Endurance by Right (1899–1908) was an American

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racehorse that was the top money-winning two-year-old

filly A filly is a female horse that is too young to be called a mare. There are two specific definitions in use: *In most cases, a ''filly'' is a female horse under four years old. *In some nations, such as the United Kingdom and the United States, t ...

of 1901.

Pedigree

Endurance by Right was sired by Inspector B, the 1886

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winner, out of the imported British mare Early Morn. Early Morn was bought by Milton Young, owner of McGrathiana Stud, in December 1898 while in foal with Endurance by Right. The filly was foaled in spring 1899 at McGrathiana and was put up for sale at the 1900 Woodward and Shanklin auction in Lexington. She was bought for $250 by William S. Barnes, who sent her to Memphis in early 1901 to be trained. Her early efforts showed potential and John Schorr offered to buy her outright from Barnes for $1,200. However, Barnes wanted to retain breeding rights and sold Schorr her racing "abilities" or ownership of racing profits.

Racing career

For Schorr, she won 15 out of 17 starts, earning $22,640, and would be recognized as the

American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly The American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly is an American Thoroughbred horse racing honor awarded annually to a female horse in Thoroughbred flat racing. It became part of the Eclipse Awards program in 1971. The award originated in 1936 when both t ...

of 1901 by '' The Blood-Horse'' magazine's National Champion review. She was never beaten in a race by females and her only major stakes loss was a third-place finish in the

Flatbush Stakes The Flatbush Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Sheepshead Bay Race Track in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York. Held in September, it was an important event for two-year-olds of either sex. The race was run on dirt ov ...

to the colt Nasturtium. On October 10, 1901, she was sold to

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for a reported $40,000. Endurance won the 1901 Champagne Stakes for Whitney, but did not race as a three-year-old in 1902 due to perceived illness.

Offspring

As a

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for Whitney's Brookdale stud farm, she produced four foals: *The Lame Duck (1904), colt by Hamburg *

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(1905), bay filly by Nasturtium, won 1907 Matron Stakes and 1908 Gazelle Stakes, was the top female in

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and

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. *Right Guard (1906), bay

gelding A gelding is a castrated male horse or other equine, such as a pony, donkey or a mule. Castration, as well as the elimination of hormonally driven behavior associated with a stallion, allows a male equine to be calmer and better-behaved, makin ...

by Hamburg * Hardyburg (1908), bay gelding by Hamburg. He was exported to England and raced there until 1917. Endurance by Right died on May 15, 1908, while giving birth to her last foal, a colt by Hamburg. The orphan colt did survive and was raised by a surrogate mother, the 1905

winner Tanya.

External links

Pedigree Query's pedigree chart for Endurance by Right

References

{{reflist 1899 racehorse births 1908 racehorse deaths Racehorses bred in Tennessee Racehorses trained in the United States Thoroughbred family 3-d