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| Cicada | |
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| Sire: | Bryon G |
| Grandsire: | Blenheim II |
| Dam: | Satsuma |
| Damsire: | Bossuet |
| Sex: | Filly |
| Foaled: | 1959 |
| Country: | United States  |
| Colour: | Bay |
| Breeder: | Meadow Stud, Inc. |
| Owner: | Meadow Stable |
| Trainer: | Casey Hayes |
| Record: | 42 Starts: 23 - 8 - 6 |
| Earnings: | $783,674 |
| Major Racing Wins & Honours & Awards | |
| Major Racing Wins | |
| Blue Hen Stakes (1961) Schuylerville Stakes (1961) Spinaway Stakes (1961) Matron Stakes (1961) Astarita Stakes (1961) Frizette Stakes (1961) Gardenia Stakes (1961) Oaks Prep (1962) Kentucky Oaks (1962) Acorn Stakes (1962) Mother Goose Stakes (1962) Beldame Stakes (1962) Jersey Belle Stakes (1962) Columbiana Handicap (1963) Distaff Handicap (1963) Vagrancy Handicap (1963) Sheepshead Bay Handicap (1963) |
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| Racing Awards | |
| American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly (1961), American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly (1962), American Champion Older Female Horse (1963) | |
| Honours | |
| U.S. Racing Hall of Fame (1967) #62 - Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century Cicada Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack |
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| Infobox last updated on: 06:05, Friday April 11 2008 (UTC). | |
Cicada (foaled on May 9, 1959) at Christopher Chenery's Meadow Stud in Kentucky, was considered by many the best horse Meadow Stud ever bred. A bay filly by Bryan G, she was out of Satsuma whose dam was Hildene, a "blue hen" mare and the first horse owned by Chenery. Sired by the 1926 Kentucky Derby winner, Bubbling Over, Hildene cost him $600. Cicada was trained by Casey Hayes, who also trained Hill Prince, First Landing, and Sir Gaylord. Hayes believed in starting his horses young so Cicada first raced in February of 1961 at Hialeah Park Race Track and won easily by four and a half lengths. She won one allowance race and lost one before entered into her first stakes race. Still a bit green, she lost the Fashion Stakes but then romped home in her third allowance. And then she wired the Blue Hen Stakes, winning by five and a half lengths. Cicada was never out of the money in her sixteen starts as a two-year-old. She won eleven, six of those eleven were in a row. The money she earned in that first year was a record for her sex. In her first race as a three year old, she took on her elders as well as males, and won. By now, racing officials were piling on the weight. Carrying much more weight than her competitors Cicada continued to win or place. After she won the Oaks Prep with ease, there was talk of entering her in the Kentucky Derby but decided against. It proved a fateful decision since Sir Gaylord, who had been entered instead, turned up lame. Cicada went into the Kentucky Oaks. She won that race by three lengths. By now Cicada had replaced Bewitch as the world’s leading money-winning female Thoroughbred. She was also breaking records every time she raced. Suffering a small injury during a workout which could have easily been treated, it was decided to retire her rather than risk serious hurt. As a broodmare, Cicada was not a great success. In her first season, she proved barren so was returned to the races. Retired a second time, she produced Cicada's Pride by Sir Gaylord who won the 1968 Juvenile Stakes at Belmont Park. Cicada lived until she was 22 years old, dying in 1981.
