# Olambala > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Olambala > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Olambala.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olambala > Source revision: 1287697616 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse Olambala Sire Ornus Grandsire Bend Or Dam Blue and White Damsire Virgil Sex Stallion Foaled 1906 Country United States Color Bay Breeder John G. Greener Owner Montpelier Stable Trainer Thomas J. Healey Record 54: 17-17-8 Earnings US$41,317 Major wins Latonia Derby (1909) Municipal Handicap (1909) Saratoga Cup (1909) Champlain Handicap (1910) Commonwealth Handicap (1910) Brighton Handicap (1910) Saratoga Handicap (1910) Suburban Handicap (1910) England Sandringham Plate (1911) Honors Olambala Handicap at Saratoga Race Course Last updated on April 10, 2010 **Olambala** (1906–1935) was an American [Thoroughbred](/source/Thoroughbred) [racehorse](/source/Horse_racing). ## Background Olambala was bred in [Tennessee](/source/Tennessee) by John G. Greener. He was sired by the British-born sire Ornus, a son of [Bend Or](/source/Bend_Or), a two-time [leading broodmare sire in Great Britain & Ireland](/source/Leading_broodmare_sire_in_Great_Britain_%26_Ireland) who was imported to stand at [stud](/source/Stud_(animal)) in the United States.[1] Olambala's dam was Blue and White, a daughter of the 1885 [leading sire in North America](/source/Leading_sire_in_North_America), [Virgil](/source/Virgil_(racehorse)). Owned by [Richard Thornton Wilson Jr.](/source/Richard_Thornton_Wilson_Jr.) and raced under the name of his Montpelier Stable, Olambala was conditioned for racing by future [U.S. Racing Hall of Fame](/source/National_Museum_of_Racing_and_Hall_of_Fame) inductee, [Thomas J. Healey](/source/T._J._Healey). ## Racing career The colt won important races at age three including the 1909 [Latonia Derby](/source/Latonia_Derby) and equaled the track record at [Saratoga Race Course](/source/Saratoga_Race_Course) for a mile and three quarters in winning the [Saratoga Cup](/source/Saratoga_Cup). As a four-year-old in 1910, won two of the three most important races in the United States open to older horses. Best at longer distances, Olambala did not run in the one mile [Metropolitan Handicap](/source/Metropolitan_Handicap) but under jockey [George Archibald](/source/George_Archibald_(jockey)) he won both the [Suburban](/source/Suburban_Handicap)[2] and [Brighton Handicaps](/source/Brighton_Handicap).[3] At [Sheepshead Bay Race Track](/source/Sheepshead_Bay_Race_Track), Olambala equaled the [world record](/source/World_record) for a mile and a quarter on dirt in winning the Commonwealth Handicap.[4] As a result of New York's [Hart–Agnew Law](/source/Hart%E2%80%93Agnew_Law), in 1911 and 1912 there was no horse racing in New York State as well as most of the rest of the United States. As such, Olambala's owner sent him to race at tracks in various cities in the [Province of Ontario](/source/Ontario) and in the [City of Montreal, Quebec](/source/Montreal) in Canada. ## Stud record Retired from racing after the 1912 season, Olambala proved successful standing at [stud](/source/Stud_(animal)) at Kirklevington Farm near [Lexington, Kentucky](/source/Lexington%2C_Kentucky). Among his offspring were: - [Campfire](/source/Campfire_(horse)) (b. 1914) – 1916 [American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt](/source/American_Champion_Two-Year-Old_Colt) - [Hannibal](/source/Hannibal_(horse)) (b. 1916) – wins include the [Saratoga Special Stakes](/source/Saratoga_Special_Stakes) (1918), [Travers Stakes](/source/Travers_Stakes) (1919) - [Pillory](/source/Pillory_(horse)) (b. 1919) – won 1922 [Preakness](/source/Preakness_Stakes) and [Belmont Stakes](/source/Belmont_Stakes) - [Sunfire](/source/Sunfire_(horse)) (b. 1925) – Multiple stakes winner including the 1928 and 1929 [Toronto Cup Handicap](/source/Toronto_Cup_Stakes) - Action (b. 1929) – in 1936 won the [Aqueduct](/source/Aqueduct_Handicap), [Edgemere](/source/Edgemere_Handicap), and [Manhattan Handicaps](/source/Manhattan_Handicap). ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Countless Noses Out Hampton Court; Close Finish Marks Running, of Huron Stakes on the Saratoga Track"](https://www.nytimes.com/1910/08/24/archives/countless-noses-out-hampton-court-close-finish-marks-running-of.html). *The New York Times*. 1910-08-24. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0362-4331](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0362-4331). Retrieved 2025-04-27. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Suburban Run Without Betting"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant-suburban-run-without-be/171228143/). *Hartford Courant*. 1910-06-18. p. 16. Retrieved 2025-04-27 – via [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Olambala Romps In Brighton Handicap; R.T. Wilson, Jr's, Crack Racer Wins Stake at Empire City Easily"](https://www.nytimes.com/1910/07/10/archives/olambala-romps-in-brighton-handicap-rt-wilson-jrs-crack-racer-wins.html). *The New York Times*. 1910-07-10. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0362-4331](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0362-4331). Retrieved 2025-04-27. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Olambala Ties World's Record"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-olambala-ties-worl/171228272/). *Los Angeles Times*. Associated Press. 1910-07-03. p. 6. Retrieved 2025-04-27 – via [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com). ## External links - [Olambala's pedigree and partial racing stats](http://www.pedigreequery.com/olambala) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Olambala](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olambala) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olambala?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.