Note: Twice a week leading up to the DelCap, I will be featuring past winners and how they did/are doing as a broodmare. Today it's all about 2 time winner Obeah.
Year Born: 1965
Color: bay
Sire: Cyane
Dam: Book of Verse
Broodmare Sire: One Count
Profile: Obeah was def. one of a kind. Not only she do well against the best in the country, but would become the dam of one of the most famous fillies in the country. Obeah won the Blue Hen at Delaware before finishing 3rd in the Frizette behind Queen of Stage in 1967. As 3yo she would finish second in the Firenze Handicap (now the Personal Ensign) to Politely (who had won the DelCap the year before and was the defending champion of the Firenze), when the race was held at Aqueduct. Her 4yo season included the first of 2 Delaware Handicap wins where she would defeat Double Ripple and Pattee Canyon in 1969. She would come up just short again in the Firenze this time finishing third behind Amerigo Lady. She also faced males in 1969 finishing second behind Chompion in the Stymie Handicap at Belmont. In 1970, she would once again win the DelCap this time defeating What a Dream and Helen Jennings, finish 2nd in the Beldame and finally win the Firenze.
As a broodmare, she would be amazing. Not only did she have multiple G2 winner Dance Spell (Northern Dancer), but his full sister G1 placed Discorama (Northern Dancer) as well. However, her best foal and by far her most famous is the wonderful Go For Wand (Deputy Minister). Not only did she win the Juvenile Fillies, but the Alabama, Mother Goose, Beldame, Test, Maskette and Beaumont. Her breakdown in the Distaff in 1990 was one of the most heartbreaking scenes where she was dueling with the defending champ and eventual winner Bayakoa. She was posthumously named 3yo Champion Filly and buried at Saratoga Racecourse. The Maskette was renamed in her honor and she also has the Delaware Oaks prep named after her, even though she never made a start on the track that her mother had so much success on. Wanda is also in Racing's Hall of Fame.
Obeah is honored at Delaware with a G3 race. While only Fleet Indian could turn her Obeah win into a DelCap win, other winners of the race include HOY Havre de Grace, and one of my favorite fillies Unbridled Belle who won it twice after she had won the DelCap.
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