The merits of Lemco's form prior to her triumph in the 1903 Kentucky Oaks can be judged by her 30-1 odds in an eight-horse field, and her win was generally attributed to a clever ride by her jockey. She won no other important races and was of no significance as a broodmare.
Race record
Complete record unavailable. According to the Louisville Courier-Journal, Lemco raced eight times prior to the Kentucky Oaks, winning once with one second and one third.
1903:
As an individual
A bay, Lemco was forced into retirement by a tendon injury suffered in April 1904.
As a producer
Lemco produced nine named foals. None were of any importance as racers or producers.
Connections
Lemco was bred, owned, and trained by Ed Corrigan. She was sold to George B. Ott as a broodmare and from there passed to the hands of Stone & Rucker, later becoming the property of Eugene Rucker alone. Her last known foal was born in 1923.
Pedigree notes
Lemco is inbred 5x4x5 to 16-time American champion sire Lexington. Sired by the stakes-winning Deceiver horse Ducat, she is out of La Pomona, a full sister to 1890 Kentucky Derby winner Riley (by Longfellow) and a half sister to Answer (by the Longfellow horse Lew Weir), second dam of the good juvenile filly Edna V.
Geneva, the dam of La Pomona, is a full sister to La Galatea, dam of 1889 Travers Stakes winner Long Dance (by Longfellow). The sisters' dam, La Gitana (by the Lexington horse Uncle Vic), was produced from the Knight of St. George mare Georgia Wood, whose dam was the Priam mare Margaret Wood. The female line traces back to an unnamed daughter of Janus (a paternal grandson of the Godolphin Arabian who also had considerable influence on the early background of the American Quarter Horse) and cannot be linked to any of the Bruce Lowe female families.
Fun facts
Last updated: September 28, 2022
Race record
Complete record unavailable. According to the Louisville Courier-Journal, Lemco raced eight times prior to the Kentucky Oaks, winning once with one second and one third.
1903:
- Won Kentucky Oaks (USA, 8.5FD, Churchill Downs)
As an individual
A bay, Lemco was forced into retirement by a tendon injury suffered in April 1904.
As a producer
Lemco produced nine named foals. None were of any importance as racers or producers.
Connections
Lemco was bred, owned, and trained by Ed Corrigan. She was sold to George B. Ott as a broodmare and from there passed to the hands of Stone & Rucker, later becoming the property of Eugene Rucker alone. Her last known foal was born in 1923.
Pedigree notes
Lemco is inbred 5x4x5 to 16-time American champion sire Lexington. Sired by the stakes-winning Deceiver horse Ducat, she is out of La Pomona, a full sister to 1890 Kentucky Derby winner Riley (by Longfellow) and a half sister to Answer (by the Longfellow horse Lew Weir), second dam of the good juvenile filly Edna V.
Geneva, the dam of La Pomona, is a full sister to La Galatea, dam of 1889 Travers Stakes winner Long Dance (by Longfellow). The sisters' dam, La Gitana (by the Lexington horse Uncle Vic), was produced from the Knight of St. George mare Georgia Wood, whose dam was the Priam mare Margaret Wood. The female line traces back to an unnamed daughter of Janus (a paternal grandson of the Godolphin Arabian who also had considerable influence on the early background of the American Quarter Horse) and cannot be linked to any of the Bruce Lowe female families.
Fun facts
- Lemco's win made Ed Corrigan the second man to breed, own, and train an Oaks winner. The first was Thomas McDowell, the breeder-owner-trainer of Rush in 1901.
- Although Ed Corrigan is listed as Lemco's trainer of record for the Kentucky Oaks, he actually had to return to Chicago several days before the race and left her in the care of his nephew, Patrick Dunne.
Last updated: September 28, 2022