Lady Violet was a top stakes winner at 2 and has been retroactively recognized by racing historians as the champion American juvenile filly of 1892. She was a disappointment at 3 but became a stakes winner again at 4 and went on to be a prolific and successful broodmare.
Race record
Complete record unavailable
1892:
1893:
1894:
Honors
American champion 2-year-old filly (1892)
As an individual
A bay mare, Lady Violet was considered exceptionally attractive. She had an excellent turn of speed. Her disposition was said to be “nervous and restless” in contemporary accounts.
As a producer
Lady Violet produced 17 named foals. Her important foals are as follow:
Connections
Foaled in New York, Lady Violet was bred and owned by August Belmont. At his posthumous dispersal sale in 1901, she was purchased by his son, August Belmont II, for US$11,000. She was trained by Andrew J. “Jack” Joyner during the latter part of her career. She died in 1918.
Pedigree notes
Lady Violet is outcrossed through five generations. Her sire, The Ill-Used, got his name from his misfortunes in getting knocked down or injured by other horses but was a good stakes winner in New York nonetheless.
Lady Violet is a full sister to multiple juvenile stakes winner Lady Margaret, dam of 1896 Preakness Stakes winner Margrave (by St. Blaise), 1902 Belmont Stakes winner Masterman (by Hastings), multiple juvenile stakes winner Magistrate (by Hastings), and juvenile stakes winner Lady Marian (by Hastings); second dam of the top sprinter Old Koenig; and third dam of 1921 American co-champion handicap male Mad Hatter and 1924 Belmont Stakes winner Mad Play. Lady Violet is also a full sister to Lady Primrose, second dam of multiple Canadian stakes winner Fort Hunter and 1904 Queens County Handicap winner Rosetint.
Lady Rosebery, the dam of Lady Violet and her siblings, won the 1880 Champagne Stakes. She is a full sister to 1884 Ladies’ Handicap and Monmouth Oaks winner Duchess, dam of two-time American champion Clifford (by Bramble) and juvenile stakes winner Archduke (by Luke Blackburn). She is also a half sister to stakes winner The Countess (by Kentucky), second dam of multiple stakes winner Patrician. Lady Rosebery, in turn, is out of Lady Blessington (by Eclipse). The next dam in Lady Margaret’s tail-female line is Philo, by Mariner out of the Priam mare Cassandra.
Last updated: July 2, 2024
Race record
Complete record unavailable
1892:
- Won Flatbush Stakes (USA, 7FD, Sheepshead Bay)
- Won Autumn Stakes (USA, 6FD, Sheepshead Bay)
- Won Belles Stakes (USA, 6FD, Sheepshead Bay)
- Won Foam Stakes (USA, 5FD, Sheepshead Bay)
- Won Lassie Stakes (USA, 5FD, Monmouth)
- Won Great Eastern Handicap (USA, 6FD, Sheepshead Bay)
- 2nd Junior Champion Stakes (USA, 6FD, Monmouth)
- 2nd Futurity Stakes (USA, 6FD, Sheepshead Bay)
- 2nd Great Trial Stakes (USA, 6FD, Sheepshead Bay)
1893:
- 2nd Mermaid Stakes (USA, 9FD, Sheepshead Bay)
- 2nd Monmouth Oaks (USA, 10FD, Monmouth)
1894:
- Won Fall Handicap (USA, 6FD, Sheepshead Bay)
- 2nd Flight Stakes (USA, 7FD, Sheepshead Bay)
- 3rd Autumn Serial Handicap (USA, 5FD, Morris Park)
Honors
American champion 2-year-old filly (1892)
As an individual
A bay mare, Lady Violet was considered exceptionally attractive. She had an excellent turn of speed. Her disposition was said to be “nervous and restless” in contemporary accounts.
As a producer
Lady Violet produced 17 named foals. Her important foals are as follow:
- Lady of the Vale (1897, by Rayon d’Or) is the dam of the good French racer and useful sire Vulcain (by Rock Sand).
- Lady of the Valley (1898, by St. Saviour) won the 1900 Daisy Stakes and the 1901 Westchester Highweight Handicap. She is the dam of Canadian stakes winner Lochiel (by Hastings).
- Lord of the Vale (1900, by Hastings) won the 1904 Saratoga Handicap. He does not appear to have stood at stud in North America.
- Lady Vincent (1904, by St. Blaise) produced the juvenile stakes winners Ting-a-Ling (by Star Shoot) and Waukeag (by Ogden).
- Watervale (1908, by Watercress) won the 1911 Preakness Stakes. Clio Hogan’s Index to Stakes Winners 1865-1967 credits him with two stakes winners as a sire.
- Violet Ray (1911, by Rock Sand) is the second dam of Aqueduct Handicap and Manhattan Handicap winner Action and two other stakes winners.
Connections
Foaled in New York, Lady Violet was bred and owned by August Belmont. At his posthumous dispersal sale in 1901, she was purchased by his son, August Belmont II, for US$11,000. She was trained by Andrew J. “Jack” Joyner during the latter part of her career. She died in 1918.
Pedigree notes
Lady Violet is outcrossed through five generations. Her sire, The Ill-Used, got his name from his misfortunes in getting knocked down or injured by other horses but was a good stakes winner in New York nonetheless.
Lady Violet is a full sister to multiple juvenile stakes winner Lady Margaret, dam of 1896 Preakness Stakes winner Margrave (by St. Blaise), 1902 Belmont Stakes winner Masterman (by Hastings), multiple juvenile stakes winner Magistrate (by Hastings), and juvenile stakes winner Lady Marian (by Hastings); second dam of the top sprinter Old Koenig; and third dam of 1921 American co-champion handicap male Mad Hatter and 1924 Belmont Stakes winner Mad Play. Lady Violet is also a full sister to Lady Primrose, second dam of multiple Canadian stakes winner Fort Hunter and 1904 Queens County Handicap winner Rosetint.
Lady Rosebery, the dam of Lady Violet and her siblings, won the 1880 Champagne Stakes. She is a full sister to 1884 Ladies’ Handicap and Monmouth Oaks winner Duchess, dam of two-time American champion Clifford (by Bramble) and juvenile stakes winner Archduke (by Luke Blackburn). She is also a half sister to stakes winner The Countess (by Kentucky), second dam of multiple stakes winner Patrician. Lady Rosebery, in turn, is out of Lady Blessington (by Eclipse). The next dam in Lady Margaret’s tail-female line is Philo, by Mariner out of the Priam mare Cassandra.
Last updated: July 2, 2024