My Dear III

My Dear
My Dear
Sire	King James
Grandsire	Plaudit
Dam	Bettie Landon
Damsire	Mantone
Sex	filly/mare
Foaled	1917
Country	United States
Color	Bay
Breeder	H. Rozier Dulany
Owner	1) H. Rozier Dulany; 2) G. W. Forman (11/1919); 2) Fred Musante (1920)
Trainer	1) J. Brooks; 2) W. Short; 3) Fred Musante
Record	95: 23-21-18
Earnings	US$89,974
Major wins
	Chesapeake Purse (1919); Mahubah Purse (1920); Toronto Cup Handicap (1921); National Handicap (1921); Hamilton Cup (1921, 1923); Ontario Jockey Club Cup (1923); Bowie Handicap (1923); Toronto Autumn Cup (1923)
Awards
	American Champion Older Female Horse (1921)
Honors
	My Dear Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack

My Dear (foaled 1917 in Virginia) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. She was regarded as the best older female racehorse in the United States in 1921.

Background

My Dear was a bay mare bred by H. Rozier Dulany of Upperville, Virginia. She was sired by King James, the 1909 retrospective American Champion Older Male Horse|. My Dear's dam was Bettie Landon making her a full sister to Admiral Cary T. Grayson's very good colt, My Own.

Racing career

At age two, My Dear raced and won in Maryland for H. Rozier Dulany but was sold to G. W. Forman in November of that year. Forman won a race with her but then sold her to trainer Fred Musante who began racing her at age three at Bowie Race Track. [1] The filly went on to an outstanding career, enjoying her greatest successes at Old Woodbine Race Course in Toronto, Canada where since 1941 the My Dear Stakes has been raced in her honor.

My Dear regularly competed against male horses. In 1921 she defeated her male counterparts in the Toronto Cup Handicap, the National Handicap, and the Hamilton Cup, plus for the second straight year, she ran second in the Toronto Autumn Cup to U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Exterminator. Her performances earned her retrospective 1921 American Champion Older Female Horse honors. In 1922, My Dear did not earn a major race win but came back in 1923, winning the Toronto Autumn Cup, her second Hamilton Cup, the Ontario Jockey Club Cup, and in Maryland, the Bowie Handicap, all against male horses.

In November 1923, My Dear broke a bone in her leg that ended her racing career.^[2]^[3]

Pedigree

Pedigree of My Dear
Sire King James	Plaudit	Himyar	Alarm
		Himyar	Hira
		Cinderella	Tomahawk
		Cinderella	Manna
	Unsightly	Pursebearer	Scottish Chief
		Pursebearer	Thrift
		Hira Villa	Himyar
		Hira Villa	Tolima
Dam Bettie Landon	Mentone	Star Ruby	Hampton
		Star Ruby	Ornament
		Madrid	Billet
		Madrid	Mercedes
	Laura Davis	Cherrystone	King Bolt
		Cherrystone	Cerise
		Scotia	Waverly
		Scotia	Irene

References

^ "My Dear". Pedigree Online. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
^ "My Dear Breaks Small Bone In Leg; May Never Race Again". New York Times. 10 November 1923. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
^ "My Dear's Racing Days Are Over". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. 10 November 1293. Retrieved 24 August 2016.^{[dead link‍]}

[1] "My Dear". Pedigree Online. Retrieved 24 August 2016.

[2] "My Dear Breaks Small Bone In Leg; May Never Race Again". New York Times. 10 November 1923. Retrieved 24 August 2016.

[3] "My Dear's Racing Days Are Over". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. 10 November 1293. Retrieved 24 August 2016.^{[dead link‍]}

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