LADY LIGHTFOOT (USA) dkb/br. M, 1812
{a81} DP = 0-0-0-0-0 (0) DI = Inf CD = Inf |
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| Owner: 1) Colonel John Tayloe III 2) Abner Robinson and General Winn 3) Mr. Sleeper 4) Charles H. Hall Breeder: Colonel John Tayloe III State Bred: MD
One of the greatest racemares of the 19th century
1815 - 2m heats Charleston (from Bedford); 3m heats Charleston (from Transport]; 4m heats Charleston; 2 other wins; 1817 - 3m heats Charleston (from Transport); 4m heats Charleston (very easily, from Tuckahoe); 6 other races; 1818 - 4m heats Jockey Club Purse Charleston; 3 other races; 1819 - 2 wins; 1820 - 4m heats Baltimore (from [Thornton's] Rattler); 4m heats Annapolis (from [Thornton's] Rattler); 3 other wins; 1821 - won several races in the spring; 1822 - 7 x Jockey Club Purses
1821 - 2nd $500 Purse New Union (1/2, to American Eclipse which wins 1st heat by 2 lengths and distances her in 2nd heat);
1823 - 2nd 4m heats Jockey Club Purse Baltimore (her final race, to Betsey Richards); 3 other defeats
According to turf historian William Robertson, incomplete records credit Lady Lightfoot with 23 wins; however, anecdotal evidence suggests that she may have won 30 to 40 races. She produced eight foals in nine years after her retirement
Dam of top class racemare Black Maria
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Family Summary: a81 (6), (3), 1-a (2), 1 (2), 4 (2), 5 (5), 6-b (3), 6-a (1), 6 (2), 8 (3), 9-a (2), 11 (3), 12-a (2), 13 (7), 15 (2), 19 (1), 21 (1), 24 (3), 26 (2), 32 (1), 34 (1), 48 (1), 56 (4), 57 (3),
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