Bettina (1918 – 1929) was a British
Thoroughbred racehorse and
broodmare
A mare is an adult female horse or other equine. In most cases, a mare is a female horse over the age of three, and a filly is a female horse three and younger. In Thoroughbred horse racing, a mare is defined as a female horse more than four ...
. She showed promise as a juvenile when she won the Prince of Wales Plate at
York and finished third in the
Cheveley Park Stakes. In the following spring she recorded her biggest victory when she won the
1000 Guineas
The 1000 Guineas Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old fillies. It is run on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket over a distance of 1 mile (1,609 ...
at odds of
33/1. She was retired to breeding duty soon afterwards but made no impact as a broodmare.
Background
Bettina was a bay mare bred and owned by the London financier
Walter Raphael. She was trained throughout her racing career by Percy Linton.
Her sire
Swynford
Swynford (January 1907 – 18 May 1928) was a British Thoroughbred horse racing, racehorse. Bred at the Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, 16th Lord Derby's stud in Lincolnshire, England he was sired by John O'Gaunt (horse), John O'Gaunt, a so ...
was an outstanding racehorse who won the St Leger in 1910 and the
Eclipse Stakes
The Eclipse Stakes is a Group races, Group 1 Flat racing, flat Horse racing, horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older. It is run at Sandown P ...
in the following year. He was even better as a breeding stallion with his other offspring including
Blandford,