FELIDOMA - Progeny Report

Season Horse Breeding & Race Record

1961 ARCADUS (AUS Br.c. by Emperor). 6 wins-4 at 2-to 6f, QTC Lightning H., Gr.3, AJC Sunnyside H., Juvenile H., Gordon Juvenile H., QTC Deagon Flying H., STC 2YO S., 2d BATC Doomben Ten Thousand H., Gr.1, STC Canterbury S., Gr.2. Sire.

1962 WINGED BEAUTY (AUS Brb.f. by Port Vista). 10 wins-2 at 2-to 7f, NSW Tatt’s RC Carrington S., L, AJC PH Osborne H., Malaya H., CW Cropper H., Silverdale H., STC Dundas H., Lidcombe Flying H., Granville S., Belmore S., 3YO H., 2d VATC Oakleigh P., Gr.1, STC Civic H., L, 3d AJC Challenge S., Gr.2, NSW Tatt’s RC Tramway H., L.

1963 Local Talent (AUS Br.f. by Globetrotter). Winner at 6f, STC Marrickville H.

1969 ADMIRE (AUS Brb.f. by Grey Mop). Winner at 2, AJC Keith Mackay H., L, 2d AJC Maltine H., 3d AJC Tobruk H., STC Marsden Park H.

1971 Doma Star (AUS Brb.c. by Faringdon). Unraced.

1972 SABRON (AUS Br.c. by Faringdon). 9 wins to 1400m, AJC June S., L, Suburban Welter H., STC Hurstville Welter H., Clemton Park H., Seven Hills Welter H., 2d STC Festival H., L.

1973 Nature Boy (AUS Bb.c. by Romanda). 3 wins at 1200m, 1400m, AJC Carnarvon H. Sire.

1975 Port Doma (AUS Br.c. by Grey Portal). Winner at 1100m in Aust.

Winged Beauty raced on for another 11 starts ending her racing career with a fourth in the 1969 The Shorts at Randwick won by Grey Court. On retirement, the mare had contested 63 races for 10 wins and 15 placings and earnings of $29,005.

In 1963 Felidoma foaled a brown filly by the Hyperion stallion, Globetrotter, who was standing at Navua Stud at Grose Wold on the outskirts of Richmond. Named, Local Talent, the filly won a midweek maiden at Canterbury in April, 1967 when also trained by Bede Horan. At stud, Local Talent produced a few winners but nothing of note. However, Navua Stud and its people would continue to play a significant role in the fortunes of the Felidoma family as we will see in Part Two when we join a few more dots.

It would be six years before Felidoma produced another live foal, this time a brown filly by the unraced Grey Sovereign stallion, Grey Mop, who also stood in the County of Cumberland. A curious choice on paper but understandable perhaps given the mare’s recent breeding record. Or maybe it was the line breeding within the mating that appealed to Mrs. Cooper as Part Two will also explain. The filly, Admire, won only one race but it is one any breeder would take these days. On Doncaster Day in 1972, Admire, having the eleventh start of her two year old season, stormed home to land the Keith Mackay Hcp, a stakes race then as it is now, at odds of 40/1 when ridden by Neville Voigt and trained by Bede Horan. Admire failed to win in another 15 starts but became the foundation mare of Arthur Baxter’s Macquarie Stud at Wellington, NSW. Gunsynd defeated Triton in that epic 1972 Doncaster by the way. Felidoma produced eight foals, seven of which raced and all were winners. The one that didn’t was her 1971 black colt by Todman’s and Noholme’s brother Faringdon, which was named Doma Star. Faringdon stood at Clarrie Messiter’s Sylvannia Lodge Stud in the Bylong Valley, meaning a change of tactics, an away game for the old mare where once again I couldn’t join the dots first-up. But, with some further investigation and benefitting from the wonderful advice of Richmond horseman,

Wayne Boyde, who knows as much about the Felidoma outfit as anyone ever would, the reason became crystal clear. But, you will have to wait for Part Two once again so make sure your Bluebloods subscription is up to date. Felidoma returned to Faringdon in 1971 to produce a colt, Sabron, her fourth stakes winner. As tough as old boots, a description that could also apply to his cagey, craggy, old school trainer Bede Horan, Sabron more than paid his way winning races virtually every season he raced especially when the money was on. After his first two wins in Sydney in restricted class as a three year old, Sabron went through his grades reaching open company ahead of victory in the 1979 June Stakes. As a racetrack regular in those days, I can picture Sabron and Bede Horan as well as I remember Winged Beauty from 1966. Felidoma was nearing the end of her stellar stud career, producing just two more foals, both colts, the second of which was the minor winner Port Doma, by Grey Portal. But before him, came a horse who from a limited racetrack career more than suggests that he too had stakes class ability. And sired by a horse only a few of we veterans would remember, the Breeders’ Plate/ Hobartville Stakes winner, Romanda, a son of Pipe of Peace, standing at the Historic Hobartville Stud (!) at Richmond at the time. Although if you remember the 1964 Melbourne Cup you woud remember Romanda and Des Lake leading by some 30 lengths at some stage. Nature Boy was his name and he quickly reached open company as a four year old before a sesamoid injury cut him short. Nature Boy was trained by Wayne Boyde’s brother, Gary and raced in partnership by the pair. Nature Boy was saved and retired to stud locally. In Part Two, I will hope to join several more dots of the Felidoma legacy…from the fascinating Wiggle connection (no, the bloody horse), to the links with an Epsom Oaks winner, to one of the greatest Cox Plates, from a Flemington classic winner to an Australian Hurdle star, a date with Eight Carat and Winged Beauty’s Oakleigh Plate avenged. Make sure that subscription is up to date.