Avie was an indifferent race mare, but she had a solid if not particularly fashionable pedigree and had the rare gift of consistently transmitting the best she had from her genetics to her foals. Bred to Maryland regional sires throughout her producing career, she produced three stakes winners from seven foals, including American champion and good sire Lord Avie, and established a nice branch of her family.
Race record
24 starts, 1 win, 3 seconds, 4 thirds, US$7,580
As an individual
A bay mare; no other information available.
As a producer
Avie produced seven named foals, of which six started and five won. Her important foals are as follow:
Connections
Foaled in Kentucky, Avie was bred and owned by Thomas S. Nichols, who bred her first six foals. Her seventh and last, Lord Avie, was bred by Viking Farms. Avie was last recorded as having slipped twins in 1982.
Pedigree notes
Avie is inbred 4x5 to the great matron Plucky Liege and 5x5x4 to 1918 English Triple Crown winner Gainsborough. She is a full sister to stakes winner Lesjo and a half sister to 1963 Alabama Stakes winner Tona (by Nashua). She is also a half sister to 1969 Yankee Gold Cup Handicap winner Jean-Pierre (by Prince John) and to Eager Em (by Fleet Nasrullah), second dam of Grade 3 winner Vigorous Lady.
Avie’s dam Evilone is a full sister to Brooklawn, third dam of Grade 3 winner Bravoure, and a half sister to Gang Plank (by Sailor), dam of 1980 Ladies Handicap (USA-G1) winner Plankton (by Quack) and second dam of Grade 2 winner Buckley Boy. Evilone is also a half sister to Highborn Lady (by Case Ace), dam of 1967 Gallorette Handicap winner Lady Diplomat (by Knave), and to Twin Bridges (by Tim Tam), dam of 1968 Tremont Stakes winner Buck Run (by Jaipur) and multiple stakes winner Pay the Toll (by First Landing). In addition, Evilone is a half sister to Cellar Door (by Coaltown), second dam of 1972 Ak-Sar-Ben Handicap winner Side Door, and to Above Suspicion (by Battlefield), third dam of multiple Panamanian Group 1 winner Creyente and Premio Arturo, Eric, Max y Eric Arturo Delvalle (PAN-G1).
Evilone and her siblings are out of the Hyperion mare High Stepper II, whose stakes-placed half sister Diamond Garter (by Rockefella) produced 1957 Craven Stakes winner Lady Salisbury (by Precipitation); another half sister to High Stepper II, the Prince Chevalier mare Nelson Touch, produced 1963 Princess of Wales’s Stakes winner Trafalgar III (by Pardal). The next dam in Avie’s tail-female line, Show a Leg (by 1939 English champion 3-year-old male Blue Peter), is out of Bonnet, by 1931 St. Leger Stakes winner Sandwich.
Last updated: May 11, 2023
Race record
24 starts, 1 win, 3 seconds, 4 thirds, US$7,580
As an individual
A bay mare; no other information available.
As a producer
Avie produced seven named foals, of which six started and five won. Her important foals are as follow:
- Evastrive (1969, by Restless Native) won two of 34 starts. She is the third dam of Australian Group 2 winner Pennyweight Point, South African Group 2 winner Herod the Great, and South African Group 3 winner Sevillano.
- Jolly Johu (1971, by Restless Native) won the 1975 John B. Campbell Handicap (USA-G2) and three other stakes races. He sired five stakes winners from 157 named foals of racing age.
- Avum (1973, by Umbrella Fella) won the 1977 Nellie Morse Handicap at Pimlico and was Grade 3-placed. She is the dam of 1986 Seminole Handicap (USA-G2) winner Minneapple (by Riverman), 1986 Las Flores Handicap (USA-G3) winner Baroness Direct (by Blushing Groom), and Group 3-placed French stakes winner Lyphard’s Princess (by Lyphard). She is also the second dam of Grade 2 winner Private Man and the third dam of two-time Champions Mile (HK-G1) winner Xtension, 2000 Donn Handicap (USA-G1) winner Stephen Got Even, multiple New Zealand Group 3 winner Times Ticking, and Australian Group 3 winner Get Square.
- Averell (1977, by Restless Native) placed in four stakes races at ages 4 and 5. She is the dam of listed stakes winners Harriman (by Lord Gaylord) and Dixie Accent (by Dixieland Band) and is the second dam of 10 stakes winners including multiple Grade 2 winner Ellafitz, Grade 2 winner Ventana, and Grade 3 winner Primitive Hall. She is also the third dam of two-time Mexican champion filly Giovannina and Grade 3 winner Texting.
- Lord Avie (1978, by Lord Gaylord) was the American champion 2-year-old male of 1980. He sired 78 stakes winners from 854 named foals.
Connections
Foaled in Kentucky, Avie was bred and owned by Thomas S. Nichols, who bred her first six foals. Her seventh and last, Lord Avie, was bred by Viking Farms. Avie was last recorded as having slipped twins in 1982.
Pedigree notes
Avie is inbred 4x5 to the great matron Plucky Liege and 5x5x4 to 1918 English Triple Crown winner Gainsborough. She is a full sister to stakes winner Lesjo and a half sister to 1963 Alabama Stakes winner Tona (by Nashua). She is also a half sister to 1969 Yankee Gold Cup Handicap winner Jean-Pierre (by Prince John) and to Eager Em (by Fleet Nasrullah), second dam of Grade 3 winner Vigorous Lady.
Avie’s dam Evilone is a full sister to Brooklawn, third dam of Grade 3 winner Bravoure, and a half sister to Gang Plank (by Sailor), dam of 1980 Ladies Handicap (USA-G1) winner Plankton (by Quack) and second dam of Grade 2 winner Buckley Boy. Evilone is also a half sister to Highborn Lady (by Case Ace), dam of 1967 Gallorette Handicap winner Lady Diplomat (by Knave), and to Twin Bridges (by Tim Tam), dam of 1968 Tremont Stakes winner Buck Run (by Jaipur) and multiple stakes winner Pay the Toll (by First Landing). In addition, Evilone is a half sister to Cellar Door (by Coaltown), second dam of 1972 Ak-Sar-Ben Handicap winner Side Door, and to Above Suspicion (by Battlefield), third dam of multiple Panamanian Group 1 winner Creyente and Premio Arturo, Eric, Max y Eric Arturo Delvalle (PAN-G1).
Evilone and her siblings are out of the Hyperion mare High Stepper II, whose stakes-placed half sister Diamond Garter (by Rockefella) produced 1957 Craven Stakes winner Lady Salisbury (by Precipitation); another half sister to High Stepper II, the Prince Chevalier mare Nelson Touch, produced 1963 Princess of Wales’s Stakes winner Trafalgar III (by Pardal). The next dam in Avie’s tail-female line, Show a Leg (by 1939 English champion 3-year-old male Blue Peter), is out of Bonnet, by 1931 St. Leger Stakes winner Sandwich.
Last updated: May 11, 2023