TROTTING BREEDER’S VENTURE

Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 227, 22 June 1944, Page 7

TROTTING BREEDER’S VENTURE

Airway Acquired For Belfast Stud

(By

St. Simon.)

The Belfast studmastcr, Mr. C. S. Donald, who for several years has been one of the leading breeders of light harness horses, is extending his activities to thoroughbred breeding. Yesterday he acquired the recent importation Airway, and the horse was shipped south last night. He will take up stud duties at the Belfast slud in the coming season. Airway is a seven-year-old dark bay horse by Fainvay from Udaipur, lie was bred by 11. 11. the Aga Khan and was sold as a yearling for tKWOgns. Airway, who accompanied the new Grange Btiid sire Felons to Now Zealand, is one of the most highly bred horses ever imported to the Dominion. His sire, Fairway, was the leading stallion in England last year, and since he retired to the stud in 1931 his progeny have won almost a quarter of a million in stakes. He has sired the Derby winners. Blue Peter and Watliug Street; Two Thousand Guineas winners in Pay Up, Blue Peter, King-sway and Garden Path: and the One Thousand Guineas winner Tide-way. Two of his sons, Blue Peter and Fair Trial, have sired classic winners In Ocean Swell, who won this year’s Derby, and Lambert Slum el, winner of the Two Thousand Guineas. Udaipur, dam of Airway, was one of the best fillies raced by the Aga Khan. She won the Oaks at Epsom, the Coronation Stakes, the Newmarket Oaks and the Richemount Stakes. She was by Blandford, and was a full-sister to Umidwar, one of the successful young sires in England today, and half-sister to Ut Majeur, both good performers in the colours of the Aga Khan, Umidwar winning the Jockey Club Stakes and Ut Majeur the Cesarewitch. Their dam. Uganda, won the French Oaks. Uganda descended from the St. Simon mare Memoir, winner of the Oakfl ►and St. Leger. Memoir’s half-sister Maid Marian gavq the Turf Grafton and Polymelus, the last-named the sire of Phalaris; and her full-sister, La Fleche, was the dam of John o’ Gaunt, third dam of Beau Pere and Mr. Standfast, and second dam of Arrowsmith. Airway stood for a season in Ireland before bls shipment to New Zealand and sired 12 foals from the 15 mares mated with him.