Lucy May (USA)
1878 – c. 1894
Buckden (GB) x Georgia Bowman (USA), by Lexington (USA)
American Family 29
1878 – c. 1894
Buckden (GB) x Georgia Bowman (USA), by Lexington (USA)
American Family 29
Lucy May was one of the better Western-based fillies of her crop at 2 and 3 and was at her best in the spring and summer of 1881, when she won the Kentucky Oaks, the Ashland Oaks and the Illinois Oaks. She did not win any stakes events after that but won purse races in good company as a 4-year-old. Unfortunately, she was not able to reproduce her racing success as a broodmare.
Race record
Unknown
1880:
1881:
As an individual
A small chestnut mare, Lucy May stood only 14.3 hands in May of her 3-year-old season but was considered extremely attractive with a graceful build. Contemporary newspaper accounts describe her as having a light, airy action.
As a producer
Lucy May produced only three named foals, none of any significance. She was plagued by frequent barrenness during her broodmare career.
Connections
Foaled in Kentucky, Lucy May was bred and owned by Robert F. Johnson of Mount Zoah Stud. She was ridden to her Kentucky Oaks win by a jockey identified as "Wolfe" in contemporary accounts. At 5, she raced in the silks of W. H. Cheppus. As a broodmare, she passed to the ownership of Byron McClelland. There is no report of her after 1894.
Pedigree notes
Sired by the popular English import Buckden (by 1863 St. Leger Stakes winner Lord Clifden), Lucy May is inbred 4x4 to six-time English champion sire Sultan. She was produced from Georgia Bowman, whose full sister Lady Motley produced 1891 Kentucky Oaks winner Miss Hawkins (by Billet) and stakes winner Lucifer (by Leamington) and is the third dam of 1906 Brooklyn Handicap winner Tokalon.
Georgia Bowman and Lady Motley were produced from Anna C. (by Glencoe), whose dam Polly C. was sired by Wagner. The female line traces back to an unnamed daughter of the inaugural Derby Stakes winner, Diomed; according to Bloodlines.net, this matron was produced from a Thoroughbred mare owned by Colonel Lyles of Maryland.
Fun facts
Last updated: July 1, 2022
Race record
Unknown
1880:
- Won Blue Grass Stakes (USA, 6FD, Churchill Downs)
1881:
- Won Kentucky Oaks (USA, 12FD, Churchill Downs)
- Won Ashland Oaks (USA, 12FD, Lexington)
- Won Illinois Oaks (USA, 12FD, Chicago)
As an individual
A small chestnut mare, Lucy May stood only 14.3 hands in May of her 3-year-old season but was considered extremely attractive with a graceful build. Contemporary newspaper accounts describe her as having a light, airy action.
As a producer
Lucy May produced only three named foals, none of any significance. She was plagued by frequent barrenness during her broodmare career.
Connections
Foaled in Kentucky, Lucy May was bred and owned by Robert F. Johnson of Mount Zoah Stud. She was ridden to her Kentucky Oaks win by a jockey identified as "Wolfe" in contemporary accounts. At 5, she raced in the silks of W. H. Cheppus. As a broodmare, she passed to the ownership of Byron McClelland. There is no report of her after 1894.
Pedigree notes
Sired by the popular English import Buckden (by 1863 St. Leger Stakes winner Lord Clifden), Lucy May is inbred 4x4 to six-time English champion sire Sultan. She was produced from Georgia Bowman, whose full sister Lady Motley produced 1891 Kentucky Oaks winner Miss Hawkins (by Billet) and stakes winner Lucifer (by Leamington) and is the third dam of 1906 Brooklyn Handicap winner Tokalon.
Georgia Bowman and Lady Motley were produced from Anna C. (by Glencoe), whose dam Polly C. was sired by Wagner. The female line traces back to an unnamed daughter of the inaugural Derby Stakes winner, Diomed; according to Bloodlines.net, this matron was produced from a Thoroughbred mare owned by Colonel Lyles of Maryland.
Fun facts
- Lucy May was the first of six Kentucky Oaks winners produced from daughters of Lexington, the most successful broodmare sire in the history of the race. The others were Katie Creel (1882), Vera (1883), Lizzie Dwyer (1885), Pure Rye (1886), and Miss Hawkins (1891).
Last updated: July 1, 2022