Katie Creel (USA)
April 3, 1879 – c. 1900
King Alfonso (USA) x Marguerite (USA), by Lexington (USA)
Family 12-b*
April 3, 1879 – c. 1900
King Alfonso (USA) x Marguerite (USA), by Lexington (USA)
Family 12-b*
The first of three Kentucky Oaks winners sired by King Alfonso, Katie Creel won no stakes races after June of her 3-year-old season but was a winner both on the flat and over hurdles at 4 and several times over hurdles at 5. She was a moderately successful broodmare.
Race record
Unknown
1882:
As an individual
A bay mare standing 15.3 hands at the time of her Kentucky Oaks win, Katie Creel was considered well-formed and attractive.
As a producer
Katie Creel produced six named foals. Her best runner was Kenwood (by Falsetto), winner of the 1890 Carlton Stakes.
Connections
Katie Creel was bred in Kentucky by A. J. Alexander and raced for Henry Johnson & Co.; Johnson reportedly turned down an offer of US$2,600 from an unnamed buyer for her in April of her 2-year-old season. She was trained by H. Colston and was ridden to her Kentucky Oaks score by John Stoval. Following the close of her 3-year-old season, she was owned by John J. Merrill and trained by Peyton Clay, later transferring to the barn of R. W. Thomas. After her retirement from racing, she became a broodmare for George J. Long's Bashford Manor Stud in Kentucky. The last report of her was as barren in 1900.
Pedigree notes
Katie Creel is inbred 5x4x3 to eight-time American champion sire Glencoe. She is a full sister to Nellie C., dam of Blue Grass Stakes winner Hurricane (by Hanover), and to Prude, dam of juvenile stakes winner Prig (by Gallore) and second dam of the good stakes winner Proper.
Marguerite, the dam of Katie Creel and her sisters, was produced from the Glencoe mare My Lady and is a full sister to Blandina, dam of multiple stakes producer Ulsie (by King Alfonso). My Lady, in turn, is out of the Barefoot mare Motto, making her a full sister to Sally Lewis, second dam of 1877 Alabama Stakes winner Susquehanna. The female line traces back to an unnamed daughter of Jack of Diamonds who has traditionally been included among the produce of Family 12-b foundation mare Diana; however, modern mitochondrial DNA research indicates that the Jack of Diamonds mare had a different dam.
Fun facts
Last updated: July 2, 2022
Race record
Unknown
1882:
- Won Kentucky Oaks (USA, 12FD, Churchill Downs)
- Won Illinois Oaks (USA, 12FD, Chicago)
- 2nd Falls City Stakes (USA, 12FD, Churchill Downs)
- 3rd Post Stakes (USA, 24FD, Churchill Downs)
As an individual
A bay mare standing 15.3 hands at the time of her Kentucky Oaks win, Katie Creel was considered well-formed and attractive.
As a producer
Katie Creel produced six named foals. Her best runner was Kenwood (by Falsetto), winner of the 1890 Carlton Stakes.
Connections
Katie Creel was bred in Kentucky by A. J. Alexander and raced for Henry Johnson & Co.; Johnson reportedly turned down an offer of US$2,600 from an unnamed buyer for her in April of her 2-year-old season. She was trained by H. Colston and was ridden to her Kentucky Oaks score by John Stoval. Following the close of her 3-year-old season, she was owned by John J. Merrill and trained by Peyton Clay, later transferring to the barn of R. W. Thomas. After her retirement from racing, she became a broodmare for George J. Long's Bashford Manor Stud in Kentucky. The last report of her was as barren in 1900.
Pedigree notes
Katie Creel is inbred 5x4x3 to eight-time American champion sire Glencoe. She is a full sister to Nellie C., dam of Blue Grass Stakes winner Hurricane (by Hanover), and to Prude, dam of juvenile stakes winner Prig (by Gallore) and second dam of the good stakes winner Proper.
Marguerite, the dam of Katie Creel and her sisters, was produced from the Glencoe mare My Lady and is a full sister to Blandina, dam of multiple stakes producer Ulsie (by King Alfonso). My Lady, in turn, is out of the Barefoot mare Motto, making her a full sister to Sally Lewis, second dam of 1877 Alabama Stakes winner Susquehanna. The female line traces back to an unnamed daughter of Jack of Diamonds who has traditionally been included among the produce of Family 12-b foundation mare Diana; however, modern mitochondrial DNA research indicates that the Jack of Diamonds mare had a different dam.
Fun facts
- Katie Creel was the first of three Kentucky Oaks winners for King Alfonso. The others were Vera (1883) and Lizzie Dwyer (1885).
- Katie Creel was the first of three Kentucky Oaks winners ridden by John Stoval, a prominent black jockey and the first jockey to ride as many as three Oaks winners. His other victories were on Vera and Jewel Ban (1889). Banned from racing for alleged "unfair riding" in New Jersey in 1890, Stoval later supported himself as an exercise rider and was killed in 1900 when a horse he was working fell and rolled onto him.
- Katie Creel was the second of six Kentucky Oaks winners produced from daughters of Lexington, the most successful broodmare sire in the history of the race. The others were Lucy May (1881), Vera (1883), Lizzie Dwyer (1885), Pure Rye (1886) and Miss Hawkins (1891).
Last updated: July 2, 2022