Bayakoa
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Sire:	Consultants Bid
Grandsire:	Bold Bidder
Dam:	Arlucea
Damsire:	Good Manners
Sex:	Mare
Foaled:	1984
Country:	Argentina
Colour:	Bay
Breeder:	Haras Principal
Owner:	Janis & Frank Whitham
Trainer:	Ron McNally
Record:	39: 29-1-0
Earnings:	$2,861,701
Major Racing Wins & Honours & Awards
Major Racing Wins
Grand Prix Palermo, Argentina (1987) Ruffian Handicap (1989) Breeders' Cup Distaff (1989 & 1990) Santa Margarita Invitational Handicap (1989) Apple Blossom Handicap (1989) Vanity Invitational Handicap (1989)
Racing Awards
U.S. Champion Older Female Horse (1989 & 1990)
Honours
National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame (1998) #95 - Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century Bayakoa Handicap at Hollywood Park
Infobox last updated on: November 20, 2006. Image File history File links Photo_needed. ... 13 year old Peruvian Paso mare A broodmare and foal In English, a mare (an old Germanic word) is a female horse; the word is also an etymological root of marshal (originally marescalcus horse servant). Mares are considered easier to handle than males, which are called stallions or after castration... Bay is a color of the hair coats of horses, characterized by a body color of dark red (known as blood bay) to deep brown, with black points (mane, tail, lower legs, and sometimes the muzzle and tip of the ears). ... The Breeders Cup Distaff is a Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares, 3 years old and up. ... The Vanity Handicap is a race for thoroughbred fillies and mares ages three and up. ... The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame was founded in 1950 in Saratoga Springs, New York, to honor the achievements of American thoroughbred race horses, jockeys, and trainers. ... In 1999, The Blood-Horse magazine compiled a list of what its staff members considered to be the top 100 racehorses of the 20th Century who had competed in the United States. ... The Bayakoa Handicap is a race for thoroughbred horses. ... Hollywood Park is a thoroughbred racecourse located in Inglewood, California, about 3 miles (5 km) from Los Angeles International Airport and next door to The Forum. ...

Bayakoa (born 1984) was an Argentine bred thoroughbred racehorse. Inn the United states, she was trained by U.S. Hall of Famer Ron McNally and owned by Janis and Frank Whitham. Bayakoa had career earnings of $2,861,701 in 39 starts (21 wins, 9 seconds, 0 thirds). She won the 1989 and 1990 Eclipse Award for Outstanding Older Female Horse, winning the Breeders' Cup Distaff in both of those years. Thoroughbred race horses The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known as a race horse. ... Horse-racing is an equestrian sporting activity which has been practiced over the centuries; the chariot races of Roman times were an early example, as was the contest of the steeds of the god Odin and the giant Hrungnir in Norse mythology. ... The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame was founded in 1950 in Saratoga Springs, New York, to honor the achievements of American thoroughbred race horses, jockeys, and trainers. ... The Breeders Cup Distaff is a Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares, 3 years old and up. ...

Bayakoa is ranked Number 95 in Blood-Horse magazine's top 100 U.S. thoroughbred champions of the 20th Century. The Blood-Horse is an international weekly news magazine about Thoroughbred horses, horse breeding, and horseracing. ... In 1999, The Blood-Horse magazine compiled a list of what its staff members considered to be the top 100 racehorses of the 20th Century who had competed in the United States. ...

Producing only four foals: Trinity Place (m. 1992, by Strawberry Road), De Sarmiento (c. 1993, by Seattle Slew), Morocha (m. 1995, by Kris S.), and Arlucea (m. 1997, by Broad Brush), she died of laminitis (foundered) in 1997. She was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1998. Seattle Slew (February 15, 1974 – May 7, 2002) was an American thoroughbred race horse who won the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing in 1977, only the tenth horse, among eleven, to accomplish the feat. ... Distorted Humor, born in 1993, is an American thoroughbred racehorse. ... The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame was founded in 1950 in Saratoga Springs, New York, to honor the achievements of American thoroughbred race horses, jockeys, and trainers. ...

External links

• Bayakoa's pedigree, with photo