Cicada (horse)
| Cicada | |
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| Sire | Bryan G. |
| Grandsire | Blenheim |
| Dam | Satsuma |
| Damsire | Bossuet |
| Sex | Filly |
| Foaled | 1959 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Meadow Stud, Inc. |
| Owner | Meadow Stable |
| Trainer | Casey Hayes |
| Record | 42 Starts: 23 - 8 - 6 |
| Earnings | $783,674 |
| Major wins | |
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Blue Hen Stakes (1961) Schuylerville Stakes (1961) Spinaway Stakes (1961) Matron Stakes (1961) Astarita Stakes (1961) Frizette Stakes (1961) Gardenia Stakes (1961) Kentucky Oaks (1962) Acorn Stakes (1962) Oaks Prep (1962) Mother Goose Stakes (1962) Beldame Stakes (1962) Jersey Belle Stakes (1962) Columbiana Handicap (1963) Distaff Handicap (1963) Vagrancy Handicap (1963) Sheepshead Bay Handicap (1963) |
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| Awards | |
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American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly (1961) American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly (1962) American Champion Older Female Horse (1963) |
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| Honours | |
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U.S. Racing Hall of Fame (1967) #62 - Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century Cicada Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack |
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Cicada (May 9, 1959 – 1981) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who was the first filly in American racing history to be awarded consecutive championships at the ages of two, three and four. She was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1967.
Cicada was bred by Christopher Chenery's Meadow Stud. A bay filly standing 15.2 hands (62 inches, 157 cm) high, she was by Bryan G. and out of Satsuma by Bossuet. Satsuma's dam was Hildene, the first horse owned by Chenery (whose Meadow Stable later bred and owned Secretariat). Sired by the 1926 Kentucky Derby winner Bubbling Over, Hildene cost only $600 but became a "blue hen" mare (a prolific producer of quality offspring). Hildene was named Kentucky Broodmare of the Year in 1950, the same year her son Hill Prince was named Horse of the Year.
Cicada was trained by Casey Hayes, who also trained Hill Prince, First Landing, and Sir Gaylord.
Hayes believed in starting his horses young, so Cicada first raced in February 1961 at Hialeah Park Race Track and won easily by 4½ lengths. She won one allowance race and lost one before being entered in her first stakes race. She lost the Fashion Stakes, but then won her third allowance easily. She won the Blue Hen Stakes wire-to-wire, winning by 5½ lengths. Cicada was never out of the money in her sixteen starts as a two-year-old. She won eleven of those races (including the final six in a row) and set a new record for earnings by a filly. Her stakes victories included the Schuylerville, Frizette, Matron, and Spinaway. She was named the Champion two-year-old filly of 1961.
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