Davona Dale

Sire:

Best Turn

Grand Sire:

Turn-To

Dam:

Royal Entrance

Dam Sire:

Tim Tam

Sex:

Filly

Foaled:

1976

Birth Date:

7/31/76

Breeder:

Calumet Farm

Owner(s):

Calumet Farm

Trainer(s):

John M. Veitch

Jockey(s):

Jorge Velásquez

Record:

18:11-2-1

Earnings:

$641,612

Major Race Wins

Holly Stakes (1978)

Fantasy Stakes (1979)

Acorn Stakes (1979)

Black-Eyed Susan Stakes (1979)

Mother Goose Stakes (1979)

Coaching Club American Oaks (1979)

Kentucky Oaks (1979)

Bonnie Miss Stakes (1979)

Ballerina Handicap (1980)

Awards / Honors

U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old Filly (1979)

5th U.S. Filly Triple Crown Champion (1979)

United States Racing Hall of Fame (1985)

General

Davona Dale is an American Hall of Fame Champion Thoroughbred filly racehorse. Owned and bred by Calumet Farm, her sire descends from Nearco and her damsire is Hall of Famer Tim Tam who won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes.

Racing at age two, Davona Dale won once and finished off the board in the other but at age three, dominated American filly races. She won eight straight races and won the Triple Tiara of Thoroughbred Racing in 1979. Her performances earned her the 1979 Eclipse Award for Outstanding 3-Year-Old Filly.

At age 4, ankle and tendon injuries limited Davona Dale to just three races out of which she won the Ballerina Handicap before being retired to broodmare duties at Calumet Farm.

In 1985, Davona Dale was inducted into the United States' National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.

Davona Dale won the official Triple Tiara in 1979. She also won the unofficial Triple Tiara which is composed of the Kentucky Oaks, Black-Eyed Susan Stakes, and the Acorn Stakes.

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