Black Toney

Black Toney (1911–1938) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse and sire.

Black Toney
SirePeter Pan
GrandsireCommando
DamBelgravia
DamsireBen Brush
SexStallion
Foaled1911
CountryUnited States
ColourBrown
BreederJames R. Keene
OwnerColonel Edward R. Bradley
TrainerHerbert J. Thompson
Record40: 13-11-7
Earnings$13,565
Major wins
Valuation Stakes (1913)
Latonia Independence Handicap (1914)
Honours
Leading Juvenile Sire in 1939
Among the top 20 American sires by earnings ten times.
The Black Toney Purse once run at Latonia Race Track
Last updated on December 6, 2007

Background

Black Toney was bred by James R. Keene's Castleton Lyons Farm. Keene, whose health was failing (he died in 1913), sold all his holdings in 1912 to Colonel Edward R. Bradley's Idle Hour Stock Farm in Lexington, Kentucky. Some confusion occurred over this sale, and Bradley resold most of the lot, but one of those he kept was a very dark brown yearling he named Black Toney. The price tag for the son of future Hall of Famer Peter Pan, whose own sire was another future Hall of Famer, Commando, by the great Domino, was $1,600. Black Toney's dam was Belgravia, the best daughter of future Hall of Famer Ben Brush. This meant that the almost black yearling with no white markings and a fine head and body was a member of the last crop bred by Keene from his famous Domino/Ben Brush cross.

Racing career

Black Toney was a good racehorse but far from a great one. He raced for four years, coming in the money in 31 of his 40 starts.

Stud record

Black Toney became a very successful breeding stallion, siring many of the horses for which the Idle Hour Stock Farm became famous. The names of Bradley’s horses all began with a "B," a quirk of Bradley's (perhaps because his own name began with a B, or perhaps because of Black Toney.)

Bradley bred him sparingly and yet, even from 21 small crops and a total of 221 foals, the quality of his get was very high. Overall, he sired 40 stakes winners, which amounts to 18 percent of his foals. Black Toney was 10 times among the top 20 American sires by earnings. He was second on the general sire list in 1933 and fifth in 1939.

Black Toney spent his whole stud career at Idle Hour, producing many fine broodmares as well as winners. He died there on September 19, 1938, at the age of 27 of an apparent heart attack. Colonel Bradley commissioned a bronze statue that he placed over his greatest stallion's grave. It is still there today, on a part of the Darby Dan Farm.

The best of his offspring included:

Pedigree
Pedigree of Black Toney, brown stallion, 1911
Sire
Peter Pan		 Commando Domino Himyar
Mannie Gray
Emma C. Darebin
Guenn
Cinderella Hermit Newminster
Seclusion
Mazurka See Saw
Mabille
Dam
Belgravia		 Ben Brush Bramble Bonnie Scotland
Ivy Leaf
Roseville Reform
Albia
Bonnie Gal Galopin Vedette
Flying Duchess
Bonnie Doon Rapid Rhone
Queen Mary (family: 10-c)
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