Beldame
| Beldame | |
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Beldame, Frank O'Neill up
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| Sire | Octagon |
| Grandsire | Rayon d'Or |
| Dam | Bella Donna |
| Damsire | Hermit |
| Sex | Mare |
| Foaled | 1901 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Chestnut |
| Breeder | August Belmont II |
| Owner | August Belmont II |
| Trainer |
John J. Hyland Fred Burlew |
| Record | 31: 17-6-4 |
| Earnings | $102,570 |
| Major wins | |
| Great Filly Stakes (1903) Vernal Stakes (1903) Alabama Stakes (1904) Gazelle Handicap (1904) Carter Handicap (1904) Ladies Handicap (1904) Mermaid Stakes (1904) Saratoga Cup (1904) First Special (1904) Second Special (1904) Dolphin Sakes (1904) Mermaid Stakes (1904) September Stakes (1904) Standard Handicap (1905) Suburban Handicap (1905) |
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| Awards | |
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American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly (1904) American Horse of the Year (1904) |
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| Honours | |
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U.S. Racing Hall of Fame (1956) #98 - Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century Beldame Stakes at Belmont Park |
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| Last updated on October 31, 2006 | |
Beldame (1901–1924) was an American racehorse and broodmare.
The chestnut filly was foaled near Lexington, Kentucky, in 1901. She was by Octagon, out of the English-bred Bella Donna (by the Epsom Derby winner Hermit). Named Beldame, she was a homebred of August Belmont II's (after whose family the Belmont Stakes as well as Belmont Park were named), and though Belmont, Jr. continued to own her, he leased her as a two- and three-year-old to a business associate named Newton Bennington. Although she won two races before going to Bennington, it was while racing for him that Beldame began her great career, earning her place as number 98 in the Blood-Horse magazine List of the Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century.
(Aside from Beldame, Belmont bred 129 stakes winners, including Man o' War. The colt was originally named My Man O' War by his wife since August Jr. had enlisted in World War I at the age of 65. Because of the war, he sold his best horse to Samuel D. Riddle for $5,000.)
As a two-year-old, Beldame won the Great Filly Stakes at Sheepshead Bay Race Track and the Vernal Stakes (wiring the field).
When Beldame was three, she won twelve of her fourteen starts, earning the championship of her division. Her only losses came against older males. That year, she took the Alabama Stakes, the Gazelle Handicap (by ten lengths on a sloppy track), the Carter Handicap (against males by over two lengths under a stout hold), the Ladies Stakes, the Saratoga Cup (beating the year-older Belmont Stakes winner and Champion Three-Year-Colt, Africander), the First Special, the Second Special, the Dolphin Sakes, the Mermaid Stakes (winning by seven lengths and drawing away from the field even as she was being eased up), and the September Stakes.
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