Vaila (GB)
1911 – 1933
Fariman (GB) x Padilla (GB), by Macheath (GB)
Family 8-f
1911 – 1933
Fariman (GB) x Padilla (GB), by Macheath (GB)
Family 8-f
Although she won only the relative unimportant Moultrie Stakes, Vaila was actually not far off the best fillies of her crop over a mile or less, losing the important Cheveley Park Stakes (often considered the championship event for English juvenile fillies at that time) by only a neck and placing against good fillies at 3. Nonetheless, her indifferent pedigree brought her value down as a prospective broodmare, and she ended up being exported to the United States, where she became a foundation mare for Colonel Edward Riley Bradley's Idle Hour Stock Farm.
Race record
10 starts, 1 win
1913:
1914:
As an individual
A brown mare; no other information available.
As a producer
Vaila produced nine named foals. Her important foals are as follow:
Connections
Vaila was bred by Captain Laing. She was sold to Cliff Hammond, acting as agent for Colonel E. R. Bradley, for 80 guineas and was imported to the United States in 1915.
Pedigree notes
Vaila is inbred 4x5 to seven-time English champion sire Stockwell, winner of the 1852 Two Thousand Guineas and St. Leger Stakes. Her sire Fariman was a good stakes winner in England and Ireland but, like most sons of Gallinule, proved a bad sire. Vaila is out of Padilla (by 1882 Middle Park Stakes winner Macheath, a bad sire), whose half sister Padula (by the good racer but moderate sire Laveno) produced 1921 Blue Grass Stakes winner and Kentucky Derby runner-up Black Servant (by Black Toney), 1926 American Derby winner Boot to Boot (by North Star III), multiple stakes winner Best Pal (by Helmet), and stakes producers Beginner's Luck (by Black Toney) and Beauty Slave (by Black Toney).
Padula and Padilla were produced from Padua (by Uncas or Thurio). A winner of six of 40 starts at distances ranging from 5 to 12 furlongs, Padua was tough and versatile but not very classy. Her probable sire Thurio won the 1878 Grand Prix de Paris but was a bad sire, and her dam Immortelle (by Paul Jones) had little to recommend her.
Race record
10 starts, 1 win
1913:
- Won Moulton Stakes (ENG, Newmarket)
- 2nd Cheveley Park Stakes (ENG, 6FT, Newmarket)
1914:
- 2nd Atalanta Stakes (ENG, about 8FT, Sandown)
- 3rd Falmouth Stakes (ENG, 8FT, Newmarket)
As an individual
A brown mare; no other information available.
As a producer
Vaila produced nine named foals. Her important foals are as follow:
- Miss Jemima (1917, by Black Toney) is the generally accepted American co-champion 2-year-old filly of 1919 with Constancy. She is the dam of 1933 Arlington Futurity winner Far Star (by North Star III), who produced the stakes-winning colts Star Boarder (by Sweep All), Star Reward (by Reaping Reward), Fleeting Star (by Count Fleet) and Sabaean (by Challedon) and is the second dam of stakes winner Here's Hoping. Miss Jemima is also the dam of stakes winner King's Heir (by North Star III) and of stakes producers Jemima Lee (by General Lee) and Miss Toro (by Toro).
- Blossom Time (1920, by North Star III) won the 1922 Pimlico Futurity. She is the dam of Blue Larkspur, who is the consensus winner of three American championship titles (including Horse of the Year honors on 1929) and was an excellent sire and broodmare sire.
- Befuddle (1921, by Black Toney) won the 1923 Schuylerville Stakes and the 1924 Latonia Oaks but had no produce.
- Broadway Jones (1922, by Black Toney) won the 1925 Latonia Derby. He sired six stakes winners from 77 named foals but none of any importance.
- Beelzebub (1925, by Black Servant) won six steeplechase stakes races.
- Blind Date (1927, by Black Toney) is the third dam of four stakes winners including 1962 New York Handicap winner Honey Dear and 1969 Santa Ysabel Stakes winner Easter Junction.
- Bridal Colors (1931, by Black Toney) is the dam of 1947 Hopeful Stakes winner Relic (by War Relic), a good sire. She is the second dam of four stakes winners including 1952 Delaware Oaks winner Big Mo.
Connections
Vaila was bred by Captain Laing. She was sold to Cliff Hammond, acting as agent for Colonel E. R. Bradley, for 80 guineas and was imported to the United States in 1915.
Pedigree notes
Vaila is inbred 4x5 to seven-time English champion sire Stockwell, winner of the 1852 Two Thousand Guineas and St. Leger Stakes. Her sire Fariman was a good stakes winner in England and Ireland but, like most sons of Gallinule, proved a bad sire. Vaila is out of Padilla (by 1882 Middle Park Stakes winner Macheath, a bad sire), whose half sister Padula (by the good racer but moderate sire Laveno) produced 1921 Blue Grass Stakes winner and Kentucky Derby runner-up Black Servant (by Black Toney), 1926 American Derby winner Boot to Boot (by North Star III), multiple stakes winner Best Pal (by Helmet), and stakes producers Beginner's Luck (by Black Toney) and Beauty Slave (by Black Toney).
Padula and Padilla were produced from Padua (by Uncas or Thurio). A winner of six of 40 starts at distances ranging from 5 to 12 furlongs, Padua was tough and versatile but not very classy. Her probable sire Thurio won the 1878 Grand Prix de Paris but was a bad sire, and her dam Immortelle (by Paul Jones) had little to recommend her.