Our Page was a good juvenile filly, but she was an odd choice as the 1948 Kentucky Broodmare of the Year. While she produced five stakes-winning sons, only two were stakes winners by the end of 1948 (both won their black type that year) and neither was particularly outstanding. Our Page produced no daughters, and her long-term influence has been through her champion son Bull Page.
Race record
6 starts, 3 wins, 0 seconds, 0 thirds, US$11,285
1942:
As an individual
A bay mare; no further information available.
As a producer
Our Page produced five foals. All raced and won, and all are of some importance. They are as follow:
Connections
Foaled in Kentucky, Our Page was bred and owned by Woodvale Farm Royce G. Martin). She was trained by Steve Judge.
Pedigree notes
Our Page is inbred 5x4 to two-time American champion and 1909 American champion sire Ben Brush. She is a full sister to the stakes-winning colt Kaytee and to Larkspur Blues, dam of stakes winner Waikiki (by Devil Diver). Our Page is also a half sister to multiple stakes winner Crystal Boot (by Our Boots).
Our Page and her siblings are out of the Dis Donc mare Occult, a half sister to stakes winner Juggler (by Johren) and to Bewitch (by Peter Pan, second dam of 1933 Ladies’ Handicap winner White Lies. The next dam in Bull Page’s tail-female line, Bonnie Witch, was a juvenile stakes winner by Broomstick and is a half sister to Bonnie Broom (by Whisk Broom II), dam of 1926 Spinaway Stakes winner Bonnie Pennant and three other stakes winners. Bonnie Witch is also a half sister to Cresson (by All Gold), dam of 1922 Demoiselle Stakes winner Cresta (by Whisk Broom II) and 1924 Miller Stakes winner Klondyke (by Whisk Broom II).
Bonnie Witch, in turn, is out of Bonnie Star (by Star Shoot), a half sister to two-time American champion filly Blue Girl (by Sir Dixon; dam of juvenile stakes winners Delft, by Burgomaster, and Blue Laddie, by Cylgad) and to 1902 Travers Stakes and Saratoga Cup winner Blues (by Sir Dixon). The siblings were produced from Bonnie Blue II (by Hindoo), a daughter of the important matron Red-and-Blue (by Alarm) and a granddaughter of the American foundation mare Maggie B. B. (by Australian).
Last updated: June 29, 2021
Race record
6 starts, 3 wins, 0 seconds, 0 thirds, US$11,285
1942:
- Won Spinaway Stakes (USA, 6FD, Saratoga)
As an individual
A bay mare; no further information available.
As a producer
Our Page produced five foals. All raced and won, and all are of some importance. They are as follow:
- Page Boots (1945, by Our Boots) won the 1948 Kent Stakes and Leonard Richards Stakes. He was of no importance as a sire, getting three minor stakes winners from 104 named foals.
- Sport Page (1946, by Our Boots) won the 1948 East View Stakes and placed in four other juvenile stakes races. He sired only one stakes winner from 95 named foals.
- Bull Page (1947, by Bull Lea) was the 1951 Canadian Horse of the Year. He sired 19 stakes winners from 263 named foals and was the leading broodmare sire on the English/Irish list of 1970 thanks to his maternal grandson Nijinsky II, the English Triple Crown winner and Horse of the Year of that year. His top runners were 1959 Canadian Triple Crown winner New Providence, broodmare sire of champion and influential sire Storm Bird, and 1962 Canadian champion 3-year-old filly Flaming Page, who became the first filly to complete the Canadian Oaks/Queen’s Plate double before becoming the dam of Nijinsky II.
- Navy Page (1950, by War Admiral) won seven stakes races headed by the 1953 Jerome Handicap. He sired only 10 named foals, of which eight won and two were stakes winners.
- Brother Tex (1952, by War Admiral) won the 1954 Breeders’ Futurity and Sanford Stakes. He sired 29 named foals, of which 12 were winners.
Connections
Foaled in Kentucky, Our Page was bred and owned by Woodvale Farm Royce G. Martin). She was trained by Steve Judge.
Pedigree notes
Our Page is inbred 5x4 to two-time American champion and 1909 American champion sire Ben Brush. She is a full sister to the stakes-winning colt Kaytee and to Larkspur Blues, dam of stakes winner Waikiki (by Devil Diver). Our Page is also a half sister to multiple stakes winner Crystal Boot (by Our Boots).
Our Page and her siblings are out of the Dis Donc mare Occult, a half sister to stakes winner Juggler (by Johren) and to Bewitch (by Peter Pan, second dam of 1933 Ladies’ Handicap winner White Lies. The next dam in Bull Page’s tail-female line, Bonnie Witch, was a juvenile stakes winner by Broomstick and is a half sister to Bonnie Broom (by Whisk Broom II), dam of 1926 Spinaway Stakes winner Bonnie Pennant and three other stakes winners. Bonnie Witch is also a half sister to Cresson (by All Gold), dam of 1922 Demoiselle Stakes winner Cresta (by Whisk Broom II) and 1924 Miller Stakes winner Klondyke (by Whisk Broom II).
Bonnie Witch, in turn, is out of Bonnie Star (by Star Shoot), a half sister to two-time American champion filly Blue Girl (by Sir Dixon; dam of juvenile stakes winners Delft, by Burgomaster, and Blue Laddie, by Cylgad) and to 1902 Travers Stakes and Saratoga Cup winner Blues (by Sir Dixon). The siblings were produced from Bonnie Blue II (by Hindoo), a daughter of the important matron Red-and-Blue (by Alarm) and a granddaughter of the American foundation mare Maggie B. B. (by Australian).
Last updated: June 29, 2021