Anne Campbell (USA)
April 1, 1973 – May 10, 2001
Never Bend (USA) x Repercussion (USA), by Tatán (ARG)
Family 16-h
"GENETIC GEM"
April 1, 1973 – May 10, 2001
Never Bend (USA) x Repercussion (USA), by Tatán (ARG)
Family 16-h
"GENETIC GEM"
Anne Campbell was a decent stakes filly on the South Florida circuit during her racing days, but she was far from a champion on the track. Her greatness was reserved for the breeding shed. There, she earned Kentucky Broodmare of the Year honors after producing two multiple Grade 1 winners, another stakes winner, and several noteworthy producing daughters.
Race record
14 starts, 3 wins, 3 seconds, 1 third, US$37,386
1976:
Honors
Kentucky Broodmare of the Year (1999)
Assessments
Rated at 111 pounds on the Daily Racing Form’s Free Handicap for American 3-year-old fillies of 1976, 15 pounds below champion Revidere.
As an individual
An attractive bay mare, Anne Campbell was “like a pet” according to Arthur Hancock III and had a “nice, kind” disposition. Her favorite treat was carrots.
As a producer
Anne Campbell produced 13 named foals, of which 10 started and seven won. Her important foals are as follow:
Connections
Foaled in Kentucky, Anne Campbell was bred by the Brady family’s Mill House. She raced in the colors of Dogwood Stable and produced her first foal for Dogwood, then bred Desert Wine for Brereton C. Jones and Warnerton Farms. Her next three foals were bred by Brereton Jones, and she then produced a foal each for Darley and for John A. Post. At the Warner Jones dispersal at Keeneland in the fall of 1987, Anne Campbell (then in foal to Mr. Prospector) was sold for US$725,000 to Arthur Hancock III and remained in Hancock’s ownership for the remainder of her life. She died of natural causes at Hancock’s Stone Farm in May 2001.
Pedigree notes
Anne Campbell is inbred 4x5 to 1936 Derby Stakes winner and 1941 American champion sire Blenheim II. She is also inbred 5x5 to two-time English champion sire Phalaris) and the excellent English broodmare Scapa Flow through the full brothers Pharos and Fairway. She is a half sister to 1989 Prix d’Arenberg (FR-G3) winner Repercutonist (by Beaudelaire) and stakes winners Royal North (by Reviewer) and Boomer’s Luck (by What Luck).
Anne Campbell and her siblings are out of stakes-placed Repercussion, whose dam Tomina (by Tom Fool) is an unraced half sister to juvenile stakes winner Gay Meeting (by Sir Gaylord). The dam of 1977 Canadian Turf Handicap (USA-G3) winner Gay Jitterbug (by Northern Dancer), Gay Meeting is the second dam of 1989 Arlington-Washington Lassie Stakes (USA-G1) winner Trumpet’s Blare and Grade 3 winner Passing Vice. Tomina is also a half sister to Santorin (by Greek Song), dam of 1965 Oaks Stakes winner Long Look (by Ribot), 1970 Canadian Turf Handicap winner and five-time South African champion sire Jungle Cove (by Bold Ruler), and 1969 Spinaway Stakes winner Meritus (by Bold Ruler) and second dam of 1976 American champion 2-year-old filly Sensational, 1973 Selima Stakes (USA-G1) winner Dancealot, and Grade 2 winners Ascetic and North Broadway. In addition, Tomina is a half sister to Idle Thoughts (by Bold Ruler), second dam of Grade/Group 3 winners Super Cook and Niodini.
Tomina and her siblings were produced from 1953 Acorn Stakes winner Secret Meeting (by Alibhai), whose dam Burgoo Maid (by Burgoo King) won five stakes races in the Midwest during a career spanning 101 starts. The next dam in Anne Campbell’s tail-female line, Miss Kid (Atwell x War Feathers, by Man o’ War), is a half sister to two-time American champion War Plumage (by On Watch), to 1938 Stars and Stripes Handicap winner War Minstrel (by Royal Minstrel), to 1938 Diamond State Stakes winner War Magic (by Pharamond II), and to 1951 Harbor Hill Steeplechase Handicap winner Boom Boom (by Case Ace).
Fun facts
Last updated: September 9, 2024
Race record
14 starts, 3 wins, 3 seconds, 1 third, US$37,386
1976:
- Won Old Hat Stakes (USA, 6FD, Gulfstream Park)
- 2nd Poinsettia Stakes (USA, 9FD, Hialeah)
- 3rd Jasmine Stakes (USA, 7FD, Hialeah)
Honors
Kentucky Broodmare of the Year (1999)
Assessments
Rated at 111 pounds on the Daily Racing Form’s Free Handicap for American 3-year-old fillies of 1976, 15 pounds below champion Revidere.
As an individual
An attractive bay mare, Anne Campbell was “like a pet” according to Arthur Hancock III and had a “nice, kind” disposition. Her favorite treat was carrots.
As a producer
Anne Campbell produced 13 named foals, of which 10 started and seven won. Her important foals are as follow:
- Dame Sybil (1978, by Elocutionist) never raced but is the dam of multiple Grade 2 stakes winner Alannan (by Conquistador Cielo) and stakes winners Princess Sybil (by Cormorant) and Never Speaking (by Foolish Pleasure). She is also the second dam of multiple English Group 1 winner Les Arcs and the third dam of Brazilian Group 2 winner Catcher in the Sky. Her more distant descendants include South African Group 2 winner Head Honcho and Australian Group 3 winner Super One.
- Desert Wine (1980, by Damascus) won the Hollywood Gold Cup (USA-G1), the Charles H. Strub Stakes (USA-G1), and the Californian Stakes (USA-G1) as a 4-year-old; he also placed in six Grade 1 races. He sired 18 stakes winners from 445 named foals of racing age.
- Arsaan (1986, by Nureyev), won the listed Crawley Warren Venus Fillies Stakes in England as a 3-year-old. She is the dam of multiple Chilean Group 2 winner Rock Star Show (by Lear Fan) and the second dam of 2013 Majorica Stakes (SAF-G1) winner Blueridge Mountain. Her more distant descendants include Australian Group 3 winner Lyuba.
- Ibtikar (1990, by Private Account) placed second once and third once from nine starts. She is the second dam of English Group 3 winner Indian Run.
- Mr. P’s Princess (1993, by Mr. Prospector) never raced but is the dam of 2000 European champion 2-year-old male Fasliyev (by Nureyev) and 2006 Leopardstown One Thousand Guineas Trial Stakes (IRE-G3) winner Kamarinskaya (by Storm Cat). She is the second dam of 2010 European champion 2-year-old filly Misty for Me and 2015 Prix Marcel Boussac-Criterium des Pouliches (FR-G1) winner Ballydoyle. She is also the third dam of 2017 European champion 2-year-old male U S Navy Flag, multiple European Group 1 winner Roly Poly, 2023 New York Stakes (USA-G1) winner Marketsegmentation, Grade 3 winner Cover Song, and Irish Group 3 winner Red Riding Hood. Her more distant descendants include 2024 FanDuel Racing Del Mar Debutante Stakes (USA-G1) winner Tenma.
- Menifee (1996, by Harlan) won the 1999 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes (USA-G1) and Haskell Invitational Handicap (USA-G1) and was second in the 1999 Kentucky Derby (USA-G1) and Preakness Stakes (USA-G1). Exported to Korea, he led that country’s general sire list eight times, earning the soubriquet of “The Sunday Silence of Korea.”
Connections
Foaled in Kentucky, Anne Campbell was bred by the Brady family’s Mill House. She raced in the colors of Dogwood Stable and produced her first foal for Dogwood, then bred Desert Wine for Brereton C. Jones and Warnerton Farms. Her next three foals were bred by Brereton Jones, and she then produced a foal each for Darley and for John A. Post. At the Warner Jones dispersal at Keeneland in the fall of 1987, Anne Campbell (then in foal to Mr. Prospector) was sold for US$725,000 to Arthur Hancock III and remained in Hancock’s ownership for the remainder of her life. She died of natural causes at Hancock’s Stone Farm in May 2001.
Pedigree notes
Anne Campbell is inbred 4x5 to 1936 Derby Stakes winner and 1941 American champion sire Blenheim II. She is also inbred 5x5 to two-time English champion sire Phalaris) and the excellent English broodmare Scapa Flow through the full brothers Pharos and Fairway. She is a half sister to 1989 Prix d’Arenberg (FR-G3) winner Repercutonist (by Beaudelaire) and stakes winners Royal North (by Reviewer) and Boomer’s Luck (by What Luck).
Anne Campbell and her siblings are out of stakes-placed Repercussion, whose dam Tomina (by Tom Fool) is an unraced half sister to juvenile stakes winner Gay Meeting (by Sir Gaylord). The dam of 1977 Canadian Turf Handicap (USA-G3) winner Gay Jitterbug (by Northern Dancer), Gay Meeting is the second dam of 1989 Arlington-Washington Lassie Stakes (USA-G1) winner Trumpet’s Blare and Grade 3 winner Passing Vice. Tomina is also a half sister to Santorin (by Greek Song), dam of 1965 Oaks Stakes winner Long Look (by Ribot), 1970 Canadian Turf Handicap winner and five-time South African champion sire Jungle Cove (by Bold Ruler), and 1969 Spinaway Stakes winner Meritus (by Bold Ruler) and second dam of 1976 American champion 2-year-old filly Sensational, 1973 Selima Stakes (USA-G1) winner Dancealot, and Grade 2 winners Ascetic and North Broadway. In addition, Tomina is a half sister to Idle Thoughts (by Bold Ruler), second dam of Grade/Group 3 winners Super Cook and Niodini.
Tomina and her siblings were produced from 1953 Acorn Stakes winner Secret Meeting (by Alibhai), whose dam Burgoo Maid (by Burgoo King) won five stakes races in the Midwest during a career spanning 101 starts. The next dam in Anne Campbell’s tail-female line, Miss Kid (Atwell x War Feathers, by Man o’ War), is a half sister to two-time American champion War Plumage (by On Watch), to 1938 Stars and Stripes Handicap winner War Minstrel (by Royal Minstrel), to 1938 Diamond State Stakes winner War Magic (by Pharamond II), and to 1951 Harbor Hill Steeplechase Handicap winner Boom Boom (by Case Ace).
Fun facts
- Anne Campbell was named for the wife of Dogwood Stable manager Cothran “Cot” Campbell.
- Anne Campbell was the second of two Kentucky Broodmares of the Year sired by Never Bend; the other was 1983 honoree Courtly Dee.
Last updated: September 9, 2024