Cairngorm (horse)

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Cairngorm
SireStar Ruby
Grandsire Hampton
DamLinda Vista
DamsireWildidle
Sex Stallion
Foaled1902
CountryUnited States
Color Bay
Breeder James Ben Ali Haggin
Owner Sydney Paget
Trainer A. Jack Joyner
Record90: 19-20-17
Earnings US$57,380
Major wins
Bay Ridge Handicap (1905)
Brighton Cup Preliminary (1905)
Brighton Cup (1905)
Carlton Stakes (1905)
Brooklyn Derby (1905)
Pocantico Stakes (1905)
Saratoga Derby (1905)

American Classics wins:
Preakness Stakes (1905)

Last updated on 19 July 2021

Cairngorm (foaled 1902 in California) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 1905 Preakness Stakes.

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Background

Bred by James Ben Ali Haggin, Cairngorm was out of Haggin's mare Linda Vista, and sired by his British stallion, Star Ruby. [1] Grandsire Hampton was a multiple winner of top races in England and the Leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland in 1887. [2] As an unnamed yearling, at $15,000 he brought the highest price at Haggin's annual Rancho Del Paso California yearling sale, held on June 17, 1903, in the paddock at Gravesend Race Track in Brooklyn, New York. [3] Purchased by an agent for Sydney Paget, Cairngorm was trained by future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Jack Joyner.

Early career

A winner at two but not in any of the important stakes for his age group, as a three-year-old Cairngorm was among the top horses of his age group, ranked near the great 1905 Three-Year-Old Champion and American Horse of the Year, Sysonby.

Cairngorm's wins included the May 19, 1905 Pocantico Stakes at Belmont Park, [4] the May 27 Preakness Stakes, run that year at a mile and seventy yards at Gravesend Race Track in Brooklyn, New York, [5] the May 31 Carleton Stakes at Gravesend, [6] the June 27 Bay Ridge Handicap at Sheepshead Bay, [7] and the August 17 Saratoga Derby. [8]

Having inherited from his sire the ability to run at long distances, on September 26 Cairngorm won the mile and a half Brighton Cup Trial [9] and then the Brighton Cup at two and a quarter miles. [10]

Later career

Four-year-old Cairngorm made his first start of the year on June 1, 1906, scoring an impressive win in a mile and a sixteenth handicap event at Belmont Park. [11] However, on June 21, he ran ninth in the Suburban Handicap, the premier event in the United States for older horses [12] and for the remainder of the year showed little of his three-year-old form. At age five, Cairngorm ran sixth in the 1907 Suburban Handicap then on June 25 won a six and a half furlong race at Sheepshead Bay [13] but did not figure in any other significant races before retiring in the latter part of the year.

Pedigree

Pedigree of Cairngorm (USA), bay stallion, 1902
Sire
Star Ruby (GB)
1892		 Hampton (GB)
1872		 Lord Clifden Newminster
The Slave
Lady Langden Kettledrum
Haricot
Ornament (GB)
1887		 Bend Or Doncaster
Rouge Rose
Lily Agnes Macaroni
Polly Agnes
Dam
Linda Vista (USA)
1889		Wildidle (USA)
1870		 Australian West Australian
Emilia
Idlewild Lexington
Florine
Tricksey (USA)
1885　		Joe HookerMonday
Mayflower
Abbie WilliamsonDon Victor
Mary Chilton (Family: A-14)

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References

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  2. ↑ "Leading Sires of Great Britain and Ireland". Tbheritage.com. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
  3. ↑ "Big prices for yearlings" (PDF). New York Times. 1903-06-18. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
  4. ↑ "CAIRNGORM WAS SINGLE SUCCESSFUL FAVORITE". New York Times. 2012-06-10. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
  5. ↑ "CAIRNGORM WON FROM KIAMESHA BY A HEAD". New York Times. 2012-06-10. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
  6. ↑ "CAIRNGORM WON THE CARLETON IN A GALLOP". New York Times. 2012-06-10. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
  7. ↑ "Cairngorm First In The Bay Ridge". Chicago Tribune. 1905-06-28. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
  8. ↑ "Finish was game". Montreal Gazette. August 17, 1905. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
  9. ↑ "CAIRNGORM EASILY WON THE CUP PRELIMINARY". New York Times. 2012-06-10. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
  10. ↑ "Cairngorm Wins The Cup". Pqasb.pqarchiver.com. 1905-10-01. Archived from the original on July 22, 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
  11. ↑ "Cairngorm a Winner in Impressive Style at Belmont Park in his First Race of Year" (PDF). New York Times. 1906-06-02. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
  12. ↑ "GO BETWEEN WINS THE $20,000 SUBURBAN" (PDF). New York Times. 1906-06-22. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
  13. ↑ "FOG HID RACING AT SHEEPSHEAD BAY" (PDF). New York Times. 1907-06-25. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
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