A full sister to Domino, the 1893 American Horse of the Year and an important sire in spite of a tragically short stud career, Correction was no slouch on her own account. A tough sprinter who scored her biggest win in the 1894 Toboggan Handicap (then known as the Toboggan Slide Handicap), she produced a top 2-year-old in 1901 Futurity Stakes winner Yankee and had several daughters of some importance to American breeding.
Race record
122 starts, 38 wins, 35 seconds, 22 thirds, US$45,600
1890:
1892:
1893:
1894:
As an individual
A bay mare, Correction was strongly made and well-balanced with a strong, straight hind leg.
As a producer
Designated as a Reine-de-Course by pedigree analyst Ellen Parker, Correction produced seven named foals before being exported to France in 1910, in foal to Burgomaster; she produced a filly from that mating, Junta, in Europe. Her important foals are as follow:
Connections
Foaled in Kentucky, Correction was bred by Major Barak G. Thomas at his Dixiana Farm. She was owned by John A. Morris and his son Alfred H. Morris. She was exported to France in 1910.
Pedigree notes
Correction is inbred 3x4x4 to Lexington and 4x5x5x5 to Lexington's sire Boston. She is a full sister to 1893 American champion 2-year-old male and Horse of the Year Domino, who shared 3-year-old honors with Henry of Navarre. She is also a full sister to Mannie Himyar, dam of 1903 Excelsior Handicap winner Blacklock (by Hanover) and of the fine broodmare Adana (by Adam), whose seven stakes winners include the good speed sire Ariel. In addition, Correction is a half sister to 1884 Tennessee Derby winner Ten Strike (by Ten Broeck), to the minor stakes winner Freemason (by Fellowcraft) and to 1886 Ladies' Handicap winner Bandala (by King Ban), the third dam of two-time Carter Handicap winner Audacious, whose other victories included the 1921 Suburban Handicap. Another half sister to Correction, stakes winner Lady Reel (by Fellowcraft) is the dam of 1898 American Horse of the Year and 1905 American champion sire Hamburg (by Hanover) and juvenile stakes winner Amanda V. (by Strathmore).
Correction's dam Mannie Gray is is a winning full sister to juvenile stakes winner Goodnight, considered an extremely fast horse; to Faustus, a sire of some note; and to Alice Gray, dam of 1886 Tennessee Derby winner Jim Gray (by Ten Broeck). She is out of Lizzie G. (by War Dance), who was a highly inbred mare as her pedigree shows crosses of 2x3 to Reel, 3x3 to Boston and 3x4x4 to 1834 Two Thousand Guineas winner and eight-time American champion sire Glencoe.
Fun facts
Photo credit
Photographer unknown. From the private collection of Dale Wyatt; used by permission.
Last updated: January 22, 2020
Race record
122 starts, 38 wins, 35 seconds, 22 thirds, US$45,600
1890:
- Won Clover Stakes (USA, 5FD, Gravesend)
- 2nd Great American Stakes (USA, 5FD, Aqueduct)
- 3rd Dash Stakes (USA, 5FD, Sheepshead Bay)
- 3rd Tremont Stakes (USA, 6FD, Gravesend)
1892:
- 3rd Culver Stakes (USA, 6FD, Gravesend)
1893:
- 2nd Culver Stakes (USA, 6FD, Gravesend)
1894:
- Won Toboggan Slide Handicap (USA, 6FD, Belmont)
- 2nd Fall Handicap (USA, about 6FD, Sheepshead Bay)
As an individual
A bay mare, Correction was strongly made and well-balanced with a strong, straight hind leg.
As a producer
Designated as a Reine-de-Course by pedigree analyst Ellen Parker, Correction produced seven named foals before being exported to France in 1910, in foal to Burgomaster; she produced a filly from that mating, Junta, in Europe. Her important foals are as follow:
- Yankee (1899, by Hanover) won the 1901 Futurity Stakes. Clio Hogan's Index to Stakes Winners 1865-1967 credits him with 14 stakes winners including 1909 Belmont Stakes winner Joe Madden.
- Nature (1906, by Meddler) produced 1917 Edgemere Handicap winner Chiclet (by Spearmint); the top sprinter Naturalist (by Rabelais), whose victories included two editions of the Manhattan Handicap, the 1918 Toboggan Handicap and the 1919 Carter Handicap; and Carnation (by Rabelais), winner of the 1923 Prix La Rochette and Criterium de Maisons-Laffitte and runner-up in the 1924 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches (French One Thousand Guineas). She is the ancestress of two-time American Horse of the Year Affirmed, winner of the 1978 American Triple Crown; 1992 Kentucky Derby (USA-G1) winner Lil E. Tee; and 2006 Prix de Diane (French Oaks, FR-G1) winner Confidential Lady.
- Courtisane (1907, by Meddler) produced stakes winner Courtship (by Phoenix) and is the second dam of 1929 Louisiana Derby winner Calf Roper.
- Miss Malaprop (1909, by Meddler) produced 1926 Withers Stakes winner Haste (by Maintenant), the broodmare sire of 1943 Triple Crown winner Count Fleet. She is also the third dam of the good steeplechaser Satilla.
- Junta (1911, by Burgomaster) produced the minor juvenile stakes winner Humorette (by Short Grass).
Connections
Foaled in Kentucky, Correction was bred by Major Barak G. Thomas at his Dixiana Farm. She was owned by John A. Morris and his son Alfred H. Morris. She was exported to France in 1910.
Pedigree notes
Correction is inbred 3x4x4 to Lexington and 4x5x5x5 to Lexington's sire Boston. She is a full sister to 1893 American champion 2-year-old male and Horse of the Year Domino, who shared 3-year-old honors with Henry of Navarre. She is also a full sister to Mannie Himyar, dam of 1903 Excelsior Handicap winner Blacklock (by Hanover) and of the fine broodmare Adana (by Adam), whose seven stakes winners include the good speed sire Ariel. In addition, Correction is a half sister to 1884 Tennessee Derby winner Ten Strike (by Ten Broeck), to the minor stakes winner Freemason (by Fellowcraft) and to 1886 Ladies' Handicap winner Bandala (by King Ban), the third dam of two-time Carter Handicap winner Audacious, whose other victories included the 1921 Suburban Handicap. Another half sister to Correction, stakes winner Lady Reel (by Fellowcraft) is the dam of 1898 American Horse of the Year and 1905 American champion sire Hamburg (by Hanover) and juvenile stakes winner Amanda V. (by Strathmore).
Correction's dam Mannie Gray is is a winning full sister to juvenile stakes winner Goodnight, considered an extremely fast horse; to Faustus, a sire of some note; and to Alice Gray, dam of 1886 Tennessee Derby winner Jim Gray (by Ten Broeck). She is out of Lizzie G. (by War Dance), who was a highly inbred mare as her pedigree shows crosses of 2x3 to Reel, 3x3 to Boston and 3x4x4 to 1834 Two Thousand Guineas winner and eight-time American champion sire Glencoe.
Fun facts
- Correction is the namesake for the Correction Stakes (originally the Correction Handicap) which was inaugurated at the now-defunct Jamaica racetrack in 1940. It is currently run at Aqueduct and as of 2020 is a listed race carded at 6 furlongs on Aqueduct's inner dirt track for fillies and mares aged 4 and up.
Photo credit
Photographer unknown. From the private collection of Dale Wyatt; used by permission.
Last updated: January 22, 2020