Family B-13: Judy Callaghan

This was primarily a family of flat racers in England. The taproot mare was Judy Callaghan, by Sir Hercules, who ran at age five, finishing third in two heats in the Pottery Stakes at Sandbach. She was in the stud of John Skerratt of Wheelock, Sandbach, Staffordshire, and produced thirteen live foals recorded by Prior, seven of which were winners, including Intrepid, a good stayer and later a sire of several winners. Most of them were by Accident, a son of Camel, who had been bred by Skerratt. With the exception of Madeline, by Orlando, her foals by other stallions were not of much use.

Judy Callaghan's daughter, Romance, won five of her nine races at age three (she ran unplaced in Sir Tatton Sykes' St. Leger), and at age five won the Grand Stand Plate, the Free Handicap, and the Bryn-y-Pys Handicap; she also won a race each year at ages six, seven, and eight. In the stud she produced Elastic John, who won a flat race and a steeplechase; Vivandiere, dam of Broxton, a winner of three steeplechases; and Heroine, dam of Oatcake, a winner that produced some winners.

Another Judy Callaghan daughter, Novelist, ran for E.S. Davenport at age three, winning four small races on the flat, and two hurdle races; sold to William Shirley, she won four races at age four, and three races at age five. In Shirley's stud she produced a series of colts, including Shropshire, a winner of seven races on the flat, and a steeplechase; Karslake, a steeplechase winner; Old Fashion, a winner on the flat and over fences, and Last of the Novelists, who won the Grand Annual Handicap and five other steeplechases.

Judy Callaghan's daughter Reality won one race between the ages of three and five, and placed third in the Liverpool Autumn Cup and two other races. Her daughter Meta won eleven races, including the Portland Plate, a £500 match, and three steeplechases. Another daughter, Maggie, won nine of her forty-three starts, including the Ayrshire Cup, in her four years on the turf. Maggie had eight winning youngsters, both on the flat and over fences.

Miss Judy Macan, Judy Callaghan's daughter of 1847, started once in the Foal Stakes at Warwick, and won it. Her daughter Briget Macguire, by Woolwich, won three races, and another daughter, Miss Skerratt won seven races and in the stud got a winner of steeplechases. Judy Callaghan's daughter Jewel produced East Lancashire to the cover of Rataplan. He won the Great Northern Handicap, the Lonesborough Cup, the Salford Borough Cup, and eleven other races, and was later a sire in Ireland.

Notable Descendants