# Square Angel

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{{Short description|Canadian-bred Thoroughbred racehorse}}

{{Infobox racehorse
| horsename = Square Angel
| image = 
| caption = 
| sire = [Quadrangle](/source/Quadrangle_(horse))
| grandsire = Cohoes
| dam = Nangela
| damsire =  [Nearctic](/source/Nearctic_(horse))
| sex = Mare
| foaled = 1970
| country = [Canada](/source/Canada)
| colour = [Bay](/source/Bay_(horse))
| breeder = [E. P. Taylor](/source/E._P._Taylor)
| owner = [General W. Preston Gilbride](/source/William_Preston_Gilbride)
| trainer = [Frank H. Merrill, Jr.](/source/Frank_H._Merrill%2C_Jr.)
| record = 25: 7-9-3
| earnings = $106,446<ref name=pedigree>{{cite web| title=Square Angel| url=http://www.pedigreequery.com/square+angel| publisher=Pedigree Online Thoroughbred Database| accessdate=2014-09-18}}</ref>
| race =  [Shady Well Stakes](/source/Shady_Well_Stakes) (1972)<br>[Fury Stakes](/source/Fury_Stakes) (1973)<br>[Canadian Oaks](/source/Woodbine_Oaks) (1973)<br>[Nettie Handicap](/source/E._P._Taylor_Stakes) (1973)
| awards= [Canadian Champion Three-Year-Old Filly](/source/Canadian_Champion_Three-Year-Old_Filly) (1973)
| honours =  
|updated= March 4, 2010
}}
'''Square Angel''' (foaled April 4, 1970 in [Ontario](/source/Ontario)) was a Canadian Champion [Thoroughbred](/source/Thoroughbred) [racehorse](/source/horse_racing).

==Background==
Bred by [E. P. Taylor](/source/E._P._Taylor), Square Angel was sired by the 1964 [Belmont Stakes](/source/Belmont_Stakes) winner, [Quadrangle](/source/Quadrangle_(horse)). Her dam, Nangela, was a daughter of [Nearctic](/source/Nearctic_(horse)), the sire of one of the most influential sires in Thoroughbred history, [Northern Dancer](/source/Northern_Dancer).<ref name=bowen>{{cite book| title=Legacies of the Turf: A Century of Great Thoroughbred Breeders| last=Bowen| first=Edward L.| volume=2| page=119| date=November 2004| isbn=978-1581501025| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i7ilgwjwtN4C&dq=Square+Angel%2C+filly&pg=PA119| publisher=Blood Horse Publications| accessdate=2014-09-18}}</ref>

==Racing career==
Square Angel was purchased and raced by [General W. Preston Gilbride](/source/William_Preston_Gilbride) [CBE](/source/Order_of_the_British_Empire), [DSO](/source/Distinguished_Service_Order), [CO-N](/source/Order_of_Orange-Nassau), who entrusted her training to future [Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame](/source/Canadian_Horse_Racing_Hall_of_Fame) trainer, [Frank Merrill, Jr.](/source/Frank_H._Merrill%2C_Jr.)<ref name=HOF>{{cite web| title=Frank Merrill, Jr.| url=http://horseracinghalloffame.com/1981/01/01/frank-h-merrill-jr/| publisher=Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame| accessdate=2014-09-18}}</ref> A stakes winner at two, Square Angel, as a three-year-old in 1973, won Canada's most prestigious race for fillies of her age group: the [Canadian Oaks](/source/Woodbine_Oaks). In addition to victories in the [Fury Stakes](/source/Fury_Stakes) and [Nettie Handicap](/source/E._P._Taylor_Stakes), she initially finished first in the [Wonder Where Stakes](/source/Wonder_Where_Stakes) but was disqualified and placed second. Square Angel's performances earned her the titleof [Canadian Champion Three-Year-Old Filly](/source/Canadian_Champion_Three-Year-Old_Filly).

==Broodmare==
Retired to [broodmare](/source/broodmare) duty, Square Angel was the dam of four stakes winners and one additional stakes-placed winner from six foals to race.<ref name=progeny>{{cite web| title=Progeny| url=http://www.pedigreequery.com/progeny/square+angel| publisher=Pedigree Online Thoroughbred Database| accessdate=2014-09-18}}</ref> Among her best offspring were [Kamar](/source/Kamar_(horse)) (b. 1976), a Canadian Champion Three-Year-Old Filly and the 1990 [Kentucky Broodmare of the Year](/source/Kentucky_Broodmare_of_the_Year), and [Love Smitten](/source/Love_Smitten) (b. 1981), whose wins included the Grade 1 [Apple Blossom Handicap](/source/Apple_Blossom_Handicap) and the Grade 2 [Santa Maria Handicap](/source/Santa_Maria_Handicap) and who was the dam of [Swain](/source/Swain_(horse)).<ref name=dams>{{cite web| title=Family 14: The Oldfield Mare| url=http://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricDams/EngFoundationMares/Family14/Family14.html| publisher=Thoroughbred Heritage| accessdate=2014-09-18}}</ref> Kamar's daughter, Jood produced [Fantastic Light](/source/Fantastic_Light).

==References==
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Category:1970 racehorse births
Category:Racehorses bred in Ontario
Category:Racehorses trained in Canada
Category:Canadian Champion racehorses
Category:Thoroughbred family 14-c
Category:Blue Hen Broodmare

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