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Chelandry (GB)

Chelandry b.f. 1894 (Goldfinch - Illuminata, by Rosicrucian). Sire Line Bend Or. Family 1-n.

Chelandry, a half-sister to Ladas, won four of her six juvenile starts, including the Woodcote Stakes, Great Surrey Foal Stakes, National Breeders' Produce Stakes, and the Imperial Produce Stakes. From five starts at three she won the One Thousand Guineas Stakes and placed second in both the Oaks Stakes at Epsom and the St. Leger Stakes at Doncaster. She made four starts as a four year old.

Ulbrich describes her as "a sweet tempered mare" who was held in both affection and regard by those who knew her. Leicester calls her "one of the great tap roots of modern bloodstock the world over." At stud she produced sixteen consecutive foals, among them Neil Gow (ch.c. 1907 Marco) who won the Two Thousand Guineas Stakes, Traquair, Soulouque, Bobolink 2nd, Chersonese, Popinjay, Samphire and Skyscraper.

Some of her notable descendants are Saucy Sue (1000 Guineas Stakes, Oaks Stakes), Pogrom (Oaks Stakes), Book Law (St. Leger Stakes, dam of Rhodes Scholar), Magpie (2nd 1000 Guineas Stakes, in Australia won Caulfield Stakes, Melbourne Stakes, great sire), Pay Up (2000 Guineas Stakes), Traghetto (Italian Derby, leading sire in Italy), Clarion (best 2yo in France, sired Klairon winner of French 2000 Guineas), Ocean Swell (Derby Stakes, Ascot Gold Cup), Tomy Lee (Kentucky Derby) and Heroic (Champion Sire in Australia for 7 years).

Champions tracing to Chelandry include Never Say Die (Derby Stakes, St. Leger Stakes), Genuine Risk (Kentucky Derby, Ruffian Handicap, 2nd Preakness Stakes, Belmont Stakes), Not Surprising (Vosburgh Stakes), Melodist (Italian Oaks, Irish Oaks), Galatea 2nd (1000 Guineas Stakes, Oaks Stakes), Protagonist (Champagne Stakes, Laurel Futurity), Three Tails (Lancashire Oaks Stakes, Meld Stakes), Ile de Chypre (International Stakes), Swale ((Young America Stakes, Belmont Stakes, Florida Derby, Kentucky Derby), Shadeed (2000 Guineas Stakes), Forty Niner (Champagne Stakes, Futurity Stakes, Travers Stakes, Haskell Invitational Handicap, 2nd Kentucky Derby), Bitty Girl (Lowther Stakes), Shady Heights (Dewhurst Stakes, International Stakes, Eclipse Stakes, Champion Stakes), Tudor Melody (Prince of Wales Stakes), Reine Mathilde (E. P. Taylor Stakes), Victorian Queen (Ontario Sire Stakes, Canadian Stakes), Woolloomooloo (Princess Elizabeth Stakes), L'Alezane (Alcibiades Stakes, 2nd Canadian Oaks Stakes, 3rd Queen's Plate Stakes), Victorian Prince (Arlington Park Handicap, Lakeside Turf Handicap, Isaac Murphy Memorial Handicap), Raintrap (International Stakes, Prix Royal Oak), Sunshack (Criterium de Saint Cloud, Coronation Cup, Prix Royal Oak), and St. James (United States Hotel Handicap, Futurity Stakes, Saratoga Special Stakes, Paumonok Handicap).

Chelandry died in 1917. She heads her own branch of Family 1, tracing to Tregonwell's Natural Barb Mare.

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