If Remorseless was not usually considered to be the equal of her elder full sister Ruthless, she was still good enough to win regard in her own right as the best American 2-year-old of 1869. Unfortunately, like the other daughters of the great broodmare Barbarity, she was a much better racer than producer.
Race record
1869:
1870:
Honors
American champion 2-year-old filly (1869)
As an individual
A chestnut mare, Remorseless was quicker-maturing than her sister Ruthless and probably possessed more natural speed. As a broodmare, she was frequently barren.
As a producer
Remorseless produced only two named foals, neither of any significance.
Connections
Foaled in Westchester County, New York, Remorseless was bred and owned by Francis Morris. She was trained by William Brown. Following Morris’s death in 1886, Remorseless became the property of Morris’s son, John A. Morris, and grandson Alfred Hennen Morris. Her last foal was born in 1889.
Pedigree notes
Sired by the important English import Eclipse (by Orlando; not to be confused with the famous 18th-century racehorse who is the male-line ancestor of the vast majority of today’s Thoroughbreds), Remorseless is a full sister to 1867 Belmont Stakes winner Ruthless, considered the American champion 3-year-old filly of 1867 and a member of the National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame. Remorseless is also a full sister to Alabama Stakes winners Regardless (1874; considered the American co-champion 3-year-old filly of that year) and Merciless (1876) and to 1867 Saratoga Stakes winner Relentless.
Barbarity, the dam of Remorseless and her sisters, was bred in Ireland by a Mr. Bradshaw and was imported by Richard Ten Broeck, who won three match races with Barbarity when she was a 4-year-old in 1858. The following year, the mare was imported to the United Stakes. She ended up in the ownership of Francis Morris as partial settlement of a lawsuit. Sired by Simoon (by 1838 English champion sire Camel), she is a full sister to Barbarian who won the 1851 National Produce Stakes in Ireland and was second in the 1852 Derby Stakes. Barbarity was produced from a daughter of Buzzard (by 1829 English champion sire Blacklock), who in turn was produced from Donna Maria (by the high-class racer and sire Partisan x Donna Clara, by Cesario).
Last updated: August 2, 2025
Race record
1869:
- Won Flash Stakes (USA, 4FD, Saratoga; new track record :49-1/4)
- Won Nursery Stakes (USA, 8FD, Jerome Park)
- Won Saratoga Stakes (USA, 6FD, Saratoga; new track record 1:18-1/4)
- Won a 2-year-old sweepstakes (USA, 5FD, Jerome Park)
- Won a 2-year-old sweepstakes (USA, 9FD, Jerome Park)
- 2nd Hopeful Stakes (USA, 5FD, Jerome Park)
- 2nd in a 2-year-old filly sweepstakes (USA, 5FD, Jerome Park)
1870:
- Won Jerome Sweepstakes (USA, 14FD, Jerome Park)
- Won Hunter Stakes (USA, 14FD, Jerome Park)
- 2nd Lambard Stakes (USA, 16FD, Jerome Park)
- 2nd Kenner Stakes (USA, 16FD, Saratoga)
Honors
American champion 2-year-old filly (1869)
As an individual
A chestnut mare, Remorseless was quicker-maturing than her sister Ruthless and probably possessed more natural speed. As a broodmare, she was frequently barren.
As a producer
Remorseless produced only two named foals, neither of any significance.
Connections
Foaled in Westchester County, New York, Remorseless was bred and owned by Francis Morris. She was trained by William Brown. Following Morris’s death in 1886, Remorseless became the property of Morris’s son, John A. Morris, and grandson Alfred Hennen Morris. Her last foal was born in 1889.
Pedigree notes
Sired by the important English import Eclipse (by Orlando; not to be confused with the famous 18th-century racehorse who is the male-line ancestor of the vast majority of today’s Thoroughbreds), Remorseless is a full sister to 1867 Belmont Stakes winner Ruthless, considered the American champion 3-year-old filly of 1867 and a member of the National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame. Remorseless is also a full sister to Alabama Stakes winners Regardless (1874; considered the American co-champion 3-year-old filly of that year) and Merciless (1876) and to 1867 Saratoga Stakes winner Relentless.
Barbarity, the dam of Remorseless and her sisters, was bred in Ireland by a Mr. Bradshaw and was imported by Richard Ten Broeck, who won three match races with Barbarity when she was a 4-year-old in 1858. The following year, the mare was imported to the United Stakes. She ended up in the ownership of Francis Morris as partial settlement of a lawsuit. Sired by Simoon (by 1838 English champion sire Camel), she is a full sister to Barbarian who won the 1851 National Produce Stakes in Ireland and was second in the 1852 Derby Stakes. Barbarity was produced from a daughter of Buzzard (by 1829 English champion sire Blacklock), who in turn was produced from Donna Maria (by the high-class racer and sire Partisan x Donna Clara, by Cesario).
Last updated: August 2, 2025