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Rhoda (horse)
Rhoda (1813 – after 1836) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare who won the third running of the classic 1000 Guineas at Newmarket Racecourse in 1816 and was the most successful racehorse in Britain (in terms of wins) two years later. Rhoda was one of the most active of all British classic winners, running in at least forty-five contests between 1816 and 1820 and winning twenty-one times. Her actual number of competitive races was even higher as many of her later races were run in multiple heats, with the prize going to the first horse to win twice. She won the 1000 Guineas on her second appearance but did not run as a three-year-old after finishing unplaced in the Oaks Stakes. Rhoda won three races in 1817, ten in 1818, four in 1819 and two in 1820.
Rhoda was a bay mare with a white blaze and white socks on her hind legs, bred by her owner John Manners, 5th Duke of Rutland. She was sired by Asparagus (a son of Potoooooooo) who was twenty-six years old when Rhoda was foaled, out of Rosabella a mare bred by the Duke of York. Rhoda's great-grand-dam Harriet is the direct female ancestor of all modern members of Thoroughbred family 22 including Mill Reef, Blushing Groom and Lammtarra. Rutland, a member of the Jockey Club, kept a small string of racehorses but had considerable success, winning The Derby with Cadland and the Oaks with Sorcery and Medora.
Rhoda's racing career began at the Newmarket Craven meeting on 19 April 1816 when she was entered in a match race against a colt (later named Parrot) owned by Sir John Shelley. The colt was strongly favoured in the betting but Rhoda won the race over the Rowley Mile course to win a 300 guinea prize. At the First Spring meeting two weeks later Rhoda was one of six runners for the third running of the 1000 Guineas over the Ditch Mile course. Ridden by Sam Barnard, she won the classic at odds of 3/1, beating Lord Foley's filly Duenna with the favourite Guendolen in third.
On 31 May Rhoda was moved up in distance for the Oaks Stakes over one and a half miles at Epsom. She started the 10/1 fourth choice in the betting in a field of eleven. The race was won by Landscape from Duenna, with Rhoda among the unplaced runners. The Duke's filly did not race again in 1816.
Rhoda made her first appearance for more than ten months when finishing unplaced in the Craven Stakes at Newmarket on 7 April. At the next Newmarket meeting she recorded her first win for a year when she won a ten-furlong handicap race in which she defeated the 1815 Oaks winner Minuet.
In June Rhoda ran twice at Ascot. On the opening day of the meeting she finished unplaced in an Oatlands Stakes and two days later contested her first race in heats in which she was opposed by a five-year-old horse named Garus. Rhoda won the first heat and collected the prize of £50 when her opponent was withdrawn second. At Chelmsford in Essex in July Rhoda was beaten by Duenna in a King's Plate and then finished fourth when carrying top weight of 130 pounds in a handicap two days later. Rhoda's third and final success of the season came on 17 September at Leicester where she won the local Gold Cup over three and a quarter miles.
Rhoda's remaining races of 1817 took place at Newmarket in autumn beginning at the First October meeting where she finished last of the four runners behind Bobadil in a subscription race. At the Second October meeting she was beaten in a match race over the Ditch Mile by Manfred, winner of that year's 2000 Guineas. On 28 October at the Houghton meeting Rhoda was moved down to sprint distances and finished second to The Duke in a five furlong handicap before ending the year by running second to Pendulum in the Audley End Stakes over one and three quarter miles two days later.
Rhoda's most successful season began with three races at Newmarket in spring. She finished unplaced in an Oatlands Stakes in April, won a three-runner sweepstakes over ten furlongs two weeks later and then finished fourth of the five runners in a sweepstakes in May. She started favourite for a race at the Derby meeting at Epsom at the end of the same month, but was beaten into second place by Doctor Busby.
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Rhoda (1813 – after 1836) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare who won the third running of the classic 1000 Guineas at Newmarket Racecourse in 1816 and was the most successful racehorse in Britain (in terms of wins) two years later. Rhoda was one of the most active of all British classic winners, running in at least forty-five contests between 1816 and 1820 and winning twenty-one times. Her actual number of competitive races was even higher as many of her later races were run in multiple heats, with the prize going to the first horse to win twice. She won the 1000 Guineas on her second appearance but did not run as a three-year-old after finishing unplaced in the Oaks Stakes. Rhoda won three races in 1817, ten in 1818, four in 1819 and two in 1820.
Rhoda was a bay mare with a white blaze and white socks on her hind legs, bred by her owner John Manners, 5th Duke of Rutland. She was sired by Asparagus (a son of Potoooooooo) who was twenty-six years old when Rhoda was foaled, out of Rosabella a mare bred by the Duke of York. Rhoda's great-grand-dam Harriet is the direct female ancestor of all modern members of Thoroughbred family 22 including Mill Reef, Blushing Groom and Lammtarra. Rutland, a member of the Jockey Club, kept a small string of racehorses but had considerable success, winning The Derby with Cadland and the Oaks with Sorcery and Medora.
Rhoda's racing career began at the Newmarket Craven meeting on 19 April 1816 when she was entered in a match race against a colt (later named Parrot) owned by Sir John Shelley. The colt was strongly favoured in the betting but Rhoda won the race over the Rowley Mile course to win a 300 guinea prize. At the First Spring meeting two weeks later Rhoda was one of six runners for the third running of the 1000 Guineas over the Ditch Mile course. Ridden by Sam Barnard, she won the classic at odds of 3/1, beating Lord Foley's filly Duenna with the favourite Guendolen in third.
On 31 May Rhoda was moved up in distance for the Oaks Stakes over one and a half miles at Epsom. She started the 10/1 fourth choice in the betting in a field of eleven. The race was won by Landscape from Duenna, with Rhoda among the unplaced runners. The Duke's filly did not race again in 1816.
Rhoda made her first appearance for more than ten months when finishing unplaced in the Craven Stakes at Newmarket on 7 April. At the next Newmarket meeting she recorded her first win for a year when she won a ten-furlong handicap race in which she defeated the 1815 Oaks winner Minuet.
In June Rhoda ran twice at Ascot. On the opening day of the meeting she finished unplaced in an Oatlands Stakes and two days later contested her first race in heats in which she was opposed by a five-year-old horse named Garus. Rhoda won the first heat and collected the prize of £50 when her opponent was withdrawn second. At Chelmsford in Essex in July Rhoda was beaten by Duenna in a King's Plate and then finished fourth when carrying top weight of 130 pounds in a handicap two days later. Rhoda's third and final success of the season came on 17 September at Leicester where she won the local Gold Cup over three and a quarter miles.
Rhoda's remaining races of 1817 took place at Newmarket in autumn beginning at the First October meeting where she finished last of the four runners behind Bobadil in a subscription race. At the Second October meeting she was beaten in a match race over the Ditch Mile by Manfred, winner of that year's 2000 Guineas. On 28 October at the Houghton meeting Rhoda was moved down to sprint distances and finished second to The Duke in a five furlong handicap before ending the year by running second to Pendulum in the Audley End Stakes over one and three quarter miles two days later.
Rhoda's most successful season began with three races at Newmarket in spring. She finished unplaced in an Oatlands Stakes in April, won a three-runner sweepstakes over ten furlongs two weeks later and then finished fourth of the five runners in a sweepstakes in May. She started favourite for a race at the Derby meeting at Epsom at the end of the same month, but was beaten into second place by Doctor Busby.
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