GRAND PARADE 



chief races reserved for fillies but of those in which they 

 meet the other sex, have been complete failures in after 

 life, while dozens of instances could be cited of mares 

 who have been useless when in training but have 

 become the dams of many of the best horses in the 

 Stud Book. As a racehorse Grand Geraldine was of 

 no account. Bred in 1905 she ran once as the two- 

 year-old, in the Scurry Plate for all ages at the Curragh 

 and finished in the ruck. It was evidently perceived 

 that she was unlikely to win races. She was with- 

 drawn in consequence, and, sent to The Gull, produced 

 in 1909 a chestnut filly named Gerenda who did no 

 better than her mother had done. She ran once, for 

 the Dublin Plate at Leopardstown, and that is all there 

 is to be said about her. Sent to Orby next season a 

 colt named Howard O'Carroll was the result. He 

 never ran, nor did Oakland, another elder brother of 

 Lord Glanely's famous colt. 



In 1912 Grand Geraldine was barren, but in 191 3 

 she produced Ybro, the first of the family who seemed 

 to have any capacity for galloping. He only ran once 

 as a two-year-old, when he started favourite for the 

 Bray Plate at 2 to 1 and finished third to Mr. J. 

 Nugent's Royal Scots. As a three-year-old Ybro was 

 out on eight occasions and won the Newbridge Plate 

 at the Curragh for Mr. Croker from the second 

 favourite, Mr. R. B. Dobell's White Abbey, Lady 

 Torrington's Hartstown a short head behind. White 



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