Wenona Girl

Wenona Girl
Court Martial, the grandsire of Wenona Girl.
Sire	Wilkes (FR)
Grandsire	Court Martial (GB)
Dam	Golden Chariot
Damsire	Golden Sovereign (IRE)
Sex	Mare
Foaled	1957
Country	Australia
Colour	Chestnut
Owner	Bill Longworth
Trainer	Maurice McCarten
Record	68: 27-19:7
Earnings	AU£70,825
Major wins
1960 VRC Sires Produce Stakes 1960 AJC Sires Produce Stakes 1960 Rosehill Guineas 1960 VATC One Thousand Guineas 1961 AJC Adrian Knox Oaks Stakes 1961 & 1964 Rawson Stakes 1962 C F Orr Stakes 1963 George Adams Handicap 1963 George Main Stakes 1963 Linlithgow Stakes 1963, 1964 VRC Lightning Stakes 1964 AJC All Aged Stakes
Honours
Australian Racing Hall of Fame Wenona Girl Handicap
Last updated on 1 July 2011

Wenona Girl (foaled 1957) was a leading Australian Thoroughbred horse racemare that had 27 wins over distances ranging from 4½ furlongs to 1½ miles. She won 22 principal races, 15 of which were later designated group one (G1) races. Wenona Girl’s principal wins included the VRC Sires Produce Stakes, AJC Sires Produce Stakes, George Adams Handicap, One Thousand Guineas, VATC Futurity Stakes, AJC George Main Stakes, AJC All Aged Stakes, AJC Adrian Knox Oaks Stakes, Rawson Stakes and Rosehill Guineas, all of which were later classified as G1 races. At the time of her retirement she was the highest stakes winning mare to have raced in Australia. At stud she was a good broodmare. Wenona Girl was later inducted into Australian Racing Hall of Fame.

She was sired by the Leading sire in Australia, Wilkes (FR), her dam was the good racemare, Golden Chariot by Golden Sovereign (IRE). Golden Chariot won the VATC One Thousand Guineas and was the dam of two other stakes-winners, Emblem and Grammar Lad both sired by Wilkes. Wenona Girl was line-bred to Teddy in the fourth generation (4m x 4f).

Wenona Girl was trained by Maurice McCarten who also trained the brilliant sprinter, Todman. McCarten won the Sydney trainers' premiership four times in succession and finished second to Tommy J. Smith ten times.