BONNETS O'BLUE (USA) gr. M, 1827
{a44} DP = 0-0-0-0-0 (0) DI = Inf CD = Inf - 7 Starts, 5 Wins, 1 Places, 1 Shows Career Earnings: $18,050 |
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| Owner: 1) Colonel William R. Johnson 2 Colonel William R. Johnson & John C. Craig 3) John C. Craig 4) William Gibbons Breeder: Colonel William R. Johnson Winnings: 7 Starts: 5 - 1 - 1, $18,050
Top class racemare
24 May 1830 - 1m heats Great Stakes New York (from Wild Bill, one of the severest races run on the Union course, New York); 5 Oct 1830 - 2m heats Tree Hill, Richmond; 10 May 1831 - $5,000 4m heats match New York v Goliah (con 3lbs); 12 May 1831 - 4m heats New York (from Black Maria); 21 Feb 1832 - $5,000 match Charleston v Clara Fisher (which went lame in 2nd heat, beaten 2 lengths after winning 1st heat by 1 length)
3 May 1832 - unplaced 4m heats Jockey Club Purse Petersburg (to Sally Hornet); 24 Jan 1833 - beaten $5,000 match v Little Venus
Injured her right hind hock in 1st heat of her match with Little Venus, forcing her retirement from the turf
She had only one significant progeny, but it was the magnificent Fashion, one of the greatest racemares in American turf history, winner of 32 of 36 career starts, including a celebrated match against the great racehorse Boston on 10 May 1842
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Family Summary: a44 (5), a79 (1), A19 (4), 1-a (1), 3 (2), 5 (1), 6-b (2), 9 (1), 13 (3), 17 (2), 23 (1), 24 (1),
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