Aunt Edith

Aunt Edith
Sire	Primera
Grandsire	My Babu
Dam	Fair Edith
Damsire	Hyperion
Sex	Mare
Foaled	1962
Country	United Kingdom
Colour	Chestnut
Breeder	C B Hornung
Owner	John Hornung
Trainer	Noel Murless
Record	9:4-1-0
Major wins
Nassau Stakes (1965) Prix Vermeille (1965) Yorkshire Cup (1966) King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (1966)
Honours
Timeform Top-rated three-year-old filly (1965) Timeform Top-rated older female (1966)

Aunt Edith (1962 – 1986) was a British Thoroughbred race horse and broodmare. In a career which lasted from 1964 until October 1966 she ran nine times and won four races. As a three-year-old in 1965 she won the Nassau Stakes and the Prix Vermeille. In 1966 she won the Yorkshire Cup before becoming the first filly to win the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. After being retired from racing she became a successful broodmare.

Aunt Edith was a chestnut mare bred by Colonel C. B. Hornung. She raced in the colours of her breeder's son John Hornung. She was sired by Primera, a stayer who won two runnings of the Princess of Wales's Stakes and the Ebor Handicap. Her dam, Fair Edith, was of no account as a racehorse, but was a daughter of Afterthought, who finished second to Sun Chariot in the 1942 New Oaks. The filly was sent into training with Noel Murless at his Warren Place stable in Newmarket, Suffolk. As a descendant of the broodmare Kermesse, Aunt Edith was related to Colombo, Sweet Solera and Honest Pleasure.

Aunt Edith ran twice as a two-year-old, finishing unplaced on both occasions.

On her first appearance as a three-year-old, Aunt Edith finished second to Arctic Melody in the Musidora Stakes at York in May. Aunt Edith did not run again until August when she recorded her first win when taking the Nassau Stakes at Goodwood Racecourse.

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