One of four foals produced from Windfields Farm foundation mare Iribelle, Victoriana was the only one not to be a stakes winner but more than made up for that as a producer. The dam of two Canadian champions and the granddam of another champion and a champion sire, she was one of the first great matrons produced by E. P. Taylor’s breeding program.
Race record
Unraced
As an individual
A bay mare; no further information available.
As a producer
Designated as a Reine-de-Course by pedigree analyst Ellen Parker, Victoriana produced nine named foals, of which seven started and won. Her important foals are as follow:
Connections
Foaled in Ontario, Victoriana was bred and owned by E. P. Taylor.
Pedigree notes
Victoriana is inbred 5x5 to two-time American Horse of the Year Commando. She is a half sister to 1952 Canadian Horse of the Year Canadiana (by Chop Chop), dam of multiple Canadian stakes winner All Canadian (by Windfields) and second dam of French Group 2 winner Glenorum. Victoriana is also a half sister to multiple Canadian stakes winners Bennington (by Boswell) and Britannia (by Windfield's sire Bunty Lawless); the latter is the dam of Canadian stakes winner Myanna, by Chop Chop.
Victoriana, in turn, is out of Iribelle (by four-time Canadian champion sire Osiris II), a full sister to 1938 Canadian champion 3-year-old filly Mona Bell. Produced from the King James mare Belmona, Iribelle is also a full sister to Lady Mona, dam of multiple Canadian stakes winner Acadian (by Teddy Wrack). The female line traces back to the English import Bella-Donna, dam of the great Beldame.
Last updated: January 23, 2024
Race record
Unraced
As an individual
A bay mare; no further information available.
As a producer
Designated as a Reine-de-Course by pedigree analyst Ellen Parker, Victoriana produced nine named foals, of which seven started and won. Her important foals are as follow:
- Bull Vic (1956, by Bull Page) won three Canadian stakes as a juvenile. He sired two stakes winners from 40 named foals of racing age.
- Victoria Park (1957, by Chop Chop) was the 1960 Canadian Horse of the Year and was a good stakes winner and Classic-placed in the United States. He sired 25 stakes winners, among them three winners of the Queen’s Plate, and is the broodmare sire of 1977 English Horse of the Year The Minstrel (a good sire) and of the great Japan-based sire Northern Taste.
- Victoria Regina (1958, by Ménétrier) won four Canadian stakes at 2 and 3. She is the dam of 1968 Canadian Horse of the Year Viceregal and of 13-time Canadian champion sire Vice Regent, both by Northern Dancer.
- Northern Queen (1962, by Nearctic) won the 1965 Canadian Oaks and was highweighted or co-highweighted on the Canadian Experimental Handicap among fillies of her crop at both 2 and 3. She is the dam of Irish stakes winner Buckstopper (by Buckpasser). She is also the dam of Grade 3-placed Canadian stakes winner Against All Flags (by Hoist the Flag), dam of stakes winner Dewan’s Flag (by Dewan); second dam of 1997 Brazilian Mare of the Year Bandeira Nativa, Grade 2 winner Recoup the Cash, and Grade 3 winners Jodi’s Sweetie; and third dam of Grade 2 winner Summer Applause. In addition, Northern Queen is the dam of Frozen Sails (by Hoist the Flag), second dam of Grade 3 winner Kachemak Bay.
- Victorian Dancer (1966, by Northern Dancer) won one of her five starts. She is the dam of 1975 Queen Anne Stakes (ENG-G3) winner Imperial March (by Forli).
- Victorian Heiress (1968, by Northern Dancer) won three of 12 starts. She is the dam of 1983 Canadian champion 3-year-old filly Northern Blossom (by Snow Knight); the second dam of Grade 2 winner Explicit, Italian Group 2 winner Jape, and Grade 3 winner Flying Victor; and the third dam of Grade 2 winner Desert Digger and English Group 2 winner High Accolade.
Connections
Foaled in Ontario, Victoriana was bred and owned by E. P. Taylor.
Pedigree notes
Victoriana is inbred 5x5 to two-time American Horse of the Year Commando. She is a half sister to 1952 Canadian Horse of the Year Canadiana (by Chop Chop), dam of multiple Canadian stakes winner All Canadian (by Windfields) and second dam of French Group 2 winner Glenorum. Victoriana is also a half sister to multiple Canadian stakes winners Bennington (by Boswell) and Britannia (by Windfield's sire Bunty Lawless); the latter is the dam of Canadian stakes winner Myanna, by Chop Chop.
Victoriana, in turn, is out of Iribelle (by four-time Canadian champion sire Osiris II), a full sister to 1938 Canadian champion 3-year-old filly Mona Bell. Produced from the King James mare Belmona, Iribelle is also a full sister to Lady Mona, dam of multiple Canadian stakes winner Acadian (by Teddy Wrack). The female line traces back to the English import Bella-Donna, dam of the great Beldame.
Last updated: January 23, 2024