Held to be a very fast filly prior to the Kentucky Oaks and coming in off two straight wins after running second and fourth in her first two races at 3, English Lady faced only one opponent in the Kentucky Oaks and defeated her easily. She was quite a useful filly at 3, but her form deteriorated afterward; nonetheless, she was kept in training through age 6. She had some success as a broodmare in spite of producing only five foals.
Race record
Complete record unavailable.
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As an individual
A chestnut mare, English Lady won at up to 14 furlongs against moderate opposition but did not stay well against stiffer competition. As she aged, she also developed a reputation for not being very reliable on the track.
As a producer
English Lady produced five named foals. Her best runner was English Lad (by Requital), winner of the 1904 Chicago Derby and St. Louis Derby.
Connections
English Lady was bred by G. W. Scoggan and was owned by the Scoggan Brothers. She was sold to George Forbes in September 1890 for US$10,000, apparently as agent for Colonel E. A. Buck. She raced thereafter in the name of E. A. Buck & Son until her purchase for US$3,600 from the Tattersalls New York sale of September 21, 1890, by Albert Teets. Following her racing career, English Lady passed to the ownership of Milton Young.
Pedigree notes
English Lady is inbred 3x4 to 16-time American champion sire Lexington, 4x5 to two-time English champion sire Melbourne, and 5x5 to four-time English champion sire Touchstone and six-time English champion sire Sultan. She was sired by Miser, a younger full brother to two-time American champion Spendthrift who got his name thanks to a quarrel between Kentucky breeder Daniel Swigert and his wife Annette. After being told by her husband that he was naming his 1876 Australian x Aerolite colt “Spendthrift” because of her extravagance during a recent shopping trip, Mrs. Swigert claimed the privilege of naming the youngster's year-younger brother and told her husband that she was naming the colt “Miser” in his honor. Swigert had the last laugh, as Miser proved an indifferent racer and was far less successful at stud than Spendthrift except for siring the top mare Yorkshire Belle.
English Lady's dam Bonny Lass is a full sister to Peradventure, second dam of multiple juvenile stakes winner King's Courier, and is also a half sister to Alleviate (by Argyle), dam of juvenile stakes winners Zienap (by Florist) and Ziephen (by King Lee). The sisters were produced from 1874 Ladies' Handicap winner Bonadventure (by Harry of the West), a half sister to the good stakes winners Cottrill, Mary R., and Sally Watson (all by Daniel Boone).
Maggie G., the next mare in English Lady's tail-female line, was sired by the good 3-mile heat racer Brown Dick from Sally Riddlesworth, by Riddlesworth. The female line traces back to H. G. Burton's unnamed daughter of Citizen, who is now known to have been produced from Jefferson's Barb Mare (the founding matriarch of American Family 25). This last matron was one of two mares who, along with the stallion Black Sultan, constituted a gift sent from the Bey of Tunis to United States President Thomas Jefferson in 1806.
Last updated: September 10, 2022
Race record
Complete record unavailable.
1889:
- Won Zoo Zoo Stakes (USA, 6FD, Latonia)
- 3rd Lakeside Stakes (USA, 5FD, Washington Park)
1890:
- Won Kentucky Oaks (USA, 12FD, Churchill Downs)
- Won Kearney Stakes (USA, 14FD, Saratoga)
- Won Latonia Oaks (USA, 10FD, Latonia)
- Won Straus Handicap (USA, 8FD, Lexington)
- 2nd Englewood Stakes (USA, 8FD, Washington Park)
- 3rd Drexel Stakes (USA, 8FD, Washington Park)
- 3rd Pocahontas Stakes (USA, 9.5FD, Saratoga)
- 3rd Hickory Stakes (USA, 12FD, Morris Park; 3rd of 3)
1891:
- Won Oriental Handicap (USA, 10FD, Gravesend)
- 3rd Monmouth Handicap (USA, 12FD, Monmouth)
- 3rd Average Stakes (USA, 9.5FD, Sheepshead Bay)
As an individual
A chestnut mare, English Lady won at up to 14 furlongs against moderate opposition but did not stay well against stiffer competition. As she aged, she also developed a reputation for not being very reliable on the track.
As a producer
English Lady produced five named foals. Her best runner was English Lad (by Requital), winner of the 1904 Chicago Derby and St. Louis Derby.
Connections
English Lady was bred by G. W. Scoggan and was owned by the Scoggan Brothers. She was sold to George Forbes in September 1890 for US$10,000, apparently as agent for Colonel E. A. Buck. She raced thereafter in the name of E. A. Buck & Son until her purchase for US$3,600 from the Tattersalls New York sale of September 21, 1890, by Albert Teets. Following her racing career, English Lady passed to the ownership of Milton Young.
Pedigree notes
English Lady is inbred 3x4 to 16-time American champion sire Lexington, 4x5 to two-time English champion sire Melbourne, and 5x5 to four-time English champion sire Touchstone and six-time English champion sire Sultan. She was sired by Miser, a younger full brother to two-time American champion Spendthrift who got his name thanks to a quarrel between Kentucky breeder Daniel Swigert and his wife Annette. After being told by her husband that he was naming his 1876 Australian x Aerolite colt “Spendthrift” because of her extravagance during a recent shopping trip, Mrs. Swigert claimed the privilege of naming the youngster's year-younger brother and told her husband that she was naming the colt “Miser” in his honor. Swigert had the last laugh, as Miser proved an indifferent racer and was far less successful at stud than Spendthrift except for siring the top mare Yorkshire Belle.
English Lady's dam Bonny Lass is a full sister to Peradventure, second dam of multiple juvenile stakes winner King's Courier, and is also a half sister to Alleviate (by Argyle), dam of juvenile stakes winners Zienap (by Florist) and Ziephen (by King Lee). The sisters were produced from 1874 Ladies' Handicap winner Bonadventure (by Harry of the West), a half sister to the good stakes winners Cottrill, Mary R., and Sally Watson (all by Daniel Boone).
Maggie G., the next mare in English Lady's tail-female line, was sired by the good 3-mile heat racer Brown Dick from Sally Riddlesworth, by Riddlesworth. The female line traces back to H. G. Burton's unnamed daughter of Citizen, who is now known to have been produced from Jefferson's Barb Mare (the founding matriarch of American Family 25). This last matron was one of two mares who, along with the stallion Black Sultan, constituted a gift sent from the Bey of Tunis to United States President Thomas Jefferson in 1806.
Last updated: September 10, 2022