Africander (horse)
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Africander was an American Thoroughbred
Champion
racehorse
. Bred by James Ben Ali Haggin
at his Rancho Del Paso
horse farm near Sacramento
, he was sired by Star Ruby, a son of Hampton
, the 1877 Goodwood Cup
winner and the British Champion sire
of 1887. Out of the mare, Afric Queen, his damsire was a Haggin import from Australia
named Darebin who won the 1883 Sydney Cup
.
Purchased by Julius Fleischmann
, on May 30, 1902 Africander won the Bedford Stakes at Gravesend Race Track
that impressed fans and horsemen alike. On June 28, 1902, Africander was sold for $10,000 to Charles F. Dwyer and Sim Deimel who raced him under the name, Hampton Stable. For his new owners, the colt lost in his first few starts until winning a minor event at Brighton Beach Race Course
. However, on July 29 at the same racetrack he equaled the track record for five and a half furlongs with a time of 1:06 3-5 in winning the Winged Foot Handicap. After an unsuccessful month of August, on September 9 Africander was sold to F. C. McLewee & Co subject to a veterinary examination. Rejected as unsound, on the morning of September 20, Africander was again offered for sale but was bought back by his owners. That afternoon he won the Holly Handicap at Gravesend Race Track
.
era, Africander won the Belmont Stakes
at Morris Park Racecourse
by three lengths.
On June 18, 1903 he won the very important Suburban Handicap
at Sheepshead Bay Race Track
then nine days late at the same track he captured the Advance Stakes
in track record time for one mile and three furlongs while defeating Brooklyn Handicap
winner and 1902 Champion Two-Year-Old, Irish Lad
and third-place finisher, Major Daingerfield. On July 7, he won the richest stake event for three-year-olds on the East Coast
, the one mile and five furlong Lawrence Realization Handicap
.
In September of 1903, Africanders handlers announced his retirement from racing.
For the year, Africander was the leading earner among all American horses with $70,720.
in a mile and three sixteenths handicap event at Morris Park Racecourse. At Gravesend he won again on June 1 before finishing second in the June 7 Standard Stakes. At Sheepshead Bay Race Track
, Africander ran sixth and last to winner Hermis
in the June 16 Suburban Handicap.
In July of 1904, the Dwyer/Deimel racing partnership was dissolved. At a Fasig-Tipton
auction, Sim Deimel purchased one hundred percent ownership of the horse for $15,000. As Richard Miller was under contract to Dwyer, Sim Deimel then hired trainer Frank Weir to condition the horse.
Sent to Saratoga Race Course
, he won two races in August and was second to the great filly
Beldame
in the August 20 Saratoga Cup
. On September 13, 1904 Africander won the mile and a half Brighton Cup Trial then four days later earned his most important win of year, capturing the two and a quarter mile, Brighton Cup.
Retired to stud
having earned more than $100,000, Africander stood in the United States until 1910 when he was exported to Mr. Manuel Torres Cabrera in Argentina
. He was not successful as a sire
.
Thoroughbred
The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word thoroughbred is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed...
Champion
Eclipse Award
The Eclipse Award is an American thoroughbred horse racing award named after the 18th century British racehorse and sire, Eclipse. The Eclipse Awards, honoring the champions of the sport, are sponsored by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association , Daily Racing Form and the National Turf Writers...
racehorse
Horse racing
Horse racing is an equestrian sport that has a long history. Archaeological records indicate that horse racing occurred in ancient Babylon, Syria, and Egypt. Both chariot and mounted horse racing were events in the ancient Greek Olympics by 648 BC...
. Bred by James Ben Ali Haggin
James Ben Ali Haggin
James Ben Ali Haggin was an Turkish Americanattorney, rancher, investor and a major owner/breeder in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing...
at his Rancho Del Paso
Rancho Del Paso
Rancho Del Paso was a Mexican land grant in present day Sacramento County, California given in 1844 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to Eliab Grimes. The grant extended along the north bank of the American River and was bounded roughly by today’s Northgate Boulevard, Manzanita Avenue, and Elkhorn...
horse farm near Sacramento
Sacramento, California
Sacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the county seat of Sacramento County. It is located at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in the northern portion of California's expansive Central Valley. With a population of 466,488 at the 2010 census,...
, he was sired by Star Ruby, a son of Hampton
Hampton (horse)
Hampton was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and Champion sire. Bred by Lord Norreys, he was sired by 1863 St. Leger Stakes winner, Lord Clifden. His dam was Lady Langden whose sire, Kettledrum, won the 1861 Epsom Derby...
, the 1877 Goodwood Cup
Goodwood Cup
The Goodwood Cup is a Group 2 flat horse race in Great Britain open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at Goodwood over a distance of 2 miles , and it is scheduled to take place each year in late July or early August.-History:...
winner and the British Champion sire
Leading sire in Great Britain & Ireland
The list below shows the leading sire of racehorses in Great Britain and Ireland for each year since 1751. This is determined by the amount of prize money won by the sire's progeny during the season.----- References :* -See also:...
of 1887. Out of the mare, Afric Queen, his damsire was a Haggin import from Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
named Darebin who won the 1883 Sydney Cup
Sydney Cup
The Sydney Cup is an Australian horse race, held for Thoroughbred horses and run over 3200 metres. It is run every year at Randwick Racecourse in Sydney, New South Wales in April/May...
.
Purchased by Julius Fleischmann
Julius Fleischmann
Julius Fleischmann was a Jewish American politician, former mayor of Cincinnati and son of Charles Louis Fleischmann.-Biography:...
, on May 30, 1902 Africander won the Bedford Stakes at Gravesend Race Track
Gravesend Race Track
Gravesend Race Track at Gravesend on Coney Island, New York was a Thoroughbred horse racing facility built by the Brooklyn Jockey Club as a result of the backing of the wealthy racing stable owners, the Dwyer Brothers. Philip J...
that impressed fans and horsemen alike. On June 28, 1902, Africander was sold for $10,000 to Charles F. Dwyer and Sim Deimel who raced him under the name, Hampton Stable. For his new owners, the colt lost in his first few starts until winning a minor event at Brighton Beach Race Course
Brighton Beach Race Course
The Brighton Beach Race Course was an American Thoroughbred horse racing facility opened at Brighton Beach, Coney Island, New York on June 28, 1879 by the Brighton Beach Racing Association. Headed by real estate developer William A. Engeman, who owned the Brighton Beach Hotel, the one-mile race...
. However, on July 29 at the same racetrack he equaled the track record for five and a half furlongs with a time of 1:06 3-5 in winning the Winged Foot Handicap. After an unsuccessful month of August, on September 9 Africander was sold to F. C. McLewee & Co subject to a veterinary examination. Rejected as unsound, on the morning of September 20, Africander was again offered for sale but was bought back by his owners. That afternoon he won the Holly Handicap at Gravesend Race Track
Gravesend Race Track
Gravesend Race Track at Gravesend on Coney Island, New York was a Thoroughbred horse racing facility built by the Brooklyn Jockey Club as a result of the backing of the wealthy racing stable owners, the Dwyer Brothers. Philip J...
.
A Champion at three
At age three, in the pre-U.S. Triple CrownUnited States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
In the United States, the "Triple Crown" is usually the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, a series of three Thoroughbred horse races for three-year-old horses run in May and early June of each year consisting of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes.While Daily Racing Form...
era, Africander won the Belmont Stakes
Belmont Stakes
The Belmont Stakes is an American Grade I stakes Thoroughbred horse race held every June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. It is a 1.5-mile horse race, open to three year old Thoroughbreds. Colts and geldings carry a weight of 126 pounds ; fillies carry 121 pounds...
at Morris Park Racecourse
Morris Park Racecourse
Morris Park Racecourse was an American thoroughbred horse racing facility from 1889 until 1904. It was located in a part of Westchester County, New York that was annexed into the Bronx in 1895 and later became known as Morris Park...
by three lengths.
On June 18, 1903 he won the very important Suburban Handicap
Suburban Handicap
The Suburban Handicap is an American Grade II Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. Open to horses age three and older, it is run at the classic one-and-one-quarter mile distance on dirt for a $400,000 purse....
at Sheepshead Bay Race Track
Sheepshead Bay Race Track
Sheepshead Bay Race Track was an American Thoroughbred horse racing facility built on the site of the Coney Island Jockey Club at Sheepshead Bay, New York...
then nine days late at the same track he captured the Advance Stakes
Advance Stakes
The Advance Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually from 1899 through 1910 at the Sheepshead Bay Race Track in Brooklyn, New York. Open to horses age three and older, it was raced on dirt...
in track record time for one mile and three furlongs while defeating Brooklyn Handicap
Brooklyn Handicap
The Brooklyn Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in early June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York, on Long Island. It currently is a Grade II event open to three-year-olds and up willing to race one and one-half miles on dirt....
winner and 1902 Champion Two-Year-Old, Irish Lad
Irish Lad
Irish Lad was an American Thoroughbred Champion racehorse and a world record holder.Bred by H. Eugene Leigh, in the fall of 1901 he sold the yearling to John Madden for $2,550. Madden conditioned him for racing and brought him to the track in the spring of 1902 where he showed enough potential...
and third-place finisher, Major Daingerfield. On July 7, he won the richest stake event for three-year-olds on the East Coast
East Coast of the United States
The East Coast of the United States, also known as the Eastern Seaboard, refers to the easternmost coastal states in the United States, which touch the Atlantic Ocean and stretch up to Canada. The term includes the U.S...
, the one mile and five furlong Lawrence Realization Handicap
Lawrence Realization Stakes
The Lawrence Realization Stakes was an American horse race first run on the turf in 1889. The race, for three-year-old Thoroughbred colts, geldings and fillies, was last run in 2005.-History:...
.
In September of 1903, Africanders handlers announced his retirement from racing.
For the year, Africander was the leading earner among all American horses with $70,720.
At four
After a long rest, Africander's wanted to try to bring him back to racing. Under trainer Richard Miller, by early May of 1904 the horse appeared to be returning to top form and was showing very good times in his workouts. On May 14 he returned to racing with a win under star jockey George OdomGeorge M. Odom
George Martin Odom was an American National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame jockey and trainer in Thoroughbred horse racing. He is only one of two people to ever have won the Belmont Stakes as both a jockey and a trainer....
in a mile and three sixteenths handicap event at Morris Park Racecourse. At Gravesend he won again on June 1 before finishing second in the June 7 Standard Stakes. At Sheepshead Bay Race Track
Sheepshead Bay Race Track
Sheepshead Bay Race Track was an American Thoroughbred horse racing facility built on the site of the Coney Island Jockey Club at Sheepshead Bay, New York...
, Africander ran sixth and last to winner Hermis
Hermis
Hermis was an American Thoroughbred racehorse twice chosen the American Horse of the Year. Bred by Hiram Berry, H. A. Engman owned his dam, Katy of the West. He was purchased as a two-year-old by Cincinnati theatre man Henry M. Ziegler and would be sold to L. V. Bell who in turn sold him in 1903...
in the June 16 Suburban Handicap.
In July of 1904, the Dwyer/Deimel racing partnership was dissolved. At a Fasig-Tipton
Fasig-Tipton
The Fasig-Tipton Company, Inc. is an auction house for Thoroughbred horses founded in 1898 by William B. Fasig and Edward A. Tipton. It is the oldest auction company of its kind in North America....
auction, Sim Deimel purchased one hundred percent ownership of the horse for $15,000. As Richard Miller was under contract to Dwyer, Sim Deimel then hired trainer Frank Weir to condition the horse.
Sent to Saratoga Race Course
Saratoga Race Course
Saratoga Race Course is a Thoroughbred horse racing track in Saratoga Springs, New York, United States. It opened on August 3, 1863, and is the oldest organized sporting venue of any kind in the United States. It is typically open for racing from late July through early September.-History:John...
, he won two races in August and was second to the great filly
Filly
A filly is a young female horse too young to be called a mare. There are several specific definitions in use.*In most cases filly is a female horse under the age of four years old....
Beldame
Beldame
Beldame was one of the great racing fillies of Twentieth century American breeding.-A horse to lease:The chestnut was foaled near Lexington, Kentucky in 1901 by Octagon, out of the English bred Bella Donna...
in the August 20 Saratoga Cup
Saratoga Breeders' Cup Handicap
The Saratoga Breeders’ Cup Handicap was, until it was discontinued in 2005, a Thoroughbred race for horses three-years-old and up run at Saratoga Race Course...
. On September 13, 1904 Africander won the mile and a half Brighton Cup Trial then four days later earned his most important win of year, capturing the two and a quarter mile, Brighton Cup.
Retired to stud
Stud (animal)
A stud animal is a registered animal retained for breeding. The terms for the male of a given animal species usually imply that the animal is entire—that is, not castrated—and therefore capable of siring offspring...
having earned more than $100,000, Africander stood in the United States until 1910 when he was exported to Mr. Manuel Torres Cabrera in Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
. He was not successful as a sire
Sire
Sire may refer to:* Father, the counterpart of a dam, particularly in animal breeding. See also stallion* James W. Sire, author on worldviews* Sire Records, a record label* Sire Advertising, an advertising agency...
.