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Samaria (USA)

1907 – ?

Kilkerran (GB) x Tapiola (USA), by The Commoner (USA)

Family 13-b
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​After competing in undistinguished company since April 1909, Samaria finally managed to break her maiden in October over a muddy Latonia track. The conditions were a portent regarding her one important victory, as she won the Kentucky Oaks over off going as well. She won several selling races and was stakes-placed in a minor event after her Oaks score, but her merit as a racer can be estimated by the fact that her owner set a price of US$1,500 on her a little more than a month after the Oaks. She had no known foals.


Race record

Complete record unavailable


1910:
  • Won Kentucky Oaks (USA, 8.5FD, Churchill Downs)
  • 3rd Final Stakes (USA, 9FD, Latonia)


As an individual

A bay mare, Samaria was relatively lightly built in front but had good rein length and short cannons; she also had a long hip and powerful hindquarters. She liked off going and was at her best when she could take the early lead and dictate the pace.


Connections

Foaled in Bourbon County, Kentucky, Samaria was bred by the Talbot Brothers. She was originally trained (and apparently co-owned) by Al Steele for J. P. Ross at 2 but campaigned at 3 as the property of J. P. Ross & Co. (the “Co.” referring to a Mr. Looney who was Ross's silent partner). She was trained to her Oaks victory by Will McDaniel, previously the trainer of 1893 Kentucky Derby winner Lookout.



Pedigree notes

Samaria's pedigree is outcrossed through five generations. She was sired by Kilkerran (an imported son of 1888 Two Thousand Guineas and Derby Stakes winner Ayrshire) out of Tapiola (by The Commoner), making her a half sister to multiple stakes winner Mulciber (by Vulcain). Tapiola, in turn, was produced from the Hindoo mare Catalpa, a full sister to stakes winners Mabel Glenn and Humidity and to Nadavis, dam of juvenile stakes winner Dollie Dollars (by Toddington). Catalpa is also a full sister to Fair Penitent, second dam of 1915 Spinaway Stakes winner Jacoba.



Fun facts
  • Samaria was the second capital city of the biblical kingdom of Israel, replacing Tirzah as the residence of the country's kings. It was built in the ninth century before Christ, about a century after the conclusion of the reign of Solomon and the division of his kingdom into the northern Kingdom of Israel and the southern Kingdom of Judah. The city fell to the Assyrian monarch Sargon II in the late 8th century B.C., but the name “Samaria” for the surrounding region persisted into Roman times although the city itself was eventually renamed “Sebaste” by Herod the Great.
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​Last updated: January 29, 2020

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