Mate (USA)
1928 – June 25, 1953
Prince Pal (USA) x Killashandra (USA), by Ambassador IV (GB)
Family 22-a
1928 – June 25, 1953
Prince Pal (USA) x Killashandra (USA), by Ambassador IV (GB)
Family 22-a
From the private collection of Dale Wyatt. Used by permission.
A member of a vintage crop, Mate was just behind the very best of his generation in raw ability and exceeded them in toughness, soundness and durability. While he proved an indifferent sire, he passed his best qualities on to his son Elkridge, a two-time American champion steeplechaser and a member of the National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame.
Race record
75 starts, 20 wins, 14 seconds, 9 thirds, US$301,810 (including converted English earnings)
1930:
1931:
1932:
1933:
1934:
Assessments
Rated fourth among American juveniles of 1930 by The Blood-Horse.
Rated second among American 3-year-old males of 1931 by The Blood-Horse.
As an individual
A strongly made chestnut horse, Mate was big and physically impressive.
As a stallion
According to records kept by The Jockey Club, Mate sired 84 winners (67.7%) and 5 stakes winners (4.0%) from 124 named foals.
Notable progeny
Elkridge (USA)
Connections
Mate was bred and owned by A. P. Bostwick, Jr. He was trained by Jim Healy. He was humanely destroyed in 1953 after failing to respond to treatment for "intestinal complications."
Pedigree notes
Mate is inbred 4x5x5 to nine-time English champion sire St. Simon, 5x5x5 to 1887 English champion sire Hampton and 5x5 to 1880 Derby Stakes winner Bend Or. Sired by Prince Pal, an indifferent son of two-time Ascot Gold Cup winner Prince Palatine, he is a full brother to Kaka, third dam of two-time Vanity Handicap winner Annie-Lu-San. He is a half brother to 1936 Shevlin Stakes winner Gean Canach (by St. Germans) and 1941 Vanity Handicap winner Painted Veil (by Blue Larkspur), dam of stakes winners Mohammedan (by Mahmoud) and Tulyars Veil (by Tulyar) and second dam of stakes winners Blue Serenade, Carnival Boy and Visier.
Mate's dam Killashandra was stakes-placed in a minor event. Her dam The Banshee (by the Melton horse His Majesty) won the Phoenix Plate in Ireland but was of little account as a producer, and the next dam in the tail-female line, Bannagroe (by the St. Simon horse St. Aidan) was only a minor winner. Bannagroe, however, was a half sister to 1905 Irish Oaks winner Blakestown (by Lesterlin) and to Fairyland (by Lesterlin), dam of 1913 Irish Oaks winner Athgreany (by Galloping Simon) and granddam of the notable Irish taproot mare Athasi.
Books and media
Mate is profiled in Chapter 6 of Avalyn Hunter's American Classic Pedigrees 1914-2002 (2003, Eclipse Press).
Race record
75 starts, 20 wins, 14 seconds, 9 thirds, US$301,810 (including converted English earnings)
1930:
- Won Spaulding Lowe Jenkins Handicap (USA, 8FD, Laurel)
- Won Walden Handicap (USA, 8.5FD, Pimlico)
- Won Breeders' Futurity (USA, about 5.75FD, Lexington)
- Won Champagne Stakes (USA, about 6.75FD, Belmont)
- 2nd Richard Johnson Stakes (USA, 6FD, Laurel)
- 3rd Pimlico Futurity (USA, 8.5FD, Pimlico)
- 3rd Futurity Stakes (USA, about 7FD, Belmont)
1931:
- Won Preakness Stakes (USA, 9.5, Pimlico)
- Won American Derby (USA, 10FD, Washington Park)
- Won Classic Stakes (USA, 10FD, Arlington Park; new track record 2:02-2/5)
- Won Kenner Stakes (USA, 9.5FD, Saratoga)
- Won Stanley Produce Stakes (CAN, 10FD, Woodbine)
- Won Thanksgiving Handicap (USA, 9FD, Bowie)
- 2nd Hawthorne Gold Cup (USA, 10FD, Hawthorne)
- 3rd Kentucky Derby (USA, 10FD, Churchill Downs)
- 3rd Maryland Handicap (USA, 10FD, Laurel)
- 3rd Potomac Handicap (USA, 8.5FD, Havre de Grace)
1932:
- 2nd Bryan and O'Hara Memorial Handicap (USA, 9.5FD, Bowie)
- 2nd Riggs Handicap (USA, 12FD, Pimlico)
- 2nd Whitney Gold Cup Handicap (USA)
- 3rd Arlington Gold Cup (USA, 10FD, Arlington Park)
- 3rd Hawthorne Gold Cup (USA, 10FD, Hawthorne)
- 3rd Washington Handicap (USA, 10FD, Laurel)
- 3rd Brooklyn Handicap (USA, 9FD, Aqueduct)
- 3rd Thanksgiving Handicap (USA, 8.5FD, Bowie)
- 3rd Metropolitan Handicap (USA, 8FD, Belmont)
1933:
- Won Challenger Invitational Purse (USA)
- Won Thanksgiving Handicap (USA, 8.5FD, Bowie)
- 2nd Washington Handicap (USA, 10FD, Laurel)
- 2nd Bryan and O'Hara Memorial Handicap (USA, 9.5FD, Bowie)
- 3rd Havre de Grace Handicap (USA, 9FD, Havre de Grace)
- 3rd Wilson Stakes (USA, 8FD, Saratoga)
1934:
- Won Challenge Stakes (ENG, 6FT, Newmarket)
- 2nd Coronation Cup (ENG, 12FT, Epsom)
- 3rd City and Suburban Handicap (ENG, 10FT, Epsom)
- 3rd Duke of York Handicap (ENG, 10FT, Kempton)
Assessments
Rated fourth among American juveniles of 1930 by The Blood-Horse.
Rated second among American 3-year-old males of 1931 by The Blood-Horse.
As an individual
A strongly made chestnut horse, Mate was big and physically impressive.
As a stallion
According to records kept by The Jockey Club, Mate sired 84 winners (67.7%) and 5 stakes winners (4.0%) from 124 named foals.
Notable progeny
Elkridge (USA)
Connections
Mate was bred and owned by A. P. Bostwick, Jr. He was trained by Jim Healy. He was humanely destroyed in 1953 after failing to respond to treatment for "intestinal complications."
Pedigree notes
Mate is inbred 4x5x5 to nine-time English champion sire St. Simon, 5x5x5 to 1887 English champion sire Hampton and 5x5 to 1880 Derby Stakes winner Bend Or. Sired by Prince Pal, an indifferent son of two-time Ascot Gold Cup winner Prince Palatine, he is a full brother to Kaka, third dam of two-time Vanity Handicap winner Annie-Lu-San. He is a half brother to 1936 Shevlin Stakes winner Gean Canach (by St. Germans) and 1941 Vanity Handicap winner Painted Veil (by Blue Larkspur), dam of stakes winners Mohammedan (by Mahmoud) and Tulyars Veil (by Tulyar) and second dam of stakes winners Blue Serenade, Carnival Boy and Visier.
Mate's dam Killashandra was stakes-placed in a minor event. Her dam The Banshee (by the Melton horse His Majesty) won the Phoenix Plate in Ireland but was of little account as a producer, and the next dam in the tail-female line, Bannagroe (by the St. Simon horse St. Aidan) was only a minor winner. Bannagroe, however, was a half sister to 1905 Irish Oaks winner Blakestown (by Lesterlin) and to Fairyland (by Lesterlin), dam of 1913 Irish Oaks winner Athgreany (by Galloping Simon) and granddam of the notable Irish taproot mare Athasi.
Books and media
Mate is profiled in Chapter 6 of Avalyn Hunter's American Classic Pedigrees 1914-2002 (2003, Eclipse Press).