Longitude (USA)
1877 – c. 1897
Longfellow (USA) x Fanny Malone (USA), by Jack Malone (USA)
American Family 22
1877 – c. 1897
Longfellow (USA) x Fanny Malone (USA), by Jack Malone (USA)
American Family 22
In human terms, Longitude was a “first cousin” to the inaugural Kentucky Oaks winner, Vinaigrette, and she emulated her cousin's success by taking the 1880 Kentucky Oaks. She proved a better producer than had Vinaigrette, coming up with a stakes winner and multiple stakes producer among her eight foals.
Race record
Unknown
1880:
As an individual
A “very lengthy,” “grand-looking” brown mare according to contemporary accounts, Longitude stood 16 hands.
As a producer
Longitude produced eight named foals. Her best runner was Lady Inez (by Spendthrift or Albert), winner of the 1886 Tennessee Oaks and dam of the multiple stakes winners Miss Inez (by Pirate of Penzance) and Yankee Consul (by Sempronius).
Connections
Foaled in Sumter County, Tennessee, Longitude was bred and owned by James B. Malone. She was trained by Major Buck Elliott and was ridden to her Kentucky Oaks win by Jimmy McLaughlin. She spent the first part of her broodmare career as Malone's property but in December 1886 passed through the National Horse and Cattle Exchange sale at Lexington and was purchased by Charles Bathgate of New York for US$160. In 1892, she was in the broodmare band at Spendthrift Stud and was included in the stud's dispersal sale of that year, where she was purchased by Frank Thompson of Lexington for US$725 for his Shady Side Stud. From there, she became part of the broodmare band at W. P. Norton's Adelbert Stud, where she was last mentioned in 1897.
Pedigree notes
Longfellow is inbred 4x4 to unbeaten American Eclipse. A full sister to 1885 Jerome Handicap winner Longview, she is out of Fanny Malone, whose half sister Liza Davis (by Whirlwind) produced 1875 Kentucky Oaks winner Vinaigrette (by Vandal); multiple stakes winner General Harding (by Great Tom); Pixy (by Bramble), dam of multiple stakes winner Gamara (by the Ormonde horse Sorcerer) and second dam of stakes winner Luralighter; and Wiregrass (by Jack Malone), dam of juvenile stakes winner Marguerite (by Iroquois).
Fanny Malone and Liza Davis were produced from the Albion mare Fanny Barrow, whose full sister Sally Crow is the second dam of 1881 Ohio Derby winner Bootjack and the third dam of 1902 American champion 2-year-old male Irish Lad. The female line traces to a matron named Black Sophia (by Tayloe's Top Gallant), whose ancestry cannot be traced further back than her great-granddam, an animal known as the Bowie (or Buie) Mare.
Last updated: July 1, 2022
Race record
Unknown
1880:
- Won Kentucky Oaks (USA, 12FD, Churchill Downs)
- 3rd Belle Meade Stakes #1 (USA, 12FD, Nashville)
As an individual
A “very lengthy,” “grand-looking” brown mare according to contemporary accounts, Longitude stood 16 hands.
As a producer
Longitude produced eight named foals. Her best runner was Lady Inez (by Spendthrift or Albert), winner of the 1886 Tennessee Oaks and dam of the multiple stakes winners Miss Inez (by Pirate of Penzance) and Yankee Consul (by Sempronius).
Connections
Foaled in Sumter County, Tennessee, Longitude was bred and owned by James B. Malone. She was trained by Major Buck Elliott and was ridden to her Kentucky Oaks win by Jimmy McLaughlin. She spent the first part of her broodmare career as Malone's property but in December 1886 passed through the National Horse and Cattle Exchange sale at Lexington and was purchased by Charles Bathgate of New York for US$160. In 1892, she was in the broodmare band at Spendthrift Stud and was included in the stud's dispersal sale of that year, where she was purchased by Frank Thompson of Lexington for US$725 for his Shady Side Stud. From there, she became part of the broodmare band at W. P. Norton's Adelbert Stud, where she was last mentioned in 1897.
Pedigree notes
Longfellow is inbred 4x4 to unbeaten American Eclipse. A full sister to 1885 Jerome Handicap winner Longview, she is out of Fanny Malone, whose half sister Liza Davis (by Whirlwind) produced 1875 Kentucky Oaks winner Vinaigrette (by Vandal); multiple stakes winner General Harding (by Great Tom); Pixy (by Bramble), dam of multiple stakes winner Gamara (by the Ormonde horse Sorcerer) and second dam of stakes winner Luralighter; and Wiregrass (by Jack Malone), dam of juvenile stakes winner Marguerite (by Iroquois).
Fanny Malone and Liza Davis were produced from the Albion mare Fanny Barrow, whose full sister Sally Crow is the second dam of 1881 Ohio Derby winner Bootjack and the third dam of 1902 American champion 2-year-old male Irish Lad. The female line traces to a matron named Black Sophia (by Tayloe's Top Gallant), whose ancestry cannot be traced further back than her great-granddam, an animal known as the Bowie (or Buie) Mare.
Last updated: July 1, 2022