Spinaway

{{Infobox racehorse | horsename = Spinaway | image = | caption = | sire = [[Leamington (horse)|Leamington]] | grandsire = [[Faugh-a-Ballagh]] | dam = Megara | damsire = [[Eclipse (British horse)|Eclipse]] | sex = [[Mare]] | foaled = 1878 | country = [[United States]] | colour = [[Chestnut (coat)|Chestnut]] | breeder = [[Aristides Welch]] | owner = [[George L. Lorillard]] | trainer = [[R. Wyndham Walden]] | record = 9: 7-2-0 | earnings = | race = [[Bouquet Stakes]] (1880) [[Chestnut Hill Stakes]] (1880) [[Foam Stakes]] (1880) [[July Stakes (Monmouth Park)|July Stakes]] (1880) [[Juvenile Stakes (United States)|Juvenile Stakes]] (1880) [[Surf Stakes]] (1880) Hopeful Stakes (Monmouth Park) (1880) Epsom Oaks (Epsom) (1880) | awards = [[American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly]] (1880) | honors = [[Spinaway Stakes]] at [[Saratoga Race Course]] | updated= }}

'''Spinaway''' (foaled 1878 at [[Erdenheim Farm|Erdenheim Stud Farm]] near [[Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia|Chestnut Hill]] near [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]]) was an American [[Thoroughbred]] [[filly]] for whom the [[Graded stakes race|Grade 1]] [[Spinaway Stakes]] at [[Saratoga Race Course]] is named.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nyra.com/saratoga/racing/stakes-schedule/spinaway/ |title=Spinaway Stakes |publisher=NYRA |date=1942-06-27 |access-date=2019-07-19 |archive-date=2021-12-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228231143/https://www.nyra.com/saratoga/racing/stakes-schedule/spinaway/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Breeding== ===Male line=== Bred by [[Aristides Welch]], Spinaway's sire was [[Leamington (horse)|Leamington]], a multiple top-class stakes winner in [[England]] and a [[Leading sire in North America]] four times.

Leamington was also the sire of: * [[Longfellow (horse)|Longfellow]] (1867) - brilliant runner, very successful sire, and [[National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame|U. S. Hall of Fame]] inductee;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.saratogian.com/news/historic-horse-racing-longfellow-and-ten-broeck-the-pride-of/article_5a128652-1949-55a4-9203-c868aa164556.html |title=Historic Horse Racing: Longfellow and Ten Broeck |publisher=The Saratogian |date=2017-08-15|access-date=2019-07-20}}</ref> * [[Aristides (horse)|Aristides]] (1872) - won the first [[Kentucky Derby]]; * [[Olitipa]] (1872) - ''[[Thoroughbred Heritage]]'' retrospective American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly and [[American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly]];<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.tbheritage.com/TurfHallmarks/Champs/AmChamp2yoFemale.html |title= Turf Hallmarks - Champions of the Turf |publisher=[[Thoroughbred Heritage]] |date=2019-07-19 |access-date=2019-07-19}}</ref> * [[Parole (horse)|Parole]] (1873) - an 1870s top stakes and U. S. Hall of Fame inductee;<ref>{{Citation|url=https://www.racingmuseum.org/hall-of-fame/parole|title=Parole|website=National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame|access-date=December 19, 2015}}</ref> * [[Faithless (horse)|Faithless]] (1873) - ''Thoroughbred Heritage'' retrospective American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly; * [[Susquehanna (horse)|Susquehanna]] (1874) - ''Thoroughbred Heritage'' retrospective American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly. * [[Harold (horse)|Harold]] (1876) - ''Thoroughbred Heritage'' retrospective as the [[American Champion Two-Year-Old Male Horse|American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt]] and at three, won the [[Preakness Stakes]]; * [[Rosalie (horse)|Rosalie]] (1877) - ''Thoroughbred Heritage'' retrospective American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly; * [[Sensation (horse)|Sensation]] (1877) - ''Thoroughbred Heritage'' retrospective [[American Champion Two-Year-Old Male Horse|American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt]]; * [[Iroquois (horse)|Iroquois]] (1878) the first American horse to win England's [[Epsom Derby]] and [[St. Leger Stakes]] * [[Saunterer]] (1878) - won [[1878 Preakness Stakes|1878 Preakness]] and [[1878 Belmont Stakes|Belmont Stakes]]; * [[Onondaga (horse)|Onondaga]] (1879) - ''Thoroughbred Heritage'' retrospective American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt.

Leamington was a son of [[Faugh-a-Ballagh]] who in 1844 became the first [[Ireland|Irish]]-bred horse to win the [[British Classic Race]], the [[St. Leger Stakes]]. At stud in [[France]], Faugh-a-Ballagh sired [[Epsom Oaks|Epsom]] and [[Prix de Diane|French Oaks]] winner [[Fille de l'Air]] whose [[Prix Fille de l'Air|race named in her honor]] has, through 2018, been run for more than 116 years.

===Female line=== Spinaway's dam was Megara who was bred by [[John Hunter (horseman)|John Hunter]], a founder of [[Saratoga Race Course]] and the first person to serve as chairman of [[Jockey Club (United States)|The Jockey Club]]. Spinaway was by far the best of her foals.

Megara's dam, Ulrica, was the dam of [[Ben Ali (horse)|Ben Ali]] who won the [[1886 Kentucky Derby]]. Ulrica also produced Memento (1879) who won the first edition of the Spinaway Stakes in 1881.

Megara's good sire was [[Eclipse (British horse)|Eclipse]] (1855) who also sired: * [[Ruthless (horse)|Ruthless]] (1864) - [[National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame|U.S. Hall of Fame]] inductee won [[Belmont Stakes]], [[Travers Stakes]] * Remorseless (1867) - ''Thoroughbred Heritage'' retrospective U.S. Champion 2yo filly * [[Alarm (horse)|Alarm]] (1869) - sire of [[Himyar (horse)|Himyar]], [[Panique (horse)|Panique]], Danger, Ann Fief, Fidele. * Regardless (1871) At 2: Won: [[Flash Stakes]] --- At 3: Won: [[Alabama Stakes]] (NSR), [[Monmouth Oaks]]

==Racing career== Future Hall of Fame inductee [[R. Wyndham Walden|Wyndham Walden]] trained Spinaway for owner [[George L. Lorillard|George Lorillard]]. Her career was basically limited to her two-year-old season of 1880 when she was not just the dominant filly that year but also beat her male counterparts in every one of her seven stakes wins.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d-JIAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22Foam+Stakes%22%2C+%22Spinaway%22&pg=PA583 |title=The American Turf - Performances For 1880|publisher= [[Wallace's Monthly]], 1880 Volume VI |date=1880-01-01 |access-date=2019-07-19}}</ref> Following its creation in 1997, ''[[Thoroughbred Heritage]]'' staff did a retrospective titled ''Champions of the Turf'' and selected Spinaway as the 1880 [[American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly|American Champion Two-Year-Old Female]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tbheritage.com/TurfHallmarks/Champs/AmChamp2yoFemale.html |title=Turf Hallmarks - Champions of the Turf |work=[[Thoroughbred Heritage]] |date=2019-07-19 |access-date=2019-07-19}}</ref>

In a profile of Spinaway by ''[[Wallace's Monthly]]'' covering the year of 1880, they referred to a ''[[Spirit of the Times]]'' report on Spinaway's ability by their columnist known as "''Albion''" who had witnessed her win a maiden race at [[Jerome Park Racetrack|Jerome Park]] and the [[July Stakes (Monmouth Park)|July Stakes]] at [[Monmouth Park Racetrack|Monmouth Park]]. "''Albion''" wrote: "I have been a turf attendant for some years, and have seen a number of races and fine finishes, but I have never seen a horse finish like this filly."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d-JIAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22Foam+Stakes%22%2C+%22Spinaway%22&pg=PA583 |title=Some Famous Racing Colts of 1880, page 583-584|publisher=[[Wallace's Monthly]], 1880 Volume VI |date=1880-01-01 |access-date=2019-07-19}}</ref>

A hoof injury led to Spinaway's retirement at age three.

==Broodmare == Owner George Lorillard died in 1886 and Spinaway became the property of his brother [[Pierre Lorillard IV|Pierre]]. By 1889 Spinaway had been sold to Milton Young, the owner of the important breeding operation, [[McGrathiana Stud]]. She would be sold again to [[Norman Kittson]] who in 1882 had purchased Erdenheim Stud Farm from Aristides Welch.

From eleven foals, Spinaway produced two good runners. The colt Lazzarone (1891), who won the [[Latonia Derby]] and [[Suburban Handicap]], and a filly Handspun (1892) whose wins included the [[Kentucky Stakes]], [[Willow Handicap]] and [[Tennessee Oaks]].

Bred to [[Hanover (horse)|Hanover]], Spinaway foaled Handspun who in turn was the dam of the great racing filly [[Tanya (horse)|Tanya]], winner of the 1905 [[Belmont Stakes]].

==Pedigree== {{Pedigree |name = Spinaway, chestnut filly, 1878 |f = [[Leamington (horse)|Leamington]] |m = Megara |ff = [[Faugh-a-Ballagh]] |fm = Pantaloon mare |mf = [[Eclipse (British horse)|Eclipse]] |mm = Ulrica |fff = [[Sir Hercules]] |ffm = Guiccioli |fmf = Pantaloon |fmm = Daphne |mff = [[Orlando (horse)|Orlando]] |mfm = Gaze |mmf = [[Lexington (horse)|Lexington]] |mmm = Emilia |ffff = [[Whalebone (horse)|Whalebone]] |fffm = Peri |ffmf = Bob Booty |ffmm = Flight |fmff = Castrel |fmfm = Idalia |fmmf = Laurel |fmmm = Maid of Honor |mfff = [[Touchstone (horse)|Touchstone]] |mffm = Vulture |mfmf = [[Bay Middleton (horse)|Bay Middleton]] |mfmm = Flycatcher |mmff = [[Boston (horse)|Boston]] |mmfm = [[Alice Carneal]] |mmmf = Young Emilius |mmmm = Persian (family: 11) }}

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