- Davona Dale
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Davona Dale Sire Best Turn Grandsire Turn-To Dam Royal Entrance Damsire Tim Tam Sex Filly Foaled 1976 Country United States Colour Bay Breeder Calumet Farm Owner Calumet Farm Trainer John M. Veitch Record 18: 11-2-1 Earnings $641,612 Major wins Holly Stakes (1978)
Kentucky Oaks (1979)
Coaching Club American Oaks (1979)
Acorn Stakes (1979)
Mother Goose Stakes (1979)
Fantasy Stakes (1979)
Black-Eyed Susan Stakes (1979)
Bonnie Miss Stakes (1979)
Ballerina Handicap (1980)Awards U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old Filly (1979)
5th U.S. Filly Triple Crown Champion (1979)Honours United States Racing Hall of Fame (1985)
#90 - Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century
Davona Dale Stakes at Gulfstream ParkHorse (Equus ferus caballus) Last updated on November 7, 2006 Davona Dale (1976-1997) is an American Hall of Fame Champion Thoroughbred filly racehorse. Owned and bred by Calumet Farm, her sire descends from Nearco and her damsire is Hall of Famer Tim Tam who won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes.
Racing Career
Racing at age two, Davona Dale won once and finished off the board in the other but at age three, dominated American filly races. In 1979 Davona Dale won eight straight races and became the only filly in American thoroughbred history to win both the filly triple crown and the New York Triple Tiara of Thoroughbred Racing. She won the first triple by sweeping the Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs, the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes at Pimlico Race Course and the Acorn Stakes at Belmont Park. Her second triple occurred all at Belmont Park when she won the Acorn Stakes, the Mother Goose Stakes and the Coaching Club American Oaks. Her performances earned her the 1979 Eclipse Award for Outstanding 3-Year-Old Filly. That season, she also ran in the Travers Stakes against Colts. She finished fourth.
At age 4, ankle and tendon injuries limited Davona Dale to just three races out of which she won the Ballerina Handicap before being retired to broodmare duties at Calumet Farm.
In 1985, Davona Dale was inducted into the United States' National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.
References
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- United States Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame inductees
- Kentucky Oaks winners
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