Winona (horse)

Winona
Sire	Alzao
Grandsire	Lyphard
Dam	My Potters
Damsire	Irish River
Sex	Mare
Foaled	21 March 1995
Country	Ireland
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Newberry Stud Company
Owner	Lady Clague
Trainer	John Oxx
Record	9: 2-1-1
Earnings	£137,283
Major wins
Irish Oaks (1998)

Winona (21 March 1995 – after 2013) was an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare best known for her win in the Irish Oaks. In a racing career which lasted from July 1997 until November 1998 she raced in four different countries and compiled a record of two wins one second and one third from nine starts. As a two-year-old in 1997 she showed considerable promise when winning on her first appearance and later finished second in the Group 3 C L Weld Park Stakes. In the following year she finished fourth in the Irish 1000 Guineas and third in the Coronation Stakes before being stepped up in distance and recording an emphatic win in the Irish Oaks. She was well beaten in her last two races and was retired from racing at the end of the year. Her record as a broodmare was poor.

Winona was a bay mare bred in Ireland by the Newberry Stud Company. She was owned during her racing career by Lady Clague (born Margaret Isolin Cowley), the widow of the entrepreneur Douglas Clague. The filly was trained at Kilcullen in County Kildare by John Oxx and was ridden in all of her races by Johnny Murtagh.

She was sired by Alzao, a son of Lyphard who never won above Group Three level, but became a successful breeding stallion, with his other progeny including Alborada, Second Set and Shahtoush. Her dam, My Potters was a half-sister to My Juliet, Snaafi Dancer and Lyphard's Special. She was a female-line descendant of Ivabel, a half-sister to the Kentucky Derby winner Old Rosebud.

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