Fairy Gold (GB)
1896 – 1919
Bend Or (GB) x Dame Masham (GB), by Galliard (GB)
Family 9-e
1896 – 1919
Bend Or (GB) x Dame Masham (GB), by Galliard (GB)
Family 9-e
Fairy Gold was a useful juvenile in her native England, defeating the good colt Desmond in the Woodcote Stakes, but her true worth is measured by her excellence as a broodmare. A major producer for August Belmont II in the United States, she also established an important family in France.
Race record
10 starts, 3 wins, 1 second, 0 thirds
1898:
1899:
As an individual
A chestnut mare, Fairy Gold appears to have had the strong shoulder and powerful quarters that marked her sire and the slightly convex profile that she passed on to her son Friar Rock. Little more can be told from the one extant photograph of her, which shows her in a back-on-the-front-heels pose that suggests that she may have suffered from laminitis.
As a producer
A Reine-de-Course as designated by influential pedigree analyst and racing historian Ellen Parker, Fairy Gold produced 8 named foals in England and the United States. Her important foals are as follow:
Connections
Fairy Gold was bred by R. Swanwick and was owned by Leonard Cohen, who purchased her as a yearling from the Newmarket July sale for 1,150 guineas. Following the birth of her first foal, the 1901 St. Serf filly St. Lucre, she was bred to Florizel II and sold to Colonel Harry McCalmont. She produced the English stakes winner Golden Measure and was barren to a mating with Isinglass before McCalmont's death. She was then purchased for 3,600 guineas from the dispersal of McCalmont's stock by August Belmont II, who had her bred back to Isinglass (producing a foal that did not survive) before sending her to his Nursery Stud in Kentucky. She produced six foals for Belmont before her death in 1919.
Pedigree notes
Fairy Gold is inbred 4x5 to 1848 St. Leger Stakes winner The Baron. She was produced from Dame Masham (by Galliard), whose dam Pauline (by Hermit) is a full sister to 1888 Ascot Gold Cup winner Timothy and the good stakes winner Peter.
The next dam in Fairy Gold's dam line is Lady Masham (by Brother to Strafford x Maid of Masham, by Don John), whose unnamed half sister by Young Melbourne (a foal of 1859) is the dam of the great Argentine foundation mare Ante Diem (by Musket) and the second dam of 1892 Great Northern Derby winner Morion. Lady Masham is also a half sister to an 1855 daughter of Teddington who is the second dam of 1881 Two Thousand Guineas winner Peregrine and the third dam of 1895 Oaks Stakes winner La Sagesse and 1901 One Thousand Guineas winner Aida. In addition, Lady Masham is a half sister to an 1861 daughter of Toxophilite who is the second dam of the major English stakes winner St. Mirin.
Last updated: September 7, 2021
Race record
10 starts, 3 wins, 1 second, 0 thirds
1898:
- Won Stamford 2-Year-Old Plate (ENG, Chester)
- Won Woodcote Stakes (ENG, 6FT, Epsom)
1899:
- Won a Welter Handicap (ENG, Lingfield)
- 2nd Flying Handicap (ENG, Newmarket)
As an individual
A chestnut mare, Fairy Gold appears to have had the strong shoulder and powerful quarters that marked her sire and the slightly convex profile that she passed on to her son Friar Rock. Little more can be told from the one extant photograph of her, which shows her in a back-on-the-front-heels pose that suggests that she may have suffered from laminitis.
As a producer
A Reine-de-Course as designated by influential pedigree analyst and racing historian Ellen Parker, Fairy Gold produced 8 named foals in England and the United States. Her important foals are as follow:
- St. Lucre (1901, by St. Serf) won only one modest race from 11 tries. In England, she produced Golden Legend (by Amphion), winner of the Home-Bred Foal Stakes at Lingfield and dam of the good racer and sire Dark Legend (by Dark Ronald), while her French produce included the high-class stakes mare Zariba (by Sardanapale). Zariba, in turn, produced the very good English juvenile Abjer (by Astérus), the two-time Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner Corrida (by Coronach), the high-class Goya II (by Tourbillon), 1931 Champion Stakes winner Goyescas (by Gainsborough) and French stakes winner L'Esperance (by Pommern), and became a great foundation mare through her daughters. St. Lucre's daughter Lisette IX (by Mordant) produced Escuina (by Ecouen), dam of two-time American champion filly Bateau (by Man o' War).
- Golden Measure (1902, by Florizel II), won the Gold Vase at Ascot and the Ebor Handicap.
- Fair Play (1905, by Hastings) was one of the best colts of a vintage crop in America, his victories including the Lawrence Realization, Brooklyn Derby and Jerome Handicap. He led the American general sire list and the American broodmare sire list three times each.
- Golden View (1906, by Hastings) produced Rock View (by Rock Sand), generally considered the American champion 3-year-old male of 1913, and is the ancestress of 1956 American champion 2-year-old filly Romanita.
- Flittergold (1911, by Hastings) is mentioned as a stakes winner in Fair Play's profile at Thoroughbred Heritage but is not listed as a stakes winner in Clio Hogan's Index to Stakes Winners 1865-1967. He sired two stakes winners from 119 foals.
- Friar Rock (1913, by Rock Sand) won the 1916 Belmont Stakes and is generally considered the American champion 3-year-old male and Horse of the Year of 1916. He continued the male line of Rock Sand and sired several influential daughters.
- Fair Gain (1917, by Vulcain) won the 1923 International Handicap. He was of no importance at stud.
Connections
Fairy Gold was bred by R. Swanwick and was owned by Leonard Cohen, who purchased her as a yearling from the Newmarket July sale for 1,150 guineas. Following the birth of her first foal, the 1901 St. Serf filly St. Lucre, she was bred to Florizel II and sold to Colonel Harry McCalmont. She produced the English stakes winner Golden Measure and was barren to a mating with Isinglass before McCalmont's death. She was then purchased for 3,600 guineas from the dispersal of McCalmont's stock by August Belmont II, who had her bred back to Isinglass (producing a foal that did not survive) before sending her to his Nursery Stud in Kentucky. She produced six foals for Belmont before her death in 1919.
Pedigree notes
Fairy Gold is inbred 4x5 to 1848 St. Leger Stakes winner The Baron. She was produced from Dame Masham (by Galliard), whose dam Pauline (by Hermit) is a full sister to 1888 Ascot Gold Cup winner Timothy and the good stakes winner Peter.
The next dam in Fairy Gold's dam line is Lady Masham (by Brother to Strafford x Maid of Masham, by Don John), whose unnamed half sister by Young Melbourne (a foal of 1859) is the dam of the great Argentine foundation mare Ante Diem (by Musket) and the second dam of 1892 Great Northern Derby winner Morion. Lady Masham is also a half sister to an 1855 daughter of Teddington who is the second dam of 1881 Two Thousand Guineas winner Peregrine and the third dam of 1895 Oaks Stakes winner La Sagesse and 1901 One Thousand Guineas winner Aida. In addition, Lady Masham is a half sister to an 1861 daughter of Toxophilite who is the second dam of the major English stakes winner St. Mirin.
Last updated: September 7, 2021