New Providence (CAN)
May 10, 1956 – 1981
Bull Page (USA) x Fair Colleen (IRE), by Preciptic (GB)
Family 9-d
May 10, 1956 – 1981
Bull Page (USA) x Fair Colleen (IRE), by Preciptic (GB)
Family 9-d
The first horse to be considered an official winner of the Canadian Triple Crown, New Providence was another in the list of future champions rejected by buyers at E. P. Taylor’s annual pre-priced yearling sales. He was a good sire and left an indelible mark on the Thoroughbred through his Canadian Oaks-winning daughter South Ocean, who produced the influential sire Storm Bird as well as Canadian champion Northernette. He is also the broodmare sire of Canadian champion Sound Reason, a champion sire and broodmare sire in New Zealand.
Race record
41 starts, 10 wins, 7 seconds, 10 thirds, US$129,972 (converted from Canadian earnings)
1958:
1959:
1960:
1961:
Honors
Assessments
Rated at 112 pounds on the Daily Racing Form's Free Handicap for North American 3-year-old males of 1959, 20 pounds below highweight and American champion 3-year-old male Sword Dancer (who was also the American Horse of the Year).
Rated at 124 pounds on the Canadian Free Handicap for 3-year-olds of 1959, 2 pounds below highweighted Anita's Son.
Rated at 114 pounds on the Canadian Free Handicap for older runners of 1960, 12 pounds below highweighted Anita’s Son.
Rated at 115 pounds on the Canadian Free Handicap for older runners of 1961, 12 pounds below highweighted Wolfram.
As an individual
A bay horse, New Providence preferred to stalk the pace and make one big run in the stretch. He was equally effective on dirt and turf.
As a stallion
According to statistics compiled by The Jockey Club, New Providence sired 89 winners (76.7%) and 12 SWs (10.3%) from 116 named foals.
Notable progeny
New Pro Escar (CAN), Happy Victory (CAN), South Ocean (CAN)
Notable progeny of daughters
Blondy (VEN), Northernette (CAN), Sound Reason (CAN), Storm Bird (CAN)
Connections
Foaled in Ontario, New Providence was bred and owned by E. P. Taylor and raced in the silks of Taylor’s Windfields Farm. He was trained by Gordon “Pete” McCann. He was ridden to victory in the 100th Queen’s Plate by Bobby Ussery and in the other two legs of the Canadian Triple Crown (the Prince of Wales Stakes and the Breeders’ Stakes) by Avelino Gonez. New Providence entered stud in 1962 at Windfields Farm and died there in 1981. He is buried in the main horse cemetery on the grounds of the Windfields Estate, Ontario, Canada.
Pedigree notes
New Providence’s pedigree is outcrossed through five generations. He is a full brother to 1961 Canadian Oaks winner Maid o’ North and a half brother to Own Colleen (by Queen’s Own), dam of Canadian stakes winners Ice Palace (by Nearctic) and Winlord (by Canebora), second dam of 1990 Philip H. Iselin Handicap (USA-G1) winner Beau Genius and 1995 Monmouth Oaks (USA-G2) winner Kathie’s Colleen, and third dam of 2003 Canadian Triple Crown winner and Canadian Horse of the Year Wando.
Fair Colleen, the dam of New Providence and his siblings, won the 1953 One Thousand Guineas Trial Stakes and placed in four other stakes races. Sired by Preciptic, a good stakes winner by 1937 Ascot Gold Cup winner Precipitation, she is the only foal of significance produced from Fairvale (by the Fairway horse Fairford). The next dam in New Providence’s tail-female line, Vallema (by 1919 English champion 2-year-old male Tetratema out of Valla, by Poisoned Arrow) won the 1934 Stud Produce Stakes at Sandown, then a fairly important race for juveniles.
Fun facts
Last updated: October 19, 2024
Race record
41 starts, 10 wins, 7 seconds, 10 thirds, US$129,972 (converted from Canadian earnings)
1958:
- Won Cup and Saucer Handicap (CAN-R, 8.5FD, Woodbine)
- 2nd Colin Stakes (CAN-R, 6FD, Fort Erie)
- 3rd Coronation Futurity (CAN-R, 8F+70yD, Woodbine)
- 3rd Carleton Stakes (second division) (CAN-R, 7FD, Old Woodbine)
1959:
- Won Queen's Plate (CAN-R, 10FD, Woodbine)
- Won Prince of Wales Stakes (CAN-R, 11FT, Fort Erie)
- Won Breeders' Stakes (CAN, 12FT, Woodbine)
- Won Seagram Cup Handicap (CAN-R, 8.5FT, Woodbine)
- 2nd Plate Trial Stakes (third division) (CAN-R, 8.5FD, Woodbine)
- 3rd International Handicap (CAN, 9FD, Fort Erie)
- 3rd Marine Stakes (CAN, 8FD, Old Woodbine)
1960:
- 3rd Durham Cup Handicap (CAN-R, 10FD, Woodbine)
1961:
- Won Ultimus Handicap (CAN-R, 8FD, Old Woodbine)
- Won Inferno Handicap (CAN-R, 8FD, Old Woodbine)
- 3rd Connaught Cup Handicap (CAN-R, 8.5FD, Woodbine)
Honors
- Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame (inducted in 1982)
- Canadian champion 3-year-old male (1959)
Assessments
Rated at 112 pounds on the Daily Racing Form's Free Handicap for North American 3-year-old males of 1959, 20 pounds below highweight and American champion 3-year-old male Sword Dancer (who was also the American Horse of the Year).
Rated at 124 pounds on the Canadian Free Handicap for 3-year-olds of 1959, 2 pounds below highweighted Anita's Son.
Rated at 114 pounds on the Canadian Free Handicap for older runners of 1960, 12 pounds below highweighted Anita’s Son.
Rated at 115 pounds on the Canadian Free Handicap for older runners of 1961, 12 pounds below highweighted Wolfram.
As an individual
A bay horse, New Providence preferred to stalk the pace and make one big run in the stretch. He was equally effective on dirt and turf.
As a stallion
According to statistics compiled by The Jockey Club, New Providence sired 89 winners (76.7%) and 12 SWs (10.3%) from 116 named foals.
Notable progeny
New Pro Escar (CAN), Happy Victory (CAN), South Ocean (CAN)
Notable progeny of daughters
Blondy (VEN), Northernette (CAN), Sound Reason (CAN), Storm Bird (CAN)
Connections
Foaled in Ontario, New Providence was bred and owned by E. P. Taylor and raced in the silks of Taylor’s Windfields Farm. He was trained by Gordon “Pete” McCann. He was ridden to victory in the 100th Queen’s Plate by Bobby Ussery and in the other two legs of the Canadian Triple Crown (the Prince of Wales Stakes and the Breeders’ Stakes) by Avelino Gonez. New Providence entered stud in 1962 at Windfields Farm and died there in 1981. He is buried in the main horse cemetery on the grounds of the Windfields Estate, Ontario, Canada.
Pedigree notes
New Providence’s pedigree is outcrossed through five generations. He is a full brother to 1961 Canadian Oaks winner Maid o’ North and a half brother to Own Colleen (by Queen’s Own), dam of Canadian stakes winners Ice Palace (by Nearctic) and Winlord (by Canebora), second dam of 1990 Philip H. Iselin Handicap (USA-G1) winner Beau Genius and 1995 Monmouth Oaks (USA-G2) winner Kathie’s Colleen, and third dam of 2003 Canadian Triple Crown winner and Canadian Horse of the Year Wando.
Fair Colleen, the dam of New Providence and his siblings, won the 1953 One Thousand Guineas Trial Stakes and placed in four other stakes races. Sired by Preciptic, a good stakes winner by 1937 Ascot Gold Cup winner Precipitation, she is the only foal of significance produced from Fairvale (by the Fairway horse Fairford). The next dam in New Providence’s tail-female line, Vallema (by 1919 English champion 2-year-old male Tetratema out of Valla, by Poisoned Arrow) won the 1934 Stud Produce Stakes at Sandown, then a fairly important race for juveniles.
Fun facts
- At E. P. Taylor’s 1959 sale of yearlings, New Providence was offered for CAN$10,000 but went unsold.
- Following New Providence’s win in the 1959 Queen’s Plate, E. P. Taylor received the traditional award of 50 gold sovereigns from Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, who had come to Canada to be present for the centennial running of Canada’s great race. It was the first time in 20 years that the ruling monarch of the Commonwealth of Nations (of which Canada is a member) had attended, and to accommodate the Queen’s schedule, the running of the race was shifted to Tuesday, June 30, from its usual weekend slot.
- New Providence was the first of three official Triple Crown winners bred by E. P. Taylor. The others were Canebora (1963 Canadian Triple Crown) and Nijinsky II, who won the English Triple Crown in 1970. Taylor also bred Canadian Champ, who swept the races now officially constituting the Canadian Triple Crown in 1956.
- In 1982, a stakes race was inaugurated at Woodbine in the champion’s honor. The New Providence Stakes was last run in 2018.
Last updated: October 19, 2024