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Sire Line: Highflyer. Family 10-a. Queen Mary died in 1872. She heads her own branch of Family Member 10 tracing to Fair Helen.* Queen Mary\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s dam is an un-named daughter of Plenipotentiary ch1831 and Myrrha b1830.
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Queen Mary is one of the most influential broodmares of the 19th Century, and established a family of vast importance in the production of classic winners and stallions that flourished for the next century and more.
Her sire was Gladiator (1833), by Partisan, an extremely influential sire. Besides Queen Mary, his most important offspring was the stallion Sweetmeat, and he also got the Prix du Jockey Club winners Ventre Saint-Gris and Celebrity as well as the sire Fitz Gladiator. Queen Mary\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s dam was an unnamed daughter of the Derby winner Plenipotentiary, whose best runners were the fillies Poison (Oaks) and Potentia (1,000 Guineas). This unnamed daughter never raced and was bred when just 2 years old. Queen Mary was her first foal, and she produced nothing of note otherwise.
The General Stud Book shows Queen Mary as being bred by Mr. Dennis, who had retained the services of William I\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'Anson as trainer. I\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'Anson, a Scot, maintained a training yard at the Spring Cottage Stables, Malton, Yorkshire. The Gladiator filly made only one start as a 2-year-old, at Chester, but went down during the running and suffered injuries that forced the end of her racing career. Dennis gave Queen Mary to I\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'Anson, who bred her as a 3-year-old in 1846 to Mango, but she did not conceive. She was bred later the same season to Lanercost, producing a small, unimpressive brown filly in the spring of 1847. Queen Mary was bred back to Mango and the next year produced a filly foal which died at a very early age. In 1849, Queen Mary produced a bay filly by Moss Trooper that was as uninspiring as the mare\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s first foal.
That one, since named Haricot, was not progressed enough to put into training at 2. I\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'Anson had little encouragement to continue breeding from Queen Mary, and after she foaled a bay colt by Annandale in the spring of 1850, she was sold for 40 pounds to a farmer in Forfarshire (Scotland). I\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'Anson used her 3-year-old daughter as a riding horse until he realized that Haricot had some speed, and he quickly tested the depths of her ability. She made 17 starts at 3, winning 10. He continued to race her hard at 4, 5, and 6, and she proved herself a mare of exceptional class and durability, winning 17 races in 40 lifetime starts. Her wins included the Lincolnshire Handicap, Manchester Cup, and Stirling Gold Cup. She also placed a notable second to the great champion Voltigeur in the Flying Dutchman Handicap.
Haricot\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s surprising turnaround from hack to racehorse made I\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'Anson feel a bit like a fool for having sold her dam so cheaply. He went back to the farmer in Forfarshire, only to discover that he had bred Queen Mary to a \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'bonny\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' Clydesdale stallion named Fernely and had resold her. The mare was finally tracked down, running loose in Caledonia, and I\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'Anson paid 100 pounds to buy her back carrying a foal he would have to write off as a half-bred.
Little Haricot herself produced a dozen foals for I\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'Anson, including Caller Ou, her 1858 filly by Stockwell. Caller Ou was even more durable than her dam, making 86 starts over 6 years of competition, posting 44 wins. As a 3-year-old, she won the St. Leger Stakes at Doncaster. Haricot also produced Lady Langden (1868 by Kettledrum), famous as the dam of Derby winner Sir Bevys and the important runner and sire Hampton.
Queen Mary\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s Moss Trooper filly of 1849 was named Braxey, and she was similar to Haricot, being small and unattractive. Although not in the same class as a racehorse, Braxey managed to win the Stirling Stakes in 1854. Braxey produced three particularly good daughters. Thrift (by Stockwell) was the dam of Arc de Triomphe and Ascot Gold Cup winner Tristan. *Bernice (by Stockwell) was imported to America by August Belmont I and became an important broodmare for him, dam of stakes winners Bertram and Beatrice, two of the best runners sired by Kentucky. Merino (by Young Melbourne) became the granddam of Oaks winner La Roche.
Queen Mary\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s 1850 colt by Annandale was named *Balrownie. He was a good stayer, winning the Doncaster Stakes, Pontefract Gold Cup, Caledonian St. Leger, and Kelso Stakes. Sent to America, he stood in New York and New Jersey. Although not a great success, he sired several good daughters. Attraction (1866) produced August Belmont\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s mare Magnetism, herself dam of stakes winners Magnetizer, Magnate, and Magian. Another daughter, Heatherbelle, was the dam of Viator. A third, Bonnie Doon, was the second dam of champion Ramapo.
The Clydesdale-sired colt Queen Mary foaled on her return to I\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'Anson\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s paddocks at Malton in 1851 was named Beef and Greens. His fate is unknown. After she foaled Beef and Greens, Queen Mary found herself keeping entirely different company, since the efforts of Haricot had earned her a trip to be bred to the high class stallion Melbourne. This resulted in the bay filly, Blooming Heather, born in 1852. Blooming Heather was a winner and also ran second in the 1855 Oaks to Marchioness. Blooming Heather had several good daughters, but the most important line descending from her was through her daughter Mahonia, the fifth dam of the great steeplechase champion Battleship.
In 1852, Queen Mary was bred to I\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'Anson\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s good runner Iago, and foaled *Bonnie Scotland the next spring. Injured at 2, *Bonnie Scotland became a stiff competitor at three, winning the Doncaster Stakes and Liverpool St. Leger, and placing second (in a dead-heat) in the Doncaster St. Leger before unsoundness forced his retirement. He stood one season in England before being sold to American interests in 1857. After standing in Ohio and Illinois and siring a surprising number of top class runners despite the lack of quality mares, he was purchased to stand at Belle Meade Stud in Tennessee for the 1873 season. Belle Meade was one of the top farms in the country and here, *Bonnie Scotland reached the greatest heights. He was America\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s Leading Sire in 1880 and 1882, and sired champions Luke Blackburn, Bramble, George Kinney, and the mare Bourbon Belle (dam of the champion and great sire Hanover).
Bonnie Doon proved to be Queen Mary\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s final foal, and the great mare died 2 years later, in 1872, at the age of 29. In all, Queen Mary had 20 foals, which is remarkable in itself, and all were bays, indicating that she was a pure-breeding bay. Even more remarkable is the fact that her offspring included not just one top runner, but several good ones, who not only ran well, but also bred on with importance: Haricot, Blink Bonny, Broomielaw, Bonny Bell, Blinkhoolie, and Bonnie Doon. Queen Mary\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s family threw exceptional class and durability. Its many daughters, with a few exceptions like Blink Bonny, proved fertile and long-lived. She and her daughters were responsible for producing some of the best runners by the best sires of the time: Stockwell (Caller Ou, Blair Athol), Melbourne (Blink Bonny), Iago (Bonnie Scotland), and Rataplan (Blinkhoolie).
That\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s a long way from running wild on a rocky hillside in Caledonia in foal to a Clydesdale stallion.
--Anne Peters
Source: http://www.tbheritage.com/Portraits/QueenMary.html
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M, THOROUGHBRED, 1843
