Bona Vista
Sire Line
Bend Or
Patience, by Bona Vista
Vahren, by Bona Vista
|
Bona Vista ch c 1889 (Bend
Or - Vista, by Macaroni). Sire Line
Bend
Or. Family 4-f.
Bred
at the Mentmore Stud by
Archibald Philip Primrose (1847-1929), 5th Earl of Rosebery, sometime Prime
Minister and dedicated turf supporter, Bona Vista was sold as a yearling
to Charles Day Rose (1847-1913), later 1st Bt Rose of Hardwick House,
Whitchurch, Oxfordshire. The Canadian born Sir Charles represented East
Cambridgeshire in the House of Commons, chaired the Royal Aero Club and
was a racing compatriot of King Edward VII when the latter was still
Prince of Wales. One of Rose's best horses was Ravensbury (b c 1890
Isonomy) who finished second for the Two Thousand Guineas, Derby and St
Leger to another Isonomy colt, Major McCalmont's indomitable
Isinglass (br c 1890).
His dam, Vista
(ch f 1879 Macaroni), described as a
runner with "stamina, but moderate class" won the Great Metropolitan
Handicap, Prince of Wales's Nursery Stakes and the Great Yorkshire
Handicap and finished second for the Shrewsbury Cup and third for the
Manchester November Handicap. In the stud she produced the Derby and St
Leger winner Sir Visto (b c 1892 Barcaldine) and the Eclipse Stakes and
Champion Stakes (twice) winner Velasquez (b c 1894
Donovan) prior to Bona Vista.
Trained at Newmarket by William Arthur Jarvis (1852-1921) Bona Vista ran
for two years making little impression on the turf other than his win in
the Two Thousand Guineas. He was retired to his owner's stud at
Pangbourne in Berkshire where he covered in 1894 for a fee of 25
guineas. In his first crop he got Cyllene (ch
c 1895) who would turn out to be a good winner and better stallion. In
1897 he got Vahren (ch f 1897), who would become the dam of
The Tetrarch (gr c 1911
Roi Herode).
That same year
he was purchased by Prince Louis Esterhazy for 15,000 guineas and sent to Austria Hungary.
He covered at the Kisber State Stud, where he sired three hundred and
seventy-four winners, including five Derby winners, two in
Austria-Hungary and and three in Germany. He was a Champion Sire
in Hungary five times. Bona Vista died in 1909.
| |
| Pedigree |
|
Bona Vista |
Bend Or |
Doncaster |
Stockwell |
| Marigold |
|
Rouge Rose |
Thormanby |
| Ellen Horne |
|
Vista |
Macaroni |
Sweetmeat |
| Jocose |
|
Verdure |
King Tom |
| May Bloom |
|
| Race
Record |
| |
| In 1891 Bona Vista started three times, winning the
Woodcote Stakes at Epsom from Pilgrim's Progress (ch c
1889 Isonomy) and Rioter. He also finished third for the
New Stakes at Ascot to Goldfinch (ch c 1889
Ormonde) and Pilgrim's
Progress. |
| |
| In 1892 he won two of his four starts, including the
Newmarket Biennial from Tanzmeister (b c 1889 Saraband),
Curio (br c 1889 Thurio) and Platoon, and the Two
Thousand Guineas Stakes at Newmarket, beating St Angelo
(b c 1889 Galopin) and Curio
by a length and a half. He finished among the field for
Sir Hugo's (ch c 1889 Wisdom) Derby and for Watercress's
(br c 1889 Springfield) Prince of Wales's Stakes. |
| |
| Notable Offspring |
| |
Beregvolgy (HUN)
ch c 1900 (Bona Vista - Furcsa,
by Craig Miller). Sire Line
Bend
Or. Family 4-o. Winner of the Austria Preis,
the Oesterreichisches
Derby, the Alagi dij and the Millenniumi dij. |
|
|
Bono Modo (HUN)
ch c 1900 (Bona Vista - Kis-Iblya,
by Vinea). Sire Line
Bend
Or. Family 23-a. Winner of
the Deutsches Derby. |
|
|
Orient (GER)
ch c 1907 (Bona Vista - Olly, by
Fulmen). Sire Line
Bend
Or. Family 2-g. A winner
of the Deutsches Derby, the Graf Hugo Henckel Erinnerungs Rennen, the Jubilaums
Pries and the Grosser Hansa Preis. |
|
|
Patience ((HUN)
ch f
1902 (Bona Vista - Podagra, by Galopin). Sire Line
Bend
Or. Family 22-c.
Bred in the Gestut Fenek she was an undefeated winner of the Deutsches Derby, the Osterreichisches Derby in
record time,
the Osterreichisches Stutenpreis, the Austria Preis, the Magyar Kanca dij,
the Millenniumi dij and the Szent
Laszlo dij. She was the grandam of a number of good winners in eastern
Europe including the stallion Pazman (b c 1916 Pardon). |
|
|
Rose Tree (GB)
b f 1896 (Bona Vista - Fanny Relph,
by Minting). Sire Line
Bend
Or. Family 18-a. A winner
of the Tyro Stakes, the Glasgow Nursery Plate, the Bretby Handicap, the Heath Stakes
and the
Wokingham Stakes. Sent to America she produced the good winner Roamer (b
g 1911 Knight Errant) who included the Travers Stakes,
the Dwyer Handicap and the Saratoga Cup among his
victories. He was named Horse of the Year in 1914 and
inducted into the American Hall of Fame in 1981. |
|
|
Santa Casa (GB)
b f 1896 (Bona Vista - Lorette,
by Galliard). Sire Line
Bend
Or. Family 13-c. A
winner of the Fitzwilliam Stakes, the Triennial Stakes, the Rutland Stakes
and the City of
London Breeders' Foal Plate. She is the ancestress of such horses as the
good French winners Norseman (b c 1940 Umidwar), Worden
(ch c 1949 Wild Risk) and Le Fabuleux (ch c 1961 Wild
Risk) as well as the Argentinian Candy Ride (b c 1999
Ride the Rails). |
|
|
Vahren (GB)
ch f 1897 (Bona Vista - Castania, by
Hagioscope). Sire Line
Bend
Or. Family 2-o. A winner
of the Nostell Plate, the Apprentice Plate and the Welter Handicap, she foaled two winners, Coupe d'Or (ch f 1909 John O'Gaunt),
successful in eastern Europe, and the spotted wonder,
The
Tetrarch (gr c 1911 Roi Herode). |
|
|
Viglany (HUN)
ch f 1900 (Bona Vista - Budagyongye,
by Buccaneer). Sire Line
Bend
Or. Family 4-o. A winner
of the Graf Hugo Henckel Memorial, the Oesterreichisches Stutenpreis and
the Egyesitett
Nemzeti es Hazafi dij. She was the ancestress of a number of successful
runners in eastern Europe. |
|
