Witch Elm
Witch Elm in 1907.
SireOrme
GrandsireOrmonde
DamCannie Lassie
DamsireAyrshire
SexMare
Foaled1904
CountryGreat Britain
ColourBay
OwnerWilliam Hall Walker
TrainerJack Robinson
Major wins
Cheveley Park Stakes (1906)
1000 Guineas (1907)
Last updated on 3 September 2012

Witch Elm (1904–1923) was a Thoroughbred racehorse owned by the William Hall Walker and trained by Jack Robinson. She was a daughter of Orme, who won the Eclipse Stakes twice and her dam was Cannie Lass, who was a daughter of Ayrshire.[1]

Racing career

She won five races out of the nine she contested as a two-year-old, including the Cheveley Park Stakes and the West of Scotland Foal Stakes at Ayr.[2] Amongst her other races were a fifth place in the National Breeders' Produce Stakes at Sandown and a third place in the Lancashire Breeders' Produce Stakes at Liverpool.[3] As a three-year-old she easily won the 1000 Guineas from Fragility[2] after starting the 4/1 favourite,[4] but could not repeat this classic winning form over longer distances.[5]

Breeding career

Witch Elm did not produce any top racehorses, but some of her descendants became classic winners in Brazil.[1] In 1919 Witch Elm produced the filly Lady Clarence, who was sired by Queen Alexandra Stakes winner Royal Realm.[6] Witch Elm died in 1923 at the National Stud.[7]

Pedigree

Pedigree of Witch Elm, bay mare, 1904[8]
Sire
Orme
b. 1889		 Ormonde
b. 1883		 Bend Or
ch. 1877		 Doncaster
Rouge Rose
Lily Agnes
b. 1871		 Macaroni
Polly Agnes
Angelica
b. 1879		 Galopin*
br. 1872		 Vedette
Flying Duchess
St. Angela
b. 1865		 King Tom
Adeline
Dam
Cannie Lassie
b./br. 1898		 Ayrshire
b. 1885		 Hampton
b. 1872		 Lord Clifden
Lady Langden
Atalanta
b. 1878		 Galopin*
Feronia
Wise Girl
ch. 1894		 Wisdom
b. 1873		 Blinkhoolie
Aline
Touch Me Not
ch. 1887		 Muncaster
Thistle

Note: b. = Bay, br. = Brown, ch. = Chestnut

* Witch Elm was inbred 3x4 to Galopin. This means that he appears once in the third generation and once in the fourth generation of her pedigree.

References

  1. 1 2 "Ayrshire". Tbheritage.com. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
  2. 1 2 "ENGLISH RACING". Press. 6 May 1907. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
  3. ↑ "SPORTING NEWS". Star. 8 May 1907. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
  4. ↑ "SPORTING INTELLIGENCE". Otautau Standard. 18 June 1907. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
  5. ↑ "IN A NUTSHELL". Otago Witness. 7 August 1907. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
  6. ↑ Ruff's guide to the turf. Office of Ruff's Guide, London. 1920.
  7. ↑ Weatherby (1925). "Witch Elm". General Stud Book. 25: 979.
  8. ↑ "Witch Elm (GB) pedigree". equineline.com. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
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