7 pounds to the winner, Strathmeath, and 14 pounds to second-place Overton; his only win after that was in a handicap sweepstakes at the Hamline track near St. Paul, Minnesota.
Connections
Foaled near Gallatin, Tennessee, Kingman was bred by A. C. Franklin at his Kennesaw Farm and was a US$250 yearling purchase by Dudley Allen. He was initially listed as owned by Allen and Kinzea Stone at 2 and was later listed as owned by Jacobin Stable, in which Stone was the leading partner. He was trained by Allen. When Jacobin Stable dispersed on September 26, 1891, at auction at Latonia, John E. Madden purchased Kingman for US$4,600 with the intent of pointing the colt toward the 1894 Brooklyn Handicap and Suburban Handicap, but Kingman never got back to the races and died in 1893.
Pedigree notes
Kingman is inbred 5x5 to the influential 19th-century sire Muley and the broodmare Nancy through the full brother and sister Muley Moloch (a high-class racer) and Britannia. He is a half brother to Percita (by Bishop), dam of 1907 Empire City Handicap winner Prince Ahmed (by King Hanover), and to Apozea (by Bishop), dam of the extremely fast juvenile filly Sofala (by Balgowan). He is also a half brother to Entricia (by Enquirer), third dam of 1919 Kentucky Oaks winner Lillian Shaw.
Patricia, the dam of Kingman, was sired by the Lexington horse Vauxhall, considered by many observers to be the best older horse running in North America in 1869. She was produced from 1873 Alabama Stakes winner Minnie Mc (by Planet), an influential broodmare whose other foals include Vacation (by Tom Ochiltree), dam of 1896 Ladies' Handicap winner Intermission (by Galopin; dam of stakes winners Interval, by Fonso, and Carrie Jones, by Requital) and 1898 Belmont Stakes winner Bowling Brook (by Ayrshire); Holiday (by Hopeful), a juvenile stakes winner and the dam of stakes winners Dolce Far Niente (by Hanover) and Smile (by St. Florian); and Specialty (by Sensation), dam of stakes winner Specific (by St. Florian).
Minnie Mc, in turn, was produced from the Knight of St. George mare Edina, also the dam of stakes winner Elemi (by Asteroid; dam of 1896 St. Louis Derby winner Prince Leif, by King Eric) and of Alme, dam of 1884 St. Louis Derby winner Audrain (by Springbok). The female line traces back to the important 19th-century import Galopade through her daughter Fandango (by Leviathan).
Fun facts
- Kingman's Kentucky Derby time of 2:52-1/4 was the slowest ever for a Derby contested over the original 12-furlong distance. In contrast, his time in his prep race, the Phoenix Hotel Stakes, was said to have been a new American record for a 3-year-old over the distance.
- According to the Louisville Courier-Journal of May 14, 1891, Kingman's co-owner and trainer Dudley Allen stated that prior to the Kentucky Derby, he had instructed Isaac Murphy to “walk, if Balgowan walked, and he came near doing it.” He also disclosed that three days before the Derby, he had worked Kingman the full Derby distance in 2:35-1/2.
- Kingman was one of three Kentucky Derby winners foaled in the state of Tennessee. The others were Lord Murphy (1879) and Typhoon II (1897).
- Kingman made Isaac Murphy the first jockey to ride as many as three Kentucky Derby winners. Murphy had previously won with Buchanan (1884) and Riley (1890).
- In spite of the small field, the Kentucky Derby crowd was so large that the official starter, Jim Ferguson, had to be provided with a police escort to enable him to reach the race's starting point.